Methinks he over-eggs his own arguments just a tad - as he himself does say, several times, gear does matter. Good gear makes it easier to overcome technical or operational difficulties and get good results. But not-so-good gear doesn't prevent your getting good results whilst good gear doesn't guarantee your getting them.
I do get better results with my new Fuji camera than with my old Ricoh. It has a better zoom so I can compose easier; it has a shorter shutter-delay so it's easier to catch an expression; it has better auto-exposure so flash photos come out useable more often; it has an LCD which is visible outdoors so I can check whether shots had the right exposure/compensation and try again if it didn't look right; it has a "last 5" multishot mode which makes marvellous 'action' pictures practical. And it's smaller and lighter so I'm more likely to carry it around. But none of those help unless I choose to take that picture and none of them help me choose what to put in it.
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Date: 2005-07-27 03:07 pm (UTC)I do get better results with my new Fuji camera than with my old Ricoh. It has a better zoom so I can compose easier; it has a shorter shutter-delay so it's easier to catch an expression; it has better auto-exposure so flash photos come out useable more often; it has an LCD which is visible outdoors so I can check whether shots had the right exposure/compensation and try again if it didn't look right; it has a "last 5" multishot mode which makes marvellous 'action' pictures practical. And it's smaller and lighter so I'm more likely to carry it around. But none of those help unless I choose to take that picture and none of them help me choose what to put in it.