No, but a good used lens and an older camera body is plenty sufficient for good photos especially if you can edit worth a shit. You don’t need some new mirrorless body and some crazy lens that lets you take aperture down to f/2 that is brand new to, for example, .
I’m confident that with my old canon EOS 5D Mark 2 I can outshoot any hobbymom who spent 5k on Amazon today for something new, and anything the camera can’t do is accomplishable in Darktable.
Well, the expression does come from an age where it was more commonplace that the artisan, the workman, the technician, would be making their own tools. Takes on new poetic meaning, in this age and economy.
sure, but if I want the color sensitivity data for the photosites you either need a camera with that information already known or to measure it yourself.
A good photographer also knows their tools that they would recognize when the shitty lens won’t work, but they also would recognize which budget options can get the job done.
darntootin@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I good photographer with a shitty lens will not make a good commercial product lol come on guys.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
No, but a good used lens and an older camera body is plenty sufficient for good photos especially if you can edit worth a shit. You don’t need some new mirrorless body and some crazy lens that lets you take aperture down to f/2 that is brand new to, for example, .
I’m confident that with my old canon EOS 5D Mark 2 I can outshoot any hobbymom who spent 5k on Amazon today for something new, and anything the camera can’t do is accomplishable in Darktable.
Digit@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
“A poor workman blames his tools”
darntootin@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Not in a technical field. You shoot with a Barbie camera and I’ll use a hasselblad. “The best camera is the one you have” is bullshit.
bugbear@lemmy.sdf.org 2 hours ago
Yes, a Barbie camera won’t have great pictures. You know very well “the best camera is the one you have” isn’t talking about Barbie cameras, though.
Digit@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
Well, the expression does come from an age where it was more commonplace that the artisan, the workman, the technician, would be making their own tools. Takes on new poetic meaning, in this age and economy.
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
sure, but if I want the color sensitivity data for the photosites you either need a camera with that information already known or to measure it yourself.
bountygiver@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
A good photographer also knows their tools that they would recognize when the shitty lens won’t work, but they also would recognize which budget options can get the job done.
neuromorph@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
What do you think photoshop is for?