This is the BIGGEST crock I ever heard!
I really don;t know what to say about this one. Bad photographer, nomatter what you give them, the images created will not be consistence, maybe an occasional good one. No pro body will help.
The reason that images from the 50's and 60's appeared most riveting is simple, those we see are the selected few, the best and those we choose to preserve. Only the best are being archieved, and survive the test of time. The no so good ones all literally faded into history. As to images from the recent years, there are so many out there, the so so and the down right bad ones are all available for us to admire and discard.unseen said:I really wonder if the cameras of the 50s are as technologically as advanced as even the simple Ixus. I don't think so. And I don't think the photographers ever dreamt of burst mode, bracketing, etc.
Yet, most riveting images are from the 50s, 60s. Few from the 2000s. Even with the most high tech cameras.
You are comparing apples to oranges, which seems like a favourite past time on the forum. One is a photography teacher, a pro, and the other a digital buff, an amateur. Give your photography teacher a pro DSLR setup, and it will be 36 out of 36. On the other hand, the amateur will still get 1 good one out of many he shot.unseen said:I know of a photography teacher who can get 36 good, quallity photos out of 36 shots using film. I know of digital buffs who using the Drat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat method getting 1 good shot from 40 shots.
unseen said:My view is that pro bodies are pro because they allow a lesser photographer to do things easier, which to a better photographer is a no brainer. If you feel that you don't have the skill to take a good shot with a press of the shutter, perfect exposure everytime, then should work towards a pro body 1st. if you have the skill to take the best photos at the level of 1 shot 1 kill, then you would start looking into lens.
I really don;t know what to say about this one. Bad photographer, nomatter what you give them, the images created will not be consistence, maybe an occasional good one. No pro body will help.