Hello, do you think that most photographers are a little obsessed with tech specs with their photo gear? Instead of just relaxing and enjoy making the photograph.
Tech and Photography.
- Thread starter D.RicPhoto
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No. Most folks buy their gear and enjoy taking photos. You likely see a skewed view of the photography world online which tends to be populated with gear heads and pixel peepers.
Those obsessed with tech and numbers are not photographers, they are geeks of some other kind! As the old saying goes, shoot more, obsess less.
I really see the geeks in computer sites even more.
Geeks are everywhere . . .
I think a higher proportion of people on forums are into tech than photographers in general.
I think most photographers are at least familiar with the tech specs of their gear (or I hope they are). But most are not obsessed with those specs. You have to be familiar with the tech specs so you know your camera and lenses' limitations and "sweet spots".
But I think most photographers just learn the important specs and then go out and shoot. At least the photographers that I know.
Most no, some yes
I research specs only to know which cameras or lenses will optimize the creation of images of subjects I intend to focus on. Once purchased, the onus is upon me, the photographer, to achieve optimum performance.
I used to be in the D1 D2?era, but I can’t tell you what the megapixels are on my D500 or Z6.
I was a complete geek as I went from film to digital. I had Gas- gear acquisition syndrome- real bad. That lasted about 5years. Now I shoot with what I have available and think more about what I want the image to say- the story to tell. A lot of my photo friends are still geeks.
Gary
Gary
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