Cedar Point fall video

I'm not seeing a point in any of that rant. Did I somehow imply that I was referring to use by Sally Soccermom to take pictures of little Timmy?

I don't know what any of that means, but I don't fault anybody for any of the equipment they use. It's all "good" - some of them just give you more tools to work with.

Besides, in these days it's all about the glass. You can put a $2000 lens on a $600 body and take phenomenal pictures - or you can put a $200 lens on a $6000 body and come up with something less than desirable.

As I've said before GoBucks - I use my cameras to make money. I shoot weddings and various promo photos. I may not be my very best at it yet, but I charge accordingly, and people are always happy with the outcome. My next steps are better glass and a full frame body. I have an old (antique, if you will) Mamiya medium format film camera, and I see no need to go digital in that aspect - it's just not worth the price tag, even at 56 MP.

Its difficult to figure out what you were talking about. I referenced casual photographers (you know, like the folks taking pictures of their kids playing sports) and the fact that they do not need to spend a lot of money to get very good results. And you respond that is what you used to think before you bought nicer stuff and that you get what you pay for. Seemed pretty clear to me that we were talking about different types of photographers. You respond in a way that seems to indicate that you did not understand the difference or didn't see it in my post, I clarify it and you call it a rant. Whatever.

exit -- Your post intervened. In excluded folks who make money taking pictures who will always want to have the best equipment that they can afford.

And I have seen amazing pictures taken with $600 cameras and kit lenses. Maybe a $6000 lens would have made them better but I am not sure how much (and certainly not to the eye of casual photographers). And I agree that you will get less than ideal results with a cheap lens on a top of the line camera body because the camera will pick up and show every flaw in the lens.

My dad has been using Hasselblads for the past 15-20 years. I have tried to get him to move to a 35 mm digital camera but he has resisted to date. Quality would obviously suffer with the switch but it would be much more practical and convenient. He has seen the results of my dSLR and appreciates those aspects. I think he would lose the quality for those aspects but its the digital/computer aspect that is holding him back. Very tough to teach an old dog new tricks. And in the end, I think he is just ready to pass the family photographer torch to me.

But thats more than I want to talk about photography. Never thought my initial post would cause so much controversy. Peace.

Don't flatter yourself, man. There is no controversy.

Pretty cool guy ! Aren't you going to miss all of this fun stuff ? You probably won't get to the point much if you're all the way out in Seattle. You should just stay put(z). ;)

See mountains every day or be stuck in a show drift for three months. Yeah, I think I made the right choice. It's not like I go to Cedar Point in July and August anyway.

Jeff said:
Don't flatter yourself, man. There is no controversy.

The great Oz has spoken.

Although I love Cedar Point, I would choose mountains too.