Every gadget you acquire can do far more than you will ever use. It is thus not necessary that you have to know its every function in detail. But it Is necessary that you know very well the functions or features that are important to you. Learning curves are no fun but - Trust me - you never know when it will save your backside - like it did for me (see below).
In Part 1 I talked about the buyer's perspective. But what I discuss here - from the User's perspective - is equally important, even more so for professionals. This is why - you spend all this time and money to buy the camera/lens/accessory just right for you and then the last thing you want is to not use it to it's rated potential (and even beyond, if you are savvy enough). Of course if you have bought something expensive just for snob value, you may want to skip this write-up entirely.
Every gadget you acquire can do far more than you will ever use. It is thus not necessary that you have to know its every function in detail. But it Is necessary that you know very well the functions or features that are important to you. Learning curves are no fun but - Trust me - you never know when it will save your backside - like it did for me (see below).
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I can't stress this enough ... Know thy camera equipment; especially in this rapidly changing technological world and mis-directed publicity. Cameras, lenses and accessories now come in all shapes, sizes, specifications and tall claims. I have approached this from two perspectives
This part 1 of my write-up looks at the buyer's perspective. |
AuthorA self-taught photographer, Sheriar decided to pursue his passion, photography, professionally over half a decade ago - giving up a successful career in investment banking - and never looked back since. Archives
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