Better gear equals better photos...
Can you share your views...in which side you are...
It depends. Landscape images will have a better technical quality using a full frame dslr than if using a m43 compact. If you want gritty street shots, an unobtrusive m43 with a fast short zoom would be good. If you're talking about artistic quality, it depends upon the eye and imagination of the photographer.
It can do, a faster lens can give you a more out of focus background or stop the action, a wide angle can give you a different view and can give you a different perspective.
However it still demands creative input from the photographer, in knowing what the gear can do and exploring its qualities.
I find a new lens inspires me much more than a new camera, it makes me go out and take pictures, and if you are taking pictures you will improve with experience.
However it still demands creative input from the photographer, in knowing what the gear can do and exploring its qualities.
I find a new lens inspires me much more than a new camera, it makes me go out and take pictures, and if you are taking pictures you will improve with experience.
Better gear certainly equates to better photos in some situations, but on the other side of the coin there's plenty of photographers with deep pockets who are fortunate to have the best camera's and lenses money can buy and struggle to get anything worthwhile.
I would say that it is a person who takes the photo, not the camera.
Better gear certainly gives you more opportunities to capture the picture you have in your mind's eye.
It also gives a better technical quality.
But while we can all admire good technical quality (and it is critically important for professional photography) - never loose sight that what really makes a great image stand out is the emotional connection a viewer makes with an image - and this has little to do with technical quality or 'better gear'.
It also gives a better technical quality.
But while we can all admire good technical quality (and it is critically important for professional photography) - never loose sight that what really makes a great image stand out is the emotional connection a viewer makes with an image - and this has little to do with technical quality or 'better gear'.
Quote:I think the answer is 'sometimes', it depends in whose hands it is in. Give me a grand piano and I would produce an awful noise.
Some years back, we photographed the moving of a Steinway Concert Grand into a venue and when the piano tuner had finished, he invited me to have a go. Even though I was sat down at a quarter of a million quid's worth of piano, I couldn't get anything remotely resembling a tune. Cameras are much the same in that they need the hands and eye of a skilled user!
My current £400 second hand and vintage lens set up is producing work very close to that from a Leica monochrome kit costing Circa £8000 new. My recent posts demonstrate this.
I am extremely happy.... a photographer with a good eye behind the camera helps a lot too....
Hobbo
I am extremely happy.... a photographer with a good eye behind the camera helps a lot too....
Hobbo
For sharpness, contrast, detail, versatility an expensive camera might produce results with those attributes, but it cannot choose the subject yet.........
My own example is that about 5 years ago I entered an A4 print in my local camera club competition judged by a qualified person. She gave it 10/10 she made some very good remarks about it. The original was taken on a Pentax Optio 30 3.2 mp camera which I bought in about 2004 from Argos for £139.99.
My wife also uses a £49, new Nikon L30 Coolpix 20.1 mp camera and the results from it astonish me with the quality.
Having said that they could not be used for the high speed flash photos I am doing now, nor the infrared but it (they) would still be fine for undemanding daytime street or landscape if I chose to use them (but I am not allowed to use the Nikon!).
My own example is that about 5 years ago I entered an A4 print in my local camera club competition judged by a qualified person. She gave it 10/10 she made some very good remarks about it. The original was taken on a Pentax Optio 30 3.2 mp camera which I bought in about 2004 from Argos for £139.99.
My wife also uses a £49, new Nikon L30 Coolpix 20.1 mp camera and the results from it astonish me with the quality.
Having said that they could not be used for the high speed flash photos I am doing now, nor the infrared but it (they) would still be fine for undemanding daytime street or landscape if I chose to use them (but I am not allowed to use the Nikon!).
maybe better gear allows you to get a particular shot but not necessarily, in general, better photos.
I am thinking of say sports photography for example where a good telephoto lens & camera body allows excellent & fast autofocus and frames per second ?
But for a static, say architectural shot, one may not get a better photo than a so named kit lens on a low specification camera.
I am thinking of say sports photography for example where a good telephoto lens & camera body allows excellent & fast autofocus and frames per second ?
But for a static, say architectural shot, one may not get a better photo than a so named kit lens on a low specification camera.
It depends on what you mean by 'better'. You have to define the properties.
For example, a camera with reduced noise at high ISO will potentially give a 'better' image as it's smoother or allow you to take pictures in lower light than before without a solid support. But the viewer won't be bothered about that (unless they're a camera nerd rather than a photographer). Only if you can make (good) use of an improved specification or feature will there be a chance of improvement.
It depends on what lies a few centimetres behind the viewfinder...
For example, a camera with reduced noise at high ISO will potentially give a 'better' image as it's smoother or allow you to take pictures in lower light than before without a solid support. But the viewer won't be bothered about that (unless they're a camera nerd rather than a photographer). Only if you can make (good) use of an improved specification or feature will there be a chance of improvement.
It depends on what lies a few centimetres behind the viewfinder...
