Cold War anyone?

Photography is a place with a lot of rules that only seem to apply when you want them to or when they seem to work. Let's look at the rule of thirds. When do you apply it? Well when it works. When do you apply narrow depths of field? When you want to. There seems to be one rule that seems to apply constantly. That rule is the camera cold war.

We've all seen the Camera cold war and some of us even fight it. That's what happens when a Nikon user sees a guy happily shooting his Canon or vice versa.People judge the lenses you choose to use. The tripod isn't microfiber or it's made by the wrong people.

This is really the worst part of photography. I like to take the photos. I like to show them to my friends and my fans.I just hate comparing my equipment to someone else's. There is always more expensive and better stuff. The photo is the only thing that matters.

Since the photo is all that really matters anyway. I've seen good photos taken with the cardboard box disposibles.I've seen excellent pictures taken with point and shoots. it's not really the camera it's the photographer.

What's In My Bag Now??? A Way Point.

One of my first blogs here was a repost of my fantasy photo equipment. I said I never really made it but I keep trying again. Well I simply love my current kit and I figure that since the my thinking has changed and there has been some changes I'll key you in.

DSLR

• D30 DSLR yea I got it.. cheap with all the extra's


• 30D DSLR I wanted spotmetering and the higher speed

Lenses

• Canon 50mm F/1.8 I haven't upgraded yet I decided to keep it when I do


• Tamron 17-50 F/2.8 better reviews then the sigma and cheaper I love it.


• Quantaray 70-300 F4-F5.6 bought on a whim to see what I needed and F4 is the way to go

Looks like I made a good dent and I don't have far to go. The telling thing is the things not in my bag. I'm still debating the 24 - 70 lens as I wonder if I really need to over lap my lenses for my shooting. The film body and the point and shot are just extras and I need to upgrade the film body to maybe an elan 7e or a 7ne. I won't be happy with a classic canon and mostly because ebay is shitty in the idea of camera sales.

So that's where I am.