{"id":829,"date":"2014-03-12T05:34:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T05:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/?p=829"},"modified":"2014-09-03T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T13:06:53","slug":"camera-lens-post-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/camera-lens-post-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"So, what camera did you use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I often get comments about my artwork. Generally these are\u00a0 questions which any photographer would be flattered by: &#8220;<em>great composition<\/em>&#8220;, &#8220;<em>nice light<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>lovely tones<\/em>&#8220;, &#8220;<em>what a crock of old crap<\/em>&#8220;\u2026 um, no wait a minute.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/camera-lens-post-processing\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231\" class=\" wp-image-231 \" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/\/\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Topcon.jpg\" alt=\"Topcon RE-2 film camera\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Topcon.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Topcon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Topcon-449x300.jpg 449w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 500px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231\" class=\" wp-image-231 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Topcon.jpg\" alt=\"Topcon RE-2 film camera\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Topcon.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Topcon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Topcon-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I probably didn&#8217;t use this camera : Topcon RE-2<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Occasionally this is followed up with technological questions \u2013 especially about the camera I used, lenses and so on. And here is where I tend to get stuck a bit. Not because I don&#8217;t like talking about technology \u2013 I&#8217;m as big a camera geek as the next\u2026 er, geek. But, for the most part, what makes my images what they are (and the comments that I get are often based on this) is the post processing.<\/p>\n<p>And I have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/category\/main\/\">commented several times<\/a> previously about the futility of over-arguing about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/photography-truth-reality-objectivity\/\">originality<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/17\/\">use of filters<\/a> \u2013 physical lens and digital \u2013 and so on. Sure, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/neopan-discontinued-camera-film\/\">garbage-in garbage-out<\/a> principle of good technology and the skilled capture of images still applies. But I wonder quite how much?<\/p>\n<p>I certainly wouldn&#8217;t suggest that anyone judge my photographic work based on the equipment that I use. At the same time, I do believe that the quality of my favourite lens (a Zeiss 24mm) combined with the sensor in my Nex-7, has helped create images that I might not have otherwise produced with a 1970s film SLR and a 50mm manual lens. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/just-as-i-got-fed-up-with-film-i-found-eastman-double-x\/\">visa-versa<\/a>, when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/category\/mono\/\">black and white<\/a>\u2026 perhaps.<\/p>\n<p>OK, those are two extremes. Somewhere in-between lies my Panasonic Lumix, point and shoot. It&#8217;s light, but has a decent lens, and I am going to subjectively say that it produces about the same quality as a 35mm film camera. Smoother images and better at low light perhaps, but without the full frame advantage of a film SLR. What I think I mean, is that I equate the digital noise it produces, to be similar to 400 ISO film noise. I did say this was a purely subjective comment, didn&#8217;t I?<\/p>\n<p>But the, rather rambling, point which I am trying make, is that I&#8217;m not sure that photographer is really the right title in the first place. I use a camera. But I also use a computer. And film. Sometimes I even use video, sound and text. That being the case, does the camera or lens that I use matter any more than the keyboard on my desk, or the music I have in the background, as I work through some textual narrative? Actually, perhaps it does.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often get comments about my artwork. 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