BebuLamar

I found those who have a lot of money tend to have talents even if they may inherit the money. If they don't the money is going fast. However, the talent can be anything including photography and bank robbery. People who don't have talent and bought a lot of gear they would owe a lot of money and they are really the one who have no talent.

rgates.computer

It is the photographer, not the equipment that matters. The equipment is helpful and useful, but only a tool. For those who buy the latest, greatest, within weeks or months, everything you bought will be obsolete because the various camera manufacturers have released new, latest, greatest.
Once a photographer becomes a well known "name" recognized nation\worldwide, they can pretty much shoot anything and it likely would get fawned over as being incredible. A really well known, photographer from many years ago once remarked that when you hit that name recognition level in photography, they 'could shoot a photo of still steaming dog turds on a lawn and everybody would go crazy for it.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Let's just say that the camera doesn't make the photographer, but the (talented) photographer can make great images with a great camera or a basic camera.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

That doesn't show nothing but that some dude took a ok pic with a Fuji X-T2!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

stevefrankel

Everyone says "It's the photographer, not the camera." But if you're a travel & street photography enthusiast, at least 50% of your photos are likely to be taken with telephoto or telephoto/zoom lenses, and those that attach to DSLRs are just too damn heavy for most travelers. The majority of cruise ship guests and high-end escorted tour participants are over 60 years old, and handling even a single 2-pound DSLR equipped with a 3-pound lens -- especially if there is a lot of walking or stair climbing involved -- is simply beyond most of their capacities. The forthcoming update of my book, "Choosing Great Cameras for Cruises & Tours" (Steve Frankel, Amazon) will recommend the 11 oz., 24-200mm, Sony RX100--M6, as all travel enthusiasts need 90% of the time if they're satisfied with 20"x30" enlargements. Another great choice is the weatherproof Olympus OM-D M5 Mark II coupled with the Olympus Zuiko 14-150mm (28-300mm equivilent) lens. These outfits are priced at $1100 and $1000 respectively, and they will outperform, for most travel photographers, any DSLR on the market when factors such as size, cost and weight are considered.

thrash50

I think it keeps me busy, so I don't go out, and take bad pictures.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

I agree, the photographer is the key element in this equation, the tool/camera is somewhat supplemental and, beauty is in the eye of the judges/beholder. However, it is apparent that the mirrorless community has indeed caught up or maybe even surpassed the DSLR as "king of the hill." Time will tell...

Cheers!

flashgordonbrown Loc: Silverdale, WA

Sometimes it's a bit of both!

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

Uh... are you implying women can't be professional photographers? Don't see what sex has to do with the quality or artistic merit of an image. Show your post to your wife to daughter and see how it strikes them.

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

It's both....the operator who knows how to use his camera.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

What! You you mean talent didn't come with my expensive camera? I could have sworn it stated "Talent supplied free of charge" on my receipt. 😂

Laura72568 Loc: Anderson TX

I have entered and won contests with a DSLR and a mirrorless both...which tells me the camera isn’t the winner and the judges weren’t very good! 😂

David Taylor

Did SWMBO tell you to write that?

wetreed

I think the photographer not the camera point has been made enough here, we get it. I also don’t think it would kill people to offer suggestions on what they think would be some equipment options for a person in his position. He can take away from the discussion what he wants and can use. Lighten people.