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Pros can, in some cases, get to just buy the good stuff without having to agonize over cost. Pro sports photographers are all shooting the best cameras and lens

by ip26 3y ago

Pros can, in some cases, get to just buy the good stuff without having to agonize over cost. Pro sports photographers are all shooting the best cameras and lenses; when your income depends on the equipment, it can be self defeating to try to thread the needle of cost and performance. Just buy the $4k camera and $4k lens instead of experimenting with low grade stuff and risking a shoot. There’s nuance to be sure, but at a basic level an amateur has no income offsetting the cost while the pro does.

coldtea 3y ago
Pro photographers, including sports, don't like to change gear much, and don't care for over-expensive "best" gear either. The stick to use a knocked out battered old camera they trust rather than rush to get any new "best" model. But they will pay for stuff that is needed for the job, like expensive fast and light enough teles, or multiple continuous frames (but up to a point). Youtube "pro photographers" do, because they get their money through gear reviews, peddling cameras, and sponsorship deals.
- dmbche 3y ago
  I wonder what portion of pros have moved to mirrorless since it's been intoduced? It doesn't change much for image quality, and it forces you to change your lens range or run adapters, it's quite annoying but I'm pretty sure a lot of people have jumped anyway. I'm biased, I'm still on a 5d mark i !
- ip26 3y ago
  Maybe they are shooting a 5D III instead of a R5, but it’s a once-flagship, not a Rebel. Anyway, I don’t want to over generalize about a profession I’m not in, so I’m stopping at that. The point is how the purchasing decisions differ when the equipment is a capital asset or pure cost.
  - coldtea 3y ago
    Yeah, they wont use a Rebel, but that's because a Rebel doesn't have several things they need to have, burst rate, dual slots, and things like that.
jseliger 3y ago
I was thinking of photography because there are endless forum threads and debates about whether camera x is 10% better than camera y, and the same about lenses, when in reality, a lot of interchangeable lens cameras (ILCs) have been so good for so long that, for the majority of people and majority of applications, there are a ton of great choices. The phrase "gear acquisition syndrome" (GAS) gets thrown around a lot for good reason. A lot of people trying to shoot better photos and videos aren't limited by their gear.
coffeepancakes 3y ago
A pro guitar player just has Gibson or Fender do a signature guitar so they can use their name to sell them and then get them for free. I wonder the last time anybody from... say... Metallica has actually had to buy gear. Just get it from the manufacturers so they can say that James Hetfield from Metallica uses it.
- whstl 3y ago
  "I wonder the last time anybody from... say... Metallica has actually had to buy gear" Well, Kirk Hammett recently paid 2 million for the Les Paul that belonged to Peter Green, so there. ;)

by ip26 3y ago

coldtea 3y ago

Pro photographers, including sports, don't like to change gear much, and don't care for over-expensive "best" gear either. The stick to use a knocked out battered old camera they trust rather than rush to get any new "best" model. But they will pay for stuff that is needed for the job, like expensive fast and light enough teles, or multiple continuous frames (but up to a point). Youtube "pro photographers" do, because they get their money through gear reviews, peddling cameras, and sponsorship deals.

dmbche 3y ago
I wonder what portion of pros have moved to mirrorless since it's been intoduced? It doesn't change much for image quality, and it forces you to change your lens range or run adapters, it's quite annoying but I'm pretty sure a lot of people have jumped anyway. I'm biased, I'm still on a 5d mark i !
ip26 3y ago
Maybe they are shooting a 5D III instead of a R5, but it’s a once-flagship, not a Rebel. Anyway, I don’t want to over generalize about a profession I’m not in, so I’m stopping at that. The point is how the purchasing decisions differ when the equipment is a capital asset or pure cost.
- coldtea 3y ago
  Yeah, they wont use a Rebel, but that's because a Rebel doesn't have several things they need to have, burst rate, dual slots, and things like that.

jseliger 3y ago

I was thinking of photography because there are endless forum threads and debates about whether camera x is 10% better than camera y, and the same about lenses, when in reality, a lot of interchangeable lens cameras (ILCs) have been so good for so long that, for the majority of people and majority of applications, there are a ton of great choices. The phrase "gear acquisition syndrome" (GAS) gets thrown around a lot for good reason. A lot of people trying to shoot better photos and videos aren't limited by their gear.

coffeepancakes 3y ago

A pro guitar player just has Gibson or Fender do a signature guitar so they can use their name to sell them and then get them for free. I wonder the last time anybody from... say... Metallica has actually had to buy gear. Just get it from the manufacturers so they can say that James Hetfield from Metallica uses it.

whstl 3y ago
"I wonder the last time anybody from... say... Metallica has actually had to buy gear" Well, Kirk Hammett recently paid 2 million for the Les Paul that belonged to Peter Green, so there. ;)