... I also think its good to post what you used to get there but more as a learning tool and not my gear is so damn good kind of thing. For example if I said I shot this with a 85 mm lens at 2.8 on a 35mm FF than it may help someone see what that type of lens may do for them. ... Guess I like hearing the technical stuff without the baggage of brand loyalty. Than again I also like posts of just the image for its content only as well. ...
As I said, it just saddens me that there is always controversy about the simple thing which is posting photos to share, discuss and enjoy.
The problem I find ... If I post technical information right along with the photo, 99% of the time that has already driven the mind of
photographers to discuss the technical issues RATHER than look at and discuss the photo. A non-photographer doesn't even see that information, it is not relevant to their interest.
And that isn't the point of my posting photographs: while it's great to learn from what others use to obtain their photos, I already have my gear and have no desire to buy more gear because some other piece of gear was used to make the photo. What I'm informed by is stuff like:
- What was the photographer trying to achieve?
- What was the situation that the scene demanded resolution to?
- How did the photographer approach the problems, and solve them?
- When rendering the photo, how was that approached and completed?
- How was the finished work presented, if it was?
I (and I would gather most of the community here) already know what an 85mm lens on full frame format does, imaging wise.
The technical information can always be appended in the thread of discussion following inquiry, if the photograph warrants it.
Anyway, those are my thoughts. I started the SeePhoto mailing list a decade and some ago with precisely this brand- and equipment-agnostic viewpoint in mind, after becoming bored to tears with the unending revelation of minutiae on the Leica lists. To me, the Photographs are what's important ... technical details are always just supporting information.
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