
A seaplane takes off from Budd Bay, near Olympia, Washington.
Alternately, this post could be titled: Is It Worth the Hassle of Toting a Camera Around?
Many photographers save the gear for shoots – for those times when they know they will need to capture images, or maybe when they know they are going some place where the odds of photographic material are high. They worry about the weather – is it wet out? Could my gear get wet if I take it out today?
Others tote their cameras around https://www.mreavoice.org/110kf6ufcl everywhere. To the market. To the restaurant. On walks. Newspaper staff do it because news pops up when you least expect it, but some amateurs like to carry gear around so they are always prepared. Great shots can happen when you least expect it.
This has its downsides, however. Wear and tear on camera gear, primarily. Somehow, someway, camera gear will get banged around a bit. It’s inevitable. Anything that is being used will get beat up a bit.
And, if you walk around with three thousand dollars worth of camera gear around your neck in certain areas, said gear can make a rather delicious-looking target for petty thieves. If you’re into daily carry – or any kind of carry in high-risk environments – try to go incognito. Invest in a camera bag that doesn’t scream “I’m carrying expensive gear!” Cover the camera with your jacket. Blend in.
Bottom line – don’t draw attention to yourself.
To each their own. In this age of iPhone-dom, the ability to capture a reasonable digital image is rather portable, and provides the opportunity to capture images on the move without the wear-and-tear of daily camera carry.
But image quality suffers. It’s hard to acquire the needed resolution for an image appearing in print off a mobile phone camera. Possible, but challenging.
What about you? Does the camera go everywhere with you, or does it only emerge from the Pelican case for special occasions?