Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob W" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: What gear is on your "short list"?
.my cooking improved enormously when I bought decent pots
But were they better ?
. After the meal, ask the chef what brand of pots were used because it
tasted great...
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]>
wrote:
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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