View Single Post
  #59  
Old March 7th 05, 09:50 PM
William Graham
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"Clyde Torres" wrote in message
m...
"John A. Stovall" wrote in message
...
I would go as far as to say anyone buying a 20D and not knowing enough
to pick a lenses doesn't need to be buying one but rather needs to be
learning more about the basics of photography.


John, you have to remember that people with lots of money to spend will
buy high end and then expect to learn from there on. Why would someone
with lots of cash restrict themselves to a lousy camera just because they
haven't learned enough about photography to buy a high end camera? If
they never master it, then so be it. They either set it aside or give it
to someone. A lot of people in this newsgroup are in fact those kind of
people. And then there are people in this newsgroup who wish they had the
money to buy high end and learn as they go along.

Clyde Torres

This statement shows remarkable insight. It is the reason why one can find
very good used equipment at a reasonable price. It is also the reason why I
have lost money over the years buying professional equipment that I have
never learned how to use. One of the unfortunate facts of life is that when
you are young enough to be able to learn how to use the good stuff, you are
usually too poor to afford it. By the time you can afford it, you are
frequently too old to learn how to use it, or just don't have the energy it
takes.