Robert Meier wrote:
> --- F�lix_L�pez_de_Maturana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > ...it will finish definitively with so
> > much false prouds of
> > different brand owners that believe they are better
> > because their gear is
> > better. Man is important not gear.
> I just don't understand how people can claim that gear
> doesn't matter. If I would give an F-1 driver my small
> and old car he would have no chance at all to get any
> good result. He might handle the car perfectly but he
> still wouldn't have a chance.
> So I do believe that camera gear is very
> important besides all the other things that are needed
> to make good pictures.
Hi Robert,
Yes, it's never an either/or argument. But what is usually the
thrust of the argument to which you're responding is that people
tend to confuse excellence of the equipment with th excellence of
their craft. Of course the two are VERY important and related.
But give an F-1 car to ME, and I'll guarantee you that I'll run
it into the wall, in a very high-performance sort of way, because
I can't handle the clutch.
I think to a large degree that the photographer is more important
than the gear. You've done well to point out that gear can make
one better--because the reaction to equipment fetishism is often
too strong--but it's the photographer who must know what he's
doing with that equipment, good or bad.
thanks,
Chris
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