dsmeltz wrote:
OK. Let's put it to the test. Go outside your house with ... just you. No camera. No pen and paper. No canvas. No Nothing. Just you the photographer. Now, take your best shot and post it.
What!???! You can't take a photo without equipment????!!?? Wow! That's a surprise.
Equipment is not only a part of the equation, it is a the very heart of all art. Art is ultimately technology used. Whether that tech is a camera, a brush, a pen, the acoustics of a theater or whatever. It is all dependent on the existence of tech. The "operator", while the most important element, is just one element.
In fact it is often talented operators who drive advances in tech. They want better low light performance to capture a vision not possible before. Or a faster shutter to stop motion. Or a high quality EVF so they can see what they will get so they can pay more attention to composition. Or faster more accurate focus, so they are ready for a changing environment. The list could go on.
So clearly it is not "entirely on the operator" And in fact, it is the talented operators who drive the advances in the cameras they are the first to adopt.
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