Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How many times has someone told you that they are selling their xyz/camera, to buy the ZZZ lens/camera so they can take better pictures??? I must have heard it or seen it about a zillion times by now. Then they will proudly show you their new mediocre pics which are supposedly better than their old mediocre pics. There a lot more people out there with more money than sense/talent/time. Sorry folks, it ain't the camera, its the photographer. Don't confuse the MEDIUM of photography with the MESSAGE of the IMAGE. If a photog has to explain why one image is better than another, they are wasting their time. An image should stand by itself. IF one is better than another, the image should tell you, NOT the photog. There would be a lot more great photographers, and a lot less camera manufacturers, if photographers spent their money on classes/film/paper and learned how to be photographers instead of spending their money on new equipment. Stephen Gandy