Raymond Lin
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I got thinking today when making a post in the Nikon mirrorless thread.
At what point does something crap becomes having character?
I would agree with a lot of people that the Fuji X-Pro 1 has character, it feels good in the hand, it looks cool, full of character but in actual use, its crap. AF is crap, battery life is crap, EVF is crap, there are a lot better cameras out there at the time when it came out and a lot better cameras now.
So it hit me, I think when people describe when something has character, they are not really thinking of them, or using them in a stressed, high pressure scenario, most of the time for a paid scenario. The character they are looking for, are tolerated in a leisure, take your time scenario.
A Canon 5D people say has character, give me a 5D and a 5D4 for a wedding, I'd pick the less character 5D4. For kicks I might shoot the 5D for a day.
So I then realise this character thing, be it bodies, or even old lenses, they are just shortcomings, they are flaws, a bit like all the scratches in a film negative, you don't want that in your print….or is it character? or just a mistake.
What do you guys think?
At what point does something crap becomes having character?
I would agree with a lot of people that the Fuji X-Pro 1 has character, it feels good in the hand, it looks cool, full of character but in actual use, its crap. AF is crap, battery life is crap, EVF is crap, there are a lot better cameras out there at the time when it came out and a lot better cameras now.
So it hit me, I think when people describe when something has character, they are not really thinking of them, or using them in a stressed, high pressure scenario, most of the time for a paid scenario. The character they are looking for, are tolerated in a leisure, take your time scenario.
A Canon 5D people say has character, give me a 5D and a 5D4 for a wedding, I'd pick the less character 5D4. For kicks I might shoot the 5D for a day.
So I then realise this character thing, be it bodies, or even old lenses, they are just shortcomings, they are flaws, a bit like all the scratches in a film negative, you don't want that in your print….or is it character? or just a mistake.
What do you guys think?
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