adan Posted July 6, 2011 Share #21 Â Posted July 6, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) What innovation/improvement to your existing photographic equipment would actually, really, seriously, genuinely, (etc., etc.) IMPROVE your photographs? Â To my existing equipment, for "35mm-like" still photography: very little. Â I'll never sneer at continued improvements in ISO range, so long as they don't compromise anything else. Even with f/1.4 lenses, there are places I go that really need ISO 6400 to stop subject motion. Â But on the whole, now that I have a couple of Summiluxes, and a Haoda split-image screen for the 5D, there is not a lot more I need in that realm. Probably just a wireless flash system. Â I'd love to ADD a "digital Rolleiflex TLR" - square images, waist-level viewing, 25 Mpixels or so (but on a much bigger piece of silicon). I don't know that it would "improve" my pictures - but it would impose a different look and feel, both in shooting and in the results. Cropping an M9 to 24x24 just isn't the same dynamic, either in subject interaction, or the final pictures. Â (Did I mention no more expensive than an M9? Eventually I guess there will be used Hassy CFV II backs available with camera and 50mm lens for under $7,000) Â Definitely, gear makes a big difference in shooting video - but video is only 20% about the camera. The other 80% is audio gear and motion control (fluid pan heads, dollies, tracks, SteadyCamsâ„¢, etc.). I'd love 100%-wind-proof mics here in blustery Colorado. And a dolly and track that one person can set up and break down in 3 minutes. Less "jelly" from the rolling shutter in my Canon 5D. I also need some focus levers for smoother focus changes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MarkP Posted July 6, 2011 Share #22 Â Posted July 6, 2011 Salgado. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pico Posted July 6, 2011 Share #24 Â Posted July 6, 2011 Having seen innumerable posts about what modifications are needed to existing cameras/lenses/accessories, I would like to pose the bottom line question:Â What innovation/improvement to your existing photographic equipment would actually, really, seriously, genuinely, (etc., etc.) IMPROVE your photographs? Â None of the following will improve my photography, but they would make the creation of pictures easier, but all are likely idiosyncratic. We can let readers remark. Â First, the ergonomics of some of the lenses are terrible, but that's just me since I have hand injuries. So I employ leicagoodies.com steer for the 75mm, and have made my own versions for the 35mm V2 Summilux, and am making another for a Summitar. But even thirty years ago I thought the tab-focusing was unfortunate. Â The second is not having a dial-in diopter for the finder. Â The f-stop setting on the old Summilux 35mm is way too close to the lens shade. Â But most of this speaks to my age and infirmities, not the public. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted July 7, 2011 Share #25 Â Posted July 7, 2011 The second is not having a dial-in diopter for the finder. Â +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted July 7, 2011 Share #26  Posted July 7, 2011 I have the habit of picking ‘’the lens of the day’’ for no particular reason what-so-ever. It tends to make one see in that particular size…. quite interesting really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodrog Posted July 7, 2011 Share #27 Â Posted July 7, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) A Noctilux 0.95 would definitely improve my photography Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustafasoleiman Posted July 7, 2011 Share #28 Â Posted July 7, 2011 Naked women. Â I don't think that would leave much time for photography... Let alone improve it... Unless your diopter fell off... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted July 7, 2011 Share #29 Â Posted July 7, 2011 .................................................... :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
businessasusual Posted July 7, 2011 Share #30 Â Posted July 7, 2011 Improve your power of observation by: looking at thousands of images (good & bad), listening to music, reading about the lives of photographers, having pets, taking up another language, learning to play an instrument, painting and listening to a lot of stand up comedy. Sounds odd...not really - eg. Gary Larson's Far Side enriched how I "saw" (interpreted) life. So many look, not enough "see." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
businessasusual Posted July 7, 2011 Share #31 Â Posted July 7, 2011 Naked women. Â Camera Shake? :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted July 7, 2011 Share #32 Â Posted July 7, 2011 A better skill? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorJazz Posted July 7, 2011 Share #33 Â Posted July 7, 2011 - Learn more about compositions - Go to museums and check out all the classical paintings (not just the photography department) - Give yourself challenges and go out and find that specific image that tells a certain story. - Shoot more series that lucky shots. - Consistency in development as in style. And stick with it when it works. - Always carry a camera (even a phone) and shoot! - Read allot of photo books and websites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted July 7, 2011 Share #34 Â Posted July 7, 2011 A better eye. Mostly in the area of spotting geometric patterns quickly... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSkeoch Posted July 13, 2011 Share #35 Â Posted July 13, 2011 I think most people who like photography, whether they are new to the sport and have only shot digital, or have been playing for a while, would benefit from an Evening course in the darkroom. Learning how to print helps your shooting so much as you start to understand contrast and ratios. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but learning photography helps get better photographs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted July 13, 2011 Share #36 Â Posted July 13, 2011 Having a clear understanding of what a photograph 'that works' looks like. Without that I don't have 'blueprint' to work with. (I'm not suggesting a formulaic approach here but a way of 'seeing'.) Â Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_d Posted July 13, 2011 Share #37 Â Posted July 13, 2011 A digital SLR body from Leica to use with my "R" lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_murray Posted July 13, 2011 Share #38 Â Posted July 13, 2011 Constructive comment and critical appreciation by those more talented than I am provides worthwhile encouragement and incentive to improve. Stuny is a model moderator in this regard; thanks Stuny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicashot Posted July 13, 2011 Share #39  Posted July 13, 2011 Nothing. ... It has nothing to do with the equipment! .... IMO.  Couldn't have said it better myself. Equipment doesn't improve a photography, only the characteristics of the image/file. Cameras don't create photographs/pictures, people do.  Taking less and less test shots with equipment is a great start. Taking more pictures like they're your last is better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atournas Posted July 13, 2011 Share #40 Â Posted July 13, 2011 Let's face the truth: "...improve your photos" up to a limit, for we cannot build a photographic instinct if we do not possess one. Â Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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