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"Photography, 1 decent camera is really enough." If only. I have several lenses for a variety of situations. A lighting rig for indoor shoots which includes bo

"Photography, 1 decent camera is really enough." If only. I have several lenses for a variety of situations. A lighting rig for indoor shoots which includes bounces, tripods, umbrellas, cords and rigging. Then there's the tripod, plus a back pack for the smaller stuff. Not to mention backdrop equipment. There's a big difference between casual hobby and serious hobby.

Retric 11y ago
Your confusing flexibility with necessity. You can get really serious about say photographing bugs with a single camera. It's not going to be as widely useful, but trying to do everything is a great way to fail. Consider, nobody says you need an electron microscope to get serious about photography, but they can take some amazing photos even without using photons...
- 0xffff2 11y ago
  You're confusing your idea of what a photographer does with "photography" as a subject. Photography is an incredibly diverse hobby and profession. Yes, it is possible to only buy one small subset of equipment that lets you photograph a single very specific things well, but I've never met a photographer with such narrow interests. Even professional photographers that only do a specific kind of photography professional nearly always have amateur interests in other photographic subjects that require different gear.
  - Retric 11y ago
    Far from it, you can also have video games as a hobby and use a 5 year old laptop. A teen that can only afford one camera is not necessarily less into there hobby. I have even known someone to go the other way and sell off there kit for a point and shoot. They where into candid photos so always having a camera was more important than fiddling with a massive beast. Granted, camera's are cheap to most of the HN crowd, even blowing 30k over 20 years is just not a big deal. But, just because gear is 'cheap' and 'better' does not make it necessary.
- kennethko 11y ago
  From the equipment list provided, it sounds like portraiture is the goal--not photographing bugs. I don't see where it is implied that the poster is trying to boil the ocean with regard to their photographic pursuits.
- Symbiote 11y ago
  Images from electron microscopes aren't photos. They're micrographs. A single lens camera is as limiting as only owning one size of screwdriver, or one knife.

Retric 11y ago

Your confusing flexibility with necessity. You can get really serious about say photographing bugs with a single camera. It's not going to be as widely useful, but trying to do everything is a great way to fail. Consider, nobody says you need an electron microscope to get serious about photography, but they can take some amazing photos even without using photons...

0xffff2 11y ago
You're confusing your idea of what a photographer does with "photography" as a subject. Photography is an incredibly diverse hobby and profession. Yes, it is possible to only buy one small subset of equipment that lets you photograph a single very specific things well, but I've never met a photographer with such narrow interests. Even professional photographers that only do a specific kind of photography professional nearly always have amateur interests in other photographic subjects that require different gear.
- Retric 11y ago
  Far from it, you can also have video games as a hobby and use a 5 year old laptop. A teen that can only afford one camera is not necessarily less into there hobby. I have even known someone to go the other way and sell off there kit for a point and shoot. They where into candid photos so always having a camera was more important than fiddling with a massive beast. Granted, camera's are cheap to most of the HN crowd, even blowing 30k over 20 years is just not a big deal. But, just because gear is 'cheap' and 'better' does not make it necessary.
kennethko 11y ago
From the equipment list provided, it sounds like portraiture is the goal--not photographing bugs. I don't see where it is implied that the poster is trying to boil the ocean with regard to their photographic pursuits.
Symbiote 11y ago
Images from electron microscopes aren't photos. They're micrographs. A single lens camera is as limiting as only owning one size of screwdriver, or one knife.