Fred, interesting thought, thanks.
The fact is, for the kind of imagery I'm doing, I'm not looking for any other camera.
In my less lucid moments these little models and the liberation they appear to promise is seductive, and then my brain kicks in. The little pocket rocket, always there, always available, but available to do what? I’m at a stage where I’m not looking to find myself, not looking to unburden, in fact, just the opposite. My work, for better or worse, is a result of looking in rather than out, the result of self imposed constraints rather than freedoms. I’ve been through the relentless search for truth only to find it was there anyway.
Perhaps at some point I will again fall into the arms of the seductress, the pretty little thing, but if past experiences are anything to go by it won’t be the making of me.
Gosh.
You are absolutly right. I'm doing candid from time to time but this is not my work but a "personal training". The question you ask is exactly the same I'm thinking about. For what? Would I purchase another compact after the DP1? probably the only aplication that I'm seeing is as a note-book, also recording audio.
As you say, I also have my less lucid moments where the other day I saw that Fuji and thought: Whao! then, when lucidity went back, the
for what question emerged.
Why I was pointing the DP series
for your works? well, just because if used as a note-book it can delivers an imagery that will give you the closer look in that range of cameras to your real working tool, so in that sense it is probably the most coherent in terms of image output. Also, the DP
are not point and shoot cameras, there are small slow manual cameras that oblige to think twice or more. Many people have complained about that fact. They are very different animals than the rest of the compacts. I know for example some arquitecture photographers that only work first with a DP1 for taking notes because the lens is stellar, very precise and clean, no AA filter and IQ style has a lot to do with the equipment they will use for the proper works (MF backs). Iso starts at 50 and better stop at 400...800 is great for certain B&W works but no 2 in the morning party at 3200 with the Sigma, no! I've purchased one new in shop for the ridiculous price of 300euros (because the 1 is outdated now they released the 1x) and really I can't use any other compact after experienced the IQ those Sigmas are capable to deliver. Prints, in reasonable size 20x30, are nothing less but gorgeous. This is not a toy camera but a proper camera capable of producing stunning results in the right hands with a lot of limitations that chalenge enough to not feel oneself one happy snapper.
Cheers.