{"id":68,"date":"2008-08-19T20:38:34","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T01:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2008-08-19T20:38:34","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T01:38:34","slug":"lens-or-behind-the-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/lens-or-behind-the-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Lens, or behind the lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have seen a few posts lately about what makes the picture, the camera, or the person taking the picture. It seems a little silly to me. It’s the camera! You point, push a button, and out pops a picture. Oh, you mean a good picture. Well, that seems a little elitist. Lots of people take pretty good pictures, and some get really lucky and take a great picture, by just holding a camera in front of them, and pressing the shutter. David duChemin says that taking pictures is hard<\/a>. And that we (armatures) expect great pictures by buying expensive gear, and don’t want or expect to put in lots of effort<\/a>. Matt Brandon talks of his days in a store<\/a> where some people would buy more expensive cameras than he could afford, when “he” was the real photographer.<\/p>\n

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I respect these guys. They take really great pictures, and I am glad that they now make a living off of something they love, but sometimes pros come off like sour grapes. You know what? More expensive camera’s do help. I want a different camera. I know that it wont make my pictures better automatically, but new features CAN help. I wonder if a pro sports shooter would like the the 2.5 fps I get. I hear pros go on and on about the D3 and being able to shoot low light at iso 3200. I wonder if they would give up their older lens collection to shoot with a motor less D40. If they really think that the person makes the camera why do they care if doctors and lawyers by MarkIIs and D3s. Who cares?<\/p>\n

Blame the camera companies for pushing sales? Good grief. They are just selling electronic toys like dozens of other companies. People with disposeable income will by bikes, cars, computers, houses, and yes cameras that are more than they need. If you really believe that it is the person, you should just smile and say thanks yahoos, you just put the money in the pockets of Canon and Nikon so that they can come up with new tech that pros will use. Selling just to the pros will not make the camera companies enough money.<\/p>\n

This is one of those things that should never be a debate. You need a good shooter to consistently make great photos. To get good you need to spend time with your tools. All artists\/craftsmen need good tools. A good shooter with mediocre tools can still get good shots, but a good shooter with good tools will get better shots.<\/p>\n

I find it funny that many shooters would be bothered by somone that doesn’t take pictures saying “Wow, that’s a big camera, you must take good pictures with it.”, or “Wow you take good pictures, you must have a good camera.” Why do you care? Just reply, “Well, you know what they say about big cameras…they take big pictures.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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