Salut à tous,
J'invite vivement tous ceux qui comprennent la langue de Shakespeare à lire la page d'accueil actuelle de Thom Hogan :
www.bythom.com. Lire les éditos :
- Boy Have You Been Sending Emails... July 16 (commentary)
et
- More on the Sensor Commentary July 15 (commentary)
Dans ces articles, Thom Hogan répond à quelques-uns des centaines de mails qu'il a reçus suite à un autre article au sujet du "problématique capteur du D4" (voir page
http://www.bythom.com/2010%20Nikon%20News.htm). Vous pourrez y lire certains paragraphes très instructifs et surtout plein de bon sens.
Pour ceux qui n'ont pas le courage d'aller voir (mal leur en prend
!), je ne citerai que sa réponse aux deux questions suivantes (de deux de ses lecteurs) :
- Did you buy the right camera the first time?
- This is something more people should be asking themselves. Back in the film days many of us shot with the same camera for more than a decade. If digital has truly equalled film, which most of us believe it has for some time now, then why do you need another camera every two years? It's fear of not having the latest and greatest. You've been programmed to consume, consume, consume. There's a reason why I get new gear, as I've built a business around that, but you might be startled to know that I often shoot with my older cameras. They still work just fine.
- It's the privileged that are complaining.
- Americans don't travel enough. Until recently less than 20% had a passport and even most of those never made it past the Caribbean, Mexico, or Canada. We live in our little narcissistic, self-gratifying, super-consumptive world and want more. So let's hear from someone else. Here's the whole text and you'll see what I mean:
"I have perhaps a different outlook from many of your readers, since I live in Kenya. Even most professionals here cannot afford some of the cameras that your readers are apparently tired of - most shoot on Canon Rebels or Nikon D40's. I am privileged in that up to a few weeks ago I was the proud owner of a D200, recently upgraded to a D300. It blows my mind that someone would dream of whining about the D300 - it's absolutely fabulous. and 3 weeks ago, I felt the same about the D200. Maybe if they knew what others used they would appreciate what they had and actually get out there and take some pictures instead of blaming the problem on their equipment. As the Swahili proverb goes 'Mtu asiyejua kucheza dansi analalamika kwamba bendi haijui kucheza muziki' - meaning that 'a person who doesn't know how to dance blames the band.'"
Je trouve tout cela extrêmement pertinent et tellement, tellement, tellement juste. Qu'on en prenne de la graine !
Bilbao.