Because if you are responsible for shooting a once-in-a-lifetime event and your camera breaks, you better be damned sure you have a backup.
Kier I blamed you!
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What on earth are you talking about?
jasetaro
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True, but the 300 is better fit for my needs plus its smaller, lighter and was significantly less expensive... I picked up the 300, along with Nikon 35mm f/1.4 and 24-120mm f/4 lenses for less than the cost of the 400mm /f2.8.The 400 ƒ2.8 makes a stunning portrait lens when used from the back of the church during a wedding ceremony
Forsaken
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No, it pretty much is a matter of need. Most professional photographers will have at least 3 bodies for a shoot, and an assortment of lenses ready for different purposes.
A hobbyist photographer can probably make do with a single body, and maybe 3 lenses, but Kier is clearly not a hobbyist photographer.
Digital Doctor
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You don't NEED all of those things.
You want them.
For people in love with photography, things go beyond need. It's not a matter of need.
It's a matter of want.
need v. want
need v. want
You want them.
For people in love with photography, things go beyond need. It's not a matter of need.
It's a matter of want.
need v. want
need v. want
jasetaro
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And switching between two bodies with different focal length lenses is a lot faster and easier than trying to change lenses on the fly.
Onimua
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Picture it this way: Why does a surgeon need all those tools? He could really just get away with using a scalpel, some stitches, and some gauze. If it needs cutting, use the scalpel, if it needs closing, use the stitches, and if needs to be compress, use the gauze. It's silly to have a whole tray, not to mention room, full of equipment.
Forsaken
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Not going to argue with you because you never bother to listen.
Shelley
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Coming from the expert, touch of the green eyed monster I'd say.
Dark Matter
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I wondered that also, I can fully understand you having one other identical back-up camera in case one fails at a big event like a wedding shoot. But why 3 of the same model?
Peggy
in memoriam 2016
And you would know this, how??? Are you a professional photographer?
A professional photographer always, ALWAYS, has several backups. Ask any pro.
Digital Doctor
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Um ....
Nevermind ?
I understand the utility of having lots of cameras on the go ... a backup ... a backup to a backup ... lots of lenses ... yes ... I understand all that. What is need and what is want ... is all a matter of perspective.
#1) I didn't question the NEED. Andy.N did.
#2) I suspect Kier's passion goes beyond need.
I have 5 cameras, 5 video cameras, 3 cell phones which take pictures ... and I'm still looking for more video cameras. I don't think I need all of that equipment. I do want and love and enjoy it.
My jab at Andy.N was to not bring up the question of need to a man in love with photography.
I'm feeling like my kind-hearted "jab" @Andy.N didn't resonate as I intended.
Forsaken: your insults are predictable.
Peggy: Kier said he was an hobbyist photographer.
Oxygen = Need. Thousands of dollars of hobbyist equipment = Want.
Nevermind ?
I understand the utility of having lots of cameras on the go ... a backup ... a backup to a backup ... lots of lenses ... yes ... I understand all that. What is need and what is want ... is all a matter of perspective.
#1) I didn't question the NEED. Andy.N did.
#2) I suspect Kier's passion goes beyond need.
I have 5 cameras, 5 video cameras, 3 cell phones which take pictures ... and I'm still looking for more video cameras. I don't think I need all of that equipment. I do want and love and enjoy it.
My jab at Andy.N was to not bring up the question of need to a man in love with photography.
I'm feeling like my kind-hearted "jab" @Andy.N didn't resonate as I intended.
Forsaken: your insults are predictable.
Peggy: Kier said he was an hobbyist photographer.
Oxygen = Need. Thousands of dollars of hobbyist equipment = Want.
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MGSteve
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Well, like most things it comes down to Budgets & what you're shooting. Primes defintely do have their advantages, don't get me wrong and perhaps I'm not really enough of a photographer to fully appreciate them. Personally I prefer the flexibility of a good quality zoom.
Unless you've got a budget the size of Kier's though, 3 will normally suffice
That said, I did have a superb 50mm 1.8 prime lens the first time around. It was good, but it never got used - I simply took a zoom around instead! Far more flexible.
Primes probably come into their own if you're studio based doing portraits or you have multiple bodies and can leave one permanently attached to one body and a zoom on another.
It really is a slippery slope into the darkside though, to be honest, there's always another lens that is whispering 'buy me, buy me'. Normally with 4 figure price tags
I will admit though, once you go from enthusiast to semi-professional, you start needing more bodies and lenses, I never got past the enthusiast stage
Shelley
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Incorrect. If your 6 foot under you have no need for it.
MGSteve
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Ah, so now we know what Kier got up to in the year after he left IB/Jelsoft/VBSi/whatever-it-was-called
Must admit, if I had more time (not to mention money), I'd be playing around with photography a lot more than I currently am. Ah, which reminds me, I'm off to Silverstone on Saturday, I'll have to get my kit sorted out - no wife to hold me back this year! (she's at home, 23 weeks pregnant!)
It is one of the down sides of being a bit interesting in Photography when your partner isn't or hasn't got a camera, you're forever feeling that you're either holding them up or running to catch up with them!
Peggy
in memoriam 2016
I'm pretty sure that was said tongue-in-cheek, since he's a professional photographer.
MGSteve
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Equally, if its your profession, need > want.
Dark Matter
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Some do take their photography way too far, not saying Kier does. My cousin is the same, he's well into it all and always buying very expensive equipment like Kier from eBay and such. Thing is though, he's got stuff still wrapped up from buying new years later. One day I said to him, what's the point of wasting big money on camera equipment you've never even ended-up using?
That's crackers!
For my cousin it most certainly is a case of just "WANTING" it.
That's crackers!
For my cousin it most certainly is a case of just "WANTING" it.
Forsaken
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There was no insult, I just said there was no point in arguing because you never listen to other peoples arguments.
And where has Kier said he is a hobbyist photographer? While it isn't his career, he would be deemed a professional by most people.
Also, thousands of dollars of equipment when you use it for work = need.
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