Does camera gear matter
Aug 2, 2017 13:08:14 #
http://freestar.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=efe99aaf601ee86dc8e0e3dba&id=8fd8ee4d48&e=39ecf2aef0 I think it does as the gear are the tools used to help the photographer create a finished product or photo including editing software, and I think that it is a wise idea to get decent gear right from the start (you do not need the best but definatly not cheap and flimsy) so your investment lasts and stands up to the rigors you put it through.
Aug 2, 2017 13:12:37 #
Aug 2, 2017 13:14:02 #
I've always wanted the best I could afford, even if it means a bit of sacrifice. I can't see any reason anyone wouldn't. If I'm going to fail, I want it to be because of me, not the equipment. I've always used pro level equipment. It certainly has helped.
--Bob
--Bob
terry44 wrote:
http://freestar.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=efe99aaf601ee86dc8e0e3dba&id=8fd8ee4d48&e=39ecf2aef0 I think it does as the gear are the tools used to help the photographer create a finished product or photo including editing software, and I think that it is a wise idea to get decent gear right from the start (you do not need the best but definatly not cheap and flimsy) so your investment lasts and stands up to the rigors you put it through.
Aug 2, 2017 14:04:01 #
The gear matters? Yes. Others thing do too but the gear is very important. People usually dont like to hear about it though. Sometimes they are tricked into thinking that a certain cheap lens should provide IQ comparable with really good optics. Good optics are pricey but its the nature of the game.
Aug 2, 2017 18:00:32 #
Does gear matter? To a point. I recently got a photograph taken with a Canon Powershot POS highlighted on a webinar regarding travel photography. It's the eye and imagination behind the viewfinder that makes the difference.
Aug 2, 2017 20:23:23 #
The only gear that matters to me is mine. The camera and lens manufacturers are playing with peoples innate fickleness. It's an age old trick to make you believe, because of your fickleness, you need the greatest and latest. The professional photographer certainly needs quality cameras and lens, after all, they make their living this way. But does the enthusiast or rank amateur think gear will make them a better photographer? Well, Sony, Nikon, Canon and others certainly hope so because their profit rely's on this human fickleness to keep the public spending their hard earned money on the newer models with gadgets and extra this and thats. So, does gear matter? To the manufacturers the answer is a resounding YES! Boy, I'm glad I got that off my chest. I feel better now. Now lets see..........what was that new lens Nikon just came out with?
Aug 2, 2017 20:27:40 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Does gear matter? To a point. I recently got a photograph taken with a Canon Powershot POS highlighted on a webinar regarding travel photography. It's the eye and imagination behind the viewfinder that makes the difference.
Same person, same eye, same imagination......different gear. Guess which will have the best image? It matters more than "to a point". Its as equally important in the equation as having the eye, in other words the talent. I could say that talent matters "to a point" and it will not be entirely correct. Talent and gear go hand in hand to the better image. Now, which is more important? To me.....equally.
Aug 3, 2017 09:17:57 #
The point not being acknowledged here is that one's ability to use the gear to its fullest capabilities is what's important. Yes, some lesser gear will not be as functional as pricier gear, but the person using it has to recognize the gear's limitations and work within those limitations.
Aug 3, 2017 09:37:09 #
Yes, the camera and lens are tools and they matter when in the hands of a person with enough expertise in photography to produce good work. The value of the gear is useless in inexperienced hands.
Aug 3, 2017 12:37:42 #
the quality of you gear matters in relationship to the quality of your goals. a short answer you fill in the rest.
Aug 3, 2017 12:54:27 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
I think it does, but not nearly as much as a good editing program with skills to match.
Aug 3, 2017 13:21:38 #
sirlensalot wrote:
I think it does, but not nearly as much as a good editing program with skills to match.
I think it does, but not nearly as much as mastering the fundamentals of photography. Then a good editing program can make a good shot better, but I've searched and searched until I had to acknowledge that Lightroom, for the example, does not have a Lousy to Great Photo button.
Aug 3, 2017 13:23:22 #
Rab-Eye wrote:
I think it does, but not nearly as much as mastering the fundamentals of photography. Then a good editing program can make a good shot better, but I've searched and searched until I had to acknowledge that Lightroom, for the example, does not have a Lousy to Great Photo button.
Let me know if you should perchance find that button....I need one.
Aug 3, 2017 13:33:09 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Let me know if you should perchance find that button....I need one.
Welcome to the club, brother. You'll be the first person I tell.
Aug 3, 2017 16:54:16 #
Is that because you already have the L lenses or because you feel they are that much more superior to non L's.
Retired fat guy with a camera wrote:
I would not trade my L lenses for non L's.
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