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12/18/2006 10:12:20 PM · #26 |
Under ideal conditions most any camera will make a nice photograph.
When conditions get tricky, then the equipment makes a difference - that's why pros, who have to get the shot every time, spend so damned much on equipment.
Sometimes you can only capture your vision with the right equipment - fisheye or macro, or a 500mm wildlife lens, etc. Equipment can be the difference between getting the shot or not being able to get it at all.
The rest is easily explainable - in any hobby as one is in it longer or gets more proficient, etc, one gets better gear - I'd not buy a $300 driver for a game of golf or $3000 bicycle, but I have friends that do. I don't have a $5000 gaming PC, but I have a friend that does. But then they don't have the camera gear I have.
I have a friend that loves wildlife and macro shots - he has more tied up in a few lenses than all my gear put together. He uses it a lot so it's a bargain to him, whereas to me it'd be a luxurious paperweight. It is fun to borrow his 500 F4 IS lens though!
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12/18/2006 10:14:26 PM · #27 |
My DSLR has been in the shop for a couple of weeks now, so I have been trying to keep the "Digital Deprivation" at bay with my older 3.2, and I find it's really a challenge to do things with it that are very easy with the SLR.
It's been a good brain workout, and a good reminder about just how flexible and exacting a good SLR can be. I have to fumble thru the menus and reset everything every time that I turn it on to shoot, and the wait to trigger seems like 3 hours. I do, however, remember how thrilled I was the first time I saw one of my 3meg pics pop up on my computer screen after shooting film for so long.
So far I have only 2 images that I feel are worth keeping this week, other than snapshots, and plan to reshoot one of the 2 as soon as I can with the Fuji S3.
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12/18/2006 10:28:57 PM · #28 |
| Since joining this site this past fall, I have learned so much about the capabilities (and shortcomings) of my P&S. I feel that I have a much clearer idea of what features I want in a dSLR, so I am ready to move on to the next level. I don't know that my scores here will improve with a better camera and lenses, but I do know that my current camera is unable to adequately capture the shots I especially want to make (macros and landscapes). |
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12/18/2006 10:33:28 PM · #29 |
it's not the camera, it's the lens, LOL!
I'm gonna start another debate |
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12/18/2006 10:34:04 PM · #30 |
Take it like this...
You can be the best singer in the world, but without a good mic, your great sound couldn't be expressed as well.. |
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12/18/2006 10:34:33 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by crayon:
it's not the camera, it's the lens, LOL!
I'm gonna start another debate |
'tis true to an extent |
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12/18/2006 10:40:20 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
We keep hearing "it's the photographer, not the camera" so why is it so hard for point-and-shoots to crack the top ranks? |
But who do you keep hearing it from ?
Are they a good source of information ?
Or are you checking internet forums again ? ;)
Of course the photographer matters, but this is a technical pursuit. The art part goes hand in hand with the craft part and the craft part requires good technical features.
So it is the photographer and the camera. Anyone who tells you otherwise is fooling themselves and trying to fool you.
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12/18/2006 10:48:47 PM · #33 |
| I think it's the photoshop |
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12/18/2006 11:10:35 PM · #34 |
| I think it's a combination of everything. |
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