Thread: Does your philosphy affect your choice of gear?

Originally Posted by Boid

Yep, the wide angle and the ability to zoom in on interesting details and compose the image. Like this -

Excellent photo that. Sagrada Familia?

Originally Posted by akulya

Excellent photo that. Sagrada Familia?

Yes. Taken last October.

My philosophy is rather complex but basically I'm and egalitarian and this doesn't carry through into my photograph as I don't believe all cameras are created equally.:roll eyes:

Fascinating thread.

I tend to see and think in 50mm terms, so most of my cameras are either equipped or set that way. The "Tao of Bill" is very much to work uncluttered; I prefer to set exposure manually and when using unmetered cameras (a Leica II and an M2) I rely upon Sunny-16 (or Hazy 11 as it is in the UK). Working "unplugged" means that I am not thinking about the camera, I am thinking about the image. I hate trying to second guess what some programmer has set and find that for the most part automation gets in the way. Although I carry a camera every day my level of acuity is generally not very high - if something slaps me in the face I will pull the camera out, but for the most part I have to make a conscious decision to have it in my hand and thus move into the photographic "flow state" where images present themselves as I walk along. Oh yes, I am a walker; a hunter not a fisherman. I pass through the world until something takes my fancy then I "work it".

In the (non-photographic) "real world" I am quite different; I am a VP for a professional services company and I spend my days making decisions and dealing with complex client relationships. Photography is an escape for me that enables me to focus (pun intended) on something other than the daily grind.

definitely. I love minimalism in all my passion and maybe reason why i love my ricoh GRD 3 so much, i just wiah theres a biiger sensor in the body. X100 fits my philosphy well but a bit too big to bring out with me everyday.