Technophobe or technology snob?
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Hi Alan!
From the choices you offer, I'd put myself somewhere between "Tech savvy" and "Gearhead".
But to me there is much more differentiation between the extremes you define.
Especially between "Technophobe" (would someone like that even enter this forum?) and "Gearhead".
So I did choose not to vote.
From the choices you offer, I'd put myself somewhere between "Tech savvy" and "Gearhead".
But to me there is much more differentiation between the extremes you define.
Especially between "Technophobe" (would someone like that even enter this forum?) and "Gearhead".
So I did choose not to vote.
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tomscott
Photographer & Graphic Designer
I'm probably between gizmophile and tech savvy.
Do enjoy fixing things and obsessed with tech but more for real world use don't really get too bogged down with charts etc
I do like to have the newest tech but usually 12-18 months after its been announced to ensure the early adoption problems and get a bit of a price reduction
Do enjoy fixing things and obsessed with tech but more for real world use don't really get too bogged down with charts etc
I do like to have the newest tech but usually 12-18 months after its been announced to ensure the early adoption problems and get a bit of a price reduction
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I'm only interested in technology, including camera technology, insofar as it allows me to do what I want to do. I would amend this slightly to say I'm profoundly interested in the social and cultural effects and potential of technological developments but this doesn't translate into a desire to know how everything works in a technical sense.
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I probably enjoy getting electronics just to learn all about them and master them as much or more than using them. I have started in on surveillance cameras, reading whatever I found, and now ordering some from B&H. I've installed a app on another Toy, Amazon Fire TV that lets me connect with and control the cameras, and have been tearing my hair out trying to configure my NAS to share its space with files from the cameras.
I have two NAS units, one with 4 and one with 6 drives. The 6 drive unit backs up the 4 drive unit. Finally, I reformatted the six drives and recreated two volumes, one with 5 disks in Raid 5 to continue backing up my other system, and a single disk volume to save surveillance video. Then, the first Camera I bought froze up while formatting the drive and died. So its on its way back, and a replacement along with a 2nd one is on its way. I keep spending more, a 1000 ft spool of outdoor ethernet cable with pure copper conductors to run POE about 80 ft to one unit, and about the same distance to the other. I'm still in doubt as to the need for a NVR, so I'm doing the NAS solution first. I have hard drives around everywhere, so thats one thing I will not need.
I'd love to have a $20k midrange Axis unit, but am sticking with more reasonably priced items in the $400-$1K range. Definitely a cut above the cheap cameras sold for homes, but not into the larger business category.
I'm getting up into my mid 70's, but find that I still enjoy learning more about everything. I have a small online business that justifies purchasing the toys.
I have two NAS units, one with 4 and one with 6 drives. The 6 drive unit backs up the 4 drive unit. Finally, I reformatted the six drives and recreated two volumes, one with 5 disks in Raid 5 to continue backing up my other system, and a single disk volume to save surveillance video. Then, the first Camera I bought froze up while formatting the drive and died. So its on its way back, and a replacement along with a 2nd one is on its way. I keep spending more, a 1000 ft spool of outdoor ethernet cable with pure copper conductors to run POE about 80 ft to one unit, and about the same distance to the other. I'm still in doubt as to the need for a NVR, so I'm doing the NAS solution first. I have hard drives around everywhere, so thats one thing I will not need.
I'd love to have a $20k midrange Axis unit, but am sticking with more reasonably priced items in the $400-$1K range. Definitely a cut above the cheap cameras sold for homes, but not into the larger business category.
I'm getting up into my mid 70's, but find that I still enjoy learning more about everything. I have a small online business that justifies purchasing the toys.
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Should I rate myself compared to who?
Compared to the average citizen of my city, I am or technology snob.
Compared to the typical user of Canonrumors, I am a tech savvy.
Compared to the average citizen of my city, I am or technology snob.
Compared to the typical user of Canonrumors, I am a tech savvy.
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Hi Alan.
Interesting survey, especially as someone here confessed to being a technology snob (from your definition, - using knowledge of technology to make others feel dumb)
??? 
I went for tech savvy, but would have erred towards gearhead if not for the 'fix them' in your definition.
Cheers, Graham.
Interesting survey, especially as someone here confessed to being a technology snob (from your definition, - using knowledge of technology to make others feel dumb)
??? I went for tech savvy, but would have erred towards gearhead if not for the 'fix them' in your definition.
Cheers, Graham.
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dak723 said:
The survey asks for an opinion about yourself.
Not others perception of you.
Nor does it ask for a deep meaningful introspection.
Rather than a grain, I think you need to take the results with a livestock salt block.
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Fortunately, current active members of CR are good natured with a sense of humour (well, most are), unlike those on certain other forums, whose bitchiness is inversely proportional to their savvy.
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dak723 said:
Way back around 1980 I built a 6502 based scanner with 24K of memory, a 256 element sensor, 8 bit A/D, and stepper motors to scan Kodachrome slides...... the resulting images were pretty poor, but it was a lot of fun to build. Would that make me an alpha-geek?
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Certaily tech savvy.
currently working on... well it's interesting.. cutting edge radio stuff. Can't say more.
Built my first PC in '94, built my first HiFi amp and speakers 25 years ago, I've hacked the bios in a PC, built ISA cards, wrote the code for and built the hardware for my telescope drive system, I made a CCD camera, current project: building an oak frame for a small building, foundations and brickwork already done.
I love playing with cutting edge and old tech. I hate using cutting edge, it's too unreliable. So PCs etc. are always laggards, my Ubuntu is always LTS. My laptop in W7. I will always drag my heels until the next rung (or two) is stable before jumping.
And I don't own a smartphone & I live in a house without central heating.
Tech savvy without being a slave to it.
(waiting to get well and truely trumped.. there are others here who have much more experience)
currently working on... well it's interesting.. cutting edge radio stuff. Can't say more.
Built my first PC in '94, built my first HiFi amp and speakers 25 years ago, I've hacked the bios in a PC, built ISA cards, wrote the code for and built the hardware for my telescope drive system, I made a CCD camera, current project: building an oak frame for a small building, foundations and brickwork already done.
I love playing with cutting edge and old tech. I hate using cutting edge, it's too unreliable. So PCs etc. are always laggards, my Ubuntu is always LTS. My laptop in W7. I will always drag my heels until the next rung (or two) is stable before jumping.
And I don't own a smartphone & I live in a house without central heating.
Tech savvy without being a slave to it.
(waiting to get well and truely trumped.. there are others here who have much more experience)
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I picked tech savvy though I know a fair amount about sensors, lenses and optics in general (thanks mainly to time spent reading CR forum! 
) but I couldn't fix a camera to save my life.
) but I couldn't fix a camera to save my life.
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I consider myself pretty tech savvy. I work in the tech field, for something you'd probably notice if it didn't work. I tend to order the latest tech gadgets on release day.
That being said, I'm more conservative when it comes to cameras. I do buy the latest in cameras and lenses, but I don't really get into the nitty gritty details of sensor and camera technologies. I'm more concerned with what helps me achieve my artistic goals.
IMHO there are way too many people on most forums who have vast knowledge of camera technologies, but whose actual photography skills suck.
That being said, I'm more conservative when it comes to cameras. I do buy the latest in cameras and lenses, but I don't really get into the nitty gritty details of sensor and camera technologies. I'm more concerned with what helps me achieve my artistic goals.
IMHO there are way too many people on most forums who have vast knowledge of camera technologies, but whose actual photography skills suck.
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I read about a study somewhere that found that the more competent someone was, the more likely they were to underestimate a self-characterization of their competence. Conversely, as we might expect, the less competent were inclined to overstate their competence, sometimes grossly and catastrophically. I am sure we all have empirical evidence from our own lives. I'm looking at you, Washington D.C.
As for snobs, I used to race windsurfers. There was always some guy who would tell you how great he was and why your set-up was bad and how he was going to kick your ass. Those jerks usually wound up in the middle of the fleet. The real champions were pretty quiet and low-key, happy to help you if they could, and then after the starting gun got game and would take everybody apart on the race course. Because they came, you know, to race, not to fluff themselves up. That whole brow-beating techno-snob thing is what's called over-compensating in the psych wards. Those guys are insecure a@@holes who don't know jack sht. I find it's best to ignore them.
As for snobs, I used to race windsurfers. There was always some guy who would tell you how great he was and why your set-up was bad and how he was going to kick your ass. Those jerks usually wound up in the middle of the fleet. The real champions were pretty quiet and low-key, happy to help you if they could, and then after the starting gun got game and would take everybody apart on the race course. Because they came, you know, to race, not to fluff themselves up. That whole brow-beating techno-snob thing is what's called over-compensating in the psych wards. Those guys are insecure a@@holes who don't know jack sht. I find it's best to ignore them.
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I see myself as tech savvy - I cannot fix things inside cameras but have a profound knowledge about the technical basics of photography and it's tools. Cameras are tools for me.
So I excluded gismophile because I hate pointless gadgets: My dream camera duo would maybe be a 20D with newest sensor tech and a 5D classic with the upcoming 6D sensor + very clean 1080p video features (shurely including a new mainboard with the corresponding processing capabilities). That would be enough for my purposes and these "first gen really useable digital cams" have wonderful ergonomics with excellent haptics e.g. giving good feedback if you have clicked sth. or not.
So I excluded gismophile because I hate pointless gadgets: My dream camera duo would maybe be a 20D with newest sensor tech and a 5D classic with the upcoming 6D sensor + very clean 1080p video features (shurely including a new mainboard with the corresponding processing capabilities). That would be enough for my purposes and these "first gen really useable digital cams" have wonderful ergonomics with excellent haptics e.g. giving good feedback if you have clicked sth. or not.
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