Irritating photography advice

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Its all about peoples assumptions, and / or not reading the post.

We are only human, and when a question is answered, we reply in terms of our camera usage and needs, many use crop cameras and answer assuming that everyone else does, for example.

When a question is asked it needs to be clear and short.

• Bullets help

 

[AlanF]

• • Bullets help

  
  Silver ones in some cases.

 

[surapon]

I get irritated when I am told that -

1. f/4 lenses are all you need - f/2.8 or faster is just a waste of money;
2. hobbyists don't need two camera bodies - one is all that you require;
3. you no longer need a tripod - the high ISO performance takes care of everything;
4. you no longer need graduated filters;
5. anyone with too much gear is a collector and not a photographer;
6. you don't need to spend $$$ on good quality filters - any cheap filter will do the same job, equally good;
7. you can shoot a wedding with an iPhone;
8. a camera is all about the sensor;
9. more MP = better photos;
10. anyone shooting in TV/AV mode doesn't understand how to expose correctly;
11. Auto-ISO is for noobs

I got three from the above list earlier today ... grrr!

Anything that I have missed?

Dear Sir, Mr. JR. + 12 for me
You make my day.
The 12) = Nikon DSLR for the Real Professional, Old and conservative People, BUT, Canon DSLR, just for the Young, Hard Head/ Liberal/ high tech people, who try to do the difference ways as their heart desire. ( Yes, We are the Member of CR----Ha, Ha,Ha).
Great Post to start Monday morning, Sir.
Surapon

 

[distant.star]

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The bvukich one made me laugh; that's priceless.

I'm not going to do a laundry list (there aren't enough bullets in the world), but the "street photography" genre is full of this kind of stuff. "You can't do street photography with, unless, if, without, etc., etc."

 

[Sella174]

Well, to be fair, you could make a list with exactly the opposite viewpoints and it is equally annoying:

Yip!

 

[tron]

LOL ;D
I'm having hard shooting @ 1/30 and yes, I'm in the late 30.

Is that the 1/age rule ? ;D

 

[tron]

I get irritated when I am told that -

1. f/4 lenses are all you need - f/2.8 or faster is just a waste of money;
2. hobbyists don't need two camera bodies - one is all that you require;
3. you no longer need a tripod - the high ISO performance takes care of everything;
4. you no longer need graduated filters;
5. anyone with too much gear is a collector and not a photographer;
6. you don't need to spend $$$ on good quality filters - any cheap filter will do the same job, equally good;
7. you can shoot a wedding with an iPhone;
8. a camera is all about the sensor;
9. more MP = better photos;
10. anyone shooting in TV/AV mode doesn't understand how to expose correctly;
11. Auto-ISO is for noobs

I got three from the above list earlier today ... grrr!

Anything that I have missed?

f/4 lenses are all you need ... except for a 70-200 f/2.8L IS II, a 35mm 1.4L an 85mm 1.2L II and a 135mm f/2L and a TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II.

So a 24-70 f/2.8 is indeed not 100% necessary ;D

Plus I do have a 500mm f/4L IS II. I think I do not need a ... ... f/2.8 version!!! 8)

 

[Botts]

how about, you need a carbon fiber tripod which cost hundreds of dollars... and the 20 dollar one I have that works perfectly fine is crud.

Depends on your use case.

If you're shooting minute+ exposures with a heavy body and camera, you'll want the more stable tripod.

If you're shooting 5-10 sec max night exposures with a T2i and kit lens, you'll be fine with the $20 one.

I used to shoot with a Gitzo GT3531, and decided to downgrade for weight and length savings to a Benro A2691, on several trial shots comparing them the Gitzo was far more stable. Still though, for my use, the Benro was far more convenient, and led to me taking more shots.

 

[Botts]

ALWAYS keep the sun to your back......

This. I'm not sure where it came from, but I prefer my subjects not to be suffering a serious case of squinting.

 

[Larry]

I (CAPITAL I!) have no use for, so nobody needs:

Mirror lock-up (with no-delay release), [ I always know just how far ahead of time to catch that tele shot of the bird alighting, wings spread, on the nest with baby food.]

IS below X shutter speed, [ I am young , so the world revolves around me, and I have no clue about tremor and such issues that I will probably someday face. ]

Cropping, [ I always have room to move with my feet, and time to carefully consider composition details before shooting. ]

High frame rate, [ Any split-second is as good as the next when shooting action, because my anticipation and reaction time are both perfect. ]

etc.

 

[Larry]

How about the deadest but still-being-beaten horse of all , authoritatively stated by nearly every know-little wishing to seem profound:

"It's ALL about the photographer, ...not the equipment!"

 

[Sporgon]

ALWAYS keep the sun to your back......

This. I'm not sure where it came from

I think it was advice from one of the early German flying aces in WW1 - Oswald Boelcke if memory serves me right.

 

[jebrady03]

The one that time has not stopped from bothering me is simply the phrase "serious photographer". I always have and always will imagine some grumpy old bastard who can't imagine anything worse than smiling and enjoying himself, holding a camera.
Anyone who refers to themselves or anyone else for that matter as a serious photographer instantly loses my respect. Not consciously - I just can't help but picture them as the old guy from the movie "Up" or Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino on his porch.
It also seems like a self-aggrandizing term - as though they're implying others aren't "on their level".
To hell with them. I'll take my camera, my smile, and I'll go out and rather lackadaisically enjoy taking pictures - so SHOVE IT all you "serious photographers!" lol

 

[Larry]

The one that time has not stopped from bothering me is simply the phrase "serious photographer".
.... I'll take my camera, my smile, and I'll go out and rather lackadaisically enjoy taking pictures - so SHOVE IT all you "serious photographers!" lol

You sound quite serious about this !

 

[AudioGlenn]

on a side note: I love having a forum full of photographers I can share these kinds of frustrations with =)

 

[KyleSTL]

Or the other extreme, you NEED 2.8 lenses or faster to be taken seriously... or even better yet, you need all prime lenses.

That sounds a lot like Jared Polin. Also, from the same guy:

• Never crop

 

[takesome1]

I get irritated when I am told that -

1. f/4 lenses are all you need - f/2.8 or faster is just a waste of money;idiots just don't know
2. hobbyists don't need two camera bodies - one is all that you require;We do not need 1 body, we want 2 or 3 or?
3. you no longer need a tripod - the high ISO performance takes care of everything;They have been reading the wrong web sites
4. you no longer need graduated filters; If they tell you this because your landscapes are really bad, then it would irritate me to
5. anyone with too much gear is a collector and not a photographer;Sad to say I know a few people in this catagory
6. you don't need to spend $$$ on good quality filters - any cheap filter will do the same job, equally good;I take my filters off right before I start shooting, so this is a true statement for some of us
7. you can shoot a wedding with an iPhone;True fact you can, although the prints might not look that great
8. a camera is all about the sensor;Sounds like they have been reading to much on this site
9. more MP = better photos;quit listening to the Nikonians
10. anyone shooting in TV/AV mode doesn't understand how to expose correctly;They probably started by shooting AV/TV, moved to M and have yet to figure out that it is silly having to turn the dials on every shot when all they have to do is put the settings they want in AV/TV. Some day they will come full circle.
11. Auto-ISO is for noobsSet it at 100-6400 in manual mode and see how noobish it is

I got three from the above list earlier today ... grrr!

Anything that I have missed?

 

[Loswr]

The funniest one I ever heard wasn't towards me, but a friend that's a professional photographer.

He was knee deep in a stream taking some long exposures of a waterfall, tripod, 10 stop ND, etc... and some older gentleman came down to the waters edge to tell him that he'll never be a professional photographer if he keeps using a tripod.

Lol, what?

At that point all you can do is smile and nod.

That's how we know he was a professional photographer....because in a streambed full of rocks within easy reach, he didn't throw one at the guy.

 

[jdramirez]

How about the deadest but still-being-beaten horse of all , authoritatively stated by nearly every know-little wishing to seem profound:

"It's ALL about the photographer, ...not the equipment!"

I think it odds about the equipment. my nine year old daughter had more than a few keepers yesterday and I don't hold her in high regard as it relates to being skilled.

 

[iam2nd]

• When photography advice is stated as if it applies to 100% of people, 100% of the time.