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01/05/2007 09:32:28 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by ajschmidt:
Hey, take me for example... I have been away from DPC for over a year, have never meddled in a challenge with my old equipment... and now make a living out of cinematography. This "living" has given me many high end cameras and lenses (2 D2xs's and a few more not in my profile that hit ebay last week). Now, I am back to take the crown (i hope) with $30K invested in Nikons but both time and space do not serve me well at the moment so I am left to shoot San Francisco for every new challenge. My highest ranked photo was my first. And now that i have color correction nailed and printers costing more than my first car I should be a shoe in right? Not exactly; This is art. It takes time, and practice. I have 20 years of photography under my belt and I just can't find the right subject and the right time to enter a challenge. Now my wife has my D70 and on a trip to the zoo with our cameras... Her with my old D70 and a $100 70-300 F4-5.5 (about $700 today) and me with a D2Xs and a 70-200 VR AFS F2.8 (about $7000) whom gets the best shot? She dose. So look at it this way... It's not the camera, it's the photographer, and it's not the photographer... It all comes down to the split second between thought and action (shutter lag not included) that makes a snapshot a masterpiece. I'm just hoping to improve my odds.
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To the OP's point, just take a look at  JJBeguin.
So, I have to ask: What brought you back after your strongly worded Statement of Resignation?
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01/22/2007 05:37:22 PM · #27 |
What brought you back?
Boredom |
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01/22/2007 05:40:46 PM · #28 |
We'll soon see Im upgrading to a Canon EOS 400D from my fuji >.>
PS all the ribbon winners from BW portrait II are Canons!
Message edited by author 2007-01-22 17:46:21.
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01/22/2007 05:46:08 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
 My highest score ever with the "lowly" Canon G2 |
And  drewmedia scored 8.0449 with that camera too.
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01/22/2007 05:58:05 PM · #30 |
Let's also not forget Konador's winner with a Sony P&S camera in 1 megapixel mode...
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01/22/2007 06:01:48 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Let's also not forget Konador's winner with a Sony P&S camera in 1 megapixel mode...
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That was also 2 years ago...when there was less members with there big fancy cameras lol
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01/22/2007 06:06:01 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by xXxscarletxXx:
That was also 2 years ago...when there was less members with there big fancy cameras lol |
Two years ago there were still thousands of active DPC members, and vast majority had DSLRs. It was a big deal at the time that Ben ribboned with such a lowly camera.
Message edited by author 2007-01-22 18:06:16. |
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01/22/2007 06:08:12 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Two years ago there were still thousands of active DPC members, and vast majority had DSLRs. It was a big deal at the time that Ben ribboned with such a lowly camera. |
To quote one of the comments on Ben's entry ...
just goes to show, it's not the camera, it's the photographer :)
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01/22/2007 06:08:28 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by xXxscarletxXx:
That was also 2 years ago...when there was less members with there big fancy cameras lol |
Two years ago there were still thousands of active DPC members, and vast majority had DSLRs. It was a big deal at the time that Ben ribboned with such a lowly camera. |
I'd like to see someone do that nowadays
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01/22/2007 06:12:17 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by xXxscarletxXx:
I'd like to see someone do that nowadays |
Here ya' go... red ribbon with a Powershot A75 less than 2 months ago.
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01/22/2007 06:13:11 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by xXxscarletxXx:
I'd like to see someone do that nowadays |
Here ya' go... red ribbon with a Powershot A75 less than 2 months ago.
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Ok ok you win lol
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01/22/2007 06:25:58 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by kbhatia1967:
Originally posted by goodman:
have a look at some of joey lawrence early ribbons |
Yes, I have seen. But they are with Minolta Dimage 7Hi camera, which is perhaps fairly advances camera. (Not sure if it is DSLR or not). |
He has ribbons with a 1.3 megapixel Olympus POS P&S ... |
Megapixels are meaningless here. It wouldn't surprise me if he gets better quality resizing since he doesn't have to resize much to get it down to 640x. Besides we all know it's not the camera it's the photoshop! *cough*andthatdamncreativity*cough* |
Couldn't we have a minimal creativity challenge?
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01/22/2007 06:28:04 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by raish:
Couldn't we have a minimal creativity challenge? |
We have those several times a week. :-/ |
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