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Look what my tiny E-MP2 can do!

Started Feb 20, 2014 | Photos thread
Jim Salvas
Jim Salvas Veteran Member • Posts: 5,671
Re: Look what my tiny E-MP2 can do!

Logan3-1639 wrote:

Jim Salvas wrote:

I like my PM2, but your camera was the least important element in that shot. Number 1 was the lighting and number 2 was the lens. The camera just sat there and recorded what the first two did.

Number 1 is always the skill and vision of the photographer. The light, lens, and camera only matter insofar as the photographer's ability to utilize them, and that's why all the obsession I see in this forum over which lens/camera is "the best" is a pointless waste of time and bandwidth. I've seen photos captured with a smartphone, or point-and-shoot camera, that match or exceed, aesthetically, any image you can show me that was photographed with a "professional" camera and lens.

~Ed

Ed - I thought that pretty much went without saying. The most important element in any photo system is the human one.

That said, I rarely if ever see someone with a smartphone or point-and-shoot who knows how to use lighting or even cares to try.

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