Photography Equipment Quotes

A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.

I don't really have a favorite camera. I use a Leica and Canon a lot. It depends, especially professionally, on the requirements. But my carry-around camera is a Leica.

At the beginning, people laughed at me because I was using snappies. Sometimes, a celebrity would look at my camera and go, Oh, I've got one of those. I'd feel like handing it to them and saying, Well, you take the pictures then. But I like using snapshot cameras because they're idiot-proof. I have bad eyesight, and I'm no good at focusing big cameras.

I gravitated toward photography. That's what I really did well.

Using iPads as cameras, for example, is like taking pictures with a cafeteria tray.

The best zoom lens is your legs.

Shigure: "What's in the camera? Huh? Huh? What is it?" Hatori: "Quiet, you hack.

I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job.

I'm too impatient to use a tripod.

The lens is a tyranny.

My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown.

Learning how to use different formats has made me a better photographer. When I started working in medium format, it made me a better 35 mm photographer. When I started working in 4x5, it made me a better medium-format photographer.

I think the camera is a wonderful machine, don't you? And not to take photographs in this century is crazy.

If you are using a digital camera specifically for that reason you have in mind from the beginning, then yeah, it'll work. But like if you're just shooting a normal film and just kind of just shooting extra stuff because you can because you've got the memory space, it's a bit pointless.

Forget the camera, forget the lens, forget all of that. With any four-dollar camera, you can capture the best picture.

Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders.

Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'.

The camera is a kind of license.

The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life.

Painting, drawing - I'm really into photography, I've done it since high school.

I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark III.

I was given a small camera as a wedding gift from a very dear friend. My first pictures were taken on my honeymoon. As soon as I became familiar with the camera, I was intrigued with the possibilities of expression it offered. It was like a discovery for me.

I find the single most valuable tool in my darkroom is my trash can

I think the 50mm lens is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter.

I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all.