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That's, uhh, very much not the case for photography.

by CarVac 9y ago

EdwardCoffin 9y ago
Care to elaborate? I think you must be talking about things like equipment rather than film? I suspect that with those, the wear-and-tear of using them is gradual enough that they don't suffer from the problems the article goes into, whereas for stuff like paint brushes, the wear quickly becomes noticeable.
- CydeWeys 9y ago
  Digital cameras have definitely helped out substantially. Nice film is and always has been expensive. For pro level film you could be spending up to several bucks per shot if you're shooting the larger format stuff, then add on a lot more money and time to develop it. With a digital camera, though, a medium quality camera body is good for at least 50-100K shutter activations, and the marginal cost of taking each shot is essentially free. Paint, paintbrushes, canvases, notebooks, etc. all very noticeably get used up, but the same is not true for digital cameras. I also tend to buy all my equipment used, and don't treat it poorly, and can typically sell it back for what I paid for it (minus eBay fees) unless I sit on it so long that it becomes out of date, which is more of a problem for the camera than the lenses.
nerdponx 9y ago
You sure about that? I always thought I never was good enough to "deserve" an SLR, but I recently took one on a vacation and was pleasantly surprised that, not only were my photos better, but I was also able to improve on the automatic settings in many cases (weird lighting, etc), albeit with some trial and error. High quality tools tend to raise the "quality ceiling" but also tend to be unforgiving of mistakes. Sometimes all you need is a little more confidence in your own ability, and some room to make mistakes with the fancy new tool.
- heimidal 9y ago
  Can definitely relate to this — though I own an SLR, I’m so afraid I’ll hurt it that I’ve never taken it to places where I’d really enjoy getting better shots, instead opting for my phone’s camera.
- frostburg 9y ago
  I have Sigma DP3 Merrill (it's a special digital camera with a non-interpolating multi-layer sensor), which, besides being capable of very high quality results, is a perfect teaching camera, because it's both digital and utterly unforgiving of any mistake in technique. I've loaned it to friends for learning purposes to great effect.

That's, uhh, very much not the case for photography.

by CarVac 9y ago

That's, uhh, very much not the case for photography.

Care to elaborate? I think you must be talking about things like equipment rather than film? I suspect that with those, the wear-and-tear of using them is gradual enough that they don't suffer from the problems the article goes into, whereas for stuff like paint brushes, the wear quickly becomes noticeable.

CydeWeys 9y ago
Digital cameras have definitely helped out substantially. Nice film is and always has been expensive. For pro level film you could be spending up to several bucks per shot if you're shooting the larger format stuff, then add on a lot more money and time to develop it. With a digital camera, though, a medium quality camera body is good for at least 50-100K shutter activations, and the marginal cost of taking each shot is essentially free. Paint, paintbrushes, canvases, notebooks, etc. all very noticeably get used up, but the same is not true for digital cameras. I also tend to buy all my equipment used, and don't treat it poorly, and can typically sell it back for what I paid for it (minus eBay fees) unless I sit on it so long that it becomes out of date, which is more of a problem for the camera than the lenses.

nerdponx 9y ago

You sure about that? I always thought I never was good enough to "deserve" an SLR, but I recently took one on a vacation and was pleasantly surprised that, not only were my photos better, but I was also able to improve on the automatic settings in many cases (weird lighting, etc), albeit with some trial and error. High quality tools tend to raise the "quality ceiling" but also tend to be unforgiving of mistakes. Sometimes all you need is a little more confidence in your own ability, and some room to make mistakes with the fancy new tool.

heimidal 9y ago
Can definitely relate to this — though I own an SLR, I’m so afraid I’ll hurt it that I’ve never taken it to places where I’d really enjoy getting better shots, instead opting for my phone’s camera.
frostburg 9y ago
I have Sigma DP3 Merrill (it's a special digital camera with a non-interpolating multi-layer sensor), which, besides being capable of very high quality results, is a perfect teaching camera, because it's both digital and utterly unforgiving of any mistake in technique. I've loaned it to friends for learning purposes to great effect.