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Sigma Endless and Forever

Started Oct 26, 2019 | User reviews thread
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Re: Sigma Endless and Forever
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This suggests results come from the equipment.

Good pictures come from good photographers.

Believing that specific cameras make the difference, that you could only make the image with a sd14 or a phase one or a view camera is similar to believing that HDR or a Cokin tobacco grad are what makes an image.

At best specific gear or techniques may support the photographer's intention slightly more than some other equipment. It may even make the photographer more comfortable or relaxed but it doesn't help you select the correct subject or stand in the right place, choose the right angle of view, frame optimally, choose the right lighting or trip the shutter at the optimal moment.

I guess there is some comfort in relying on the equipment to do the job - it absolves the photographer to a degree.

One of the marketing tricks manufacturers like to play is to make use of brand ambassadors. Good photographers, getting great results with their gear.implies the gear is the cause, right. In truth those ambassodors make enjoy or rely on or trust their favourite gear but they could do just as well with any gear. I know this the sigma forum but good as is, it is an illusion that foveon makes any real difference. It might give a slight edge to some images but in the end it is still all about the photographer.

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