On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
My real objection is generalizations like "equipment doesn't matter".
For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is
that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment
is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic
situation than lousy equipment.
Steven, I am thinking of the following /almost/ real life situations:
1. Somebody talking to Picasso - "Maestro, your brushes have most
wonderful strokes in them".
2. Someone talking to Ferdinand Porsche - "Sir, the steering wheel of
your cars is so round, I cannot help but drive faster".
3. Someone talking to (well choose whatever haut couture grand master
you wish) - "Your needles make so wonderfully beautiful clothes"...
I hope you catch my drift, Steve.
Equipment, IMO (not so humble) does matter only if the one who uses it
knows exactly what they are doing. I cannot draw like Picasso or drive
like well known Stig or even cook like chief Ramsey no matter what
canvas or race track or kitchen you would put in front of me. Now, it
will take great deal of self-understanding and self-honesty to realize
and admit that there is a limit to the gear one is going to use to one's
benefit whereas above that limit it won't be for the quality of the
outcome, but for other reasons - that of collectible factor, that of
social status, that of pleasure of using ("buttery smooth focusing ring"
epithets come to mind), etc.
Boris
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