i never have thoughts that photography is something that is easy to learn. It is a delicate art of its own which requires years of practise hardwork and perserverance to achieve the final result. It's easy for a layperson to say... Well he got expensive dslr and gears to produce such picture. But believe me, any good photographers, they have put in so much thoughts in their work, to produce the best combination of light, composition, feel and more. It takes a lot of sacrifice to get the results you want. Not as easy as one thinks.

I can't say that gears are not important. For anyone who are serious to learn up photography, a decent DSLR or an SLR in the old days has become a de facto standard, as it allows the user to be able to go manual, at least for like 10 years ago. Nowadays, anyone can also go for manual on prosumer pns... and can be a good camera to learn as well..

To me the same question still remains. Will the gears improve my photography? Well, the answer can be yes in some aspects. I can get very good creamy bokeh. IQ very good that it produce some outstanding results. But then, am i keep thinking about gears to solve some of the camera limitation that i may have missed out certain areas of photography that i have missed out with current gears. Owning a new gear sure is nice. But being able to pick up a new skill to be added to your creative toolbox is equally as satisfying.


This post has been edited by geekster129: Jan 10 2011, 07:06 PM

I'm seeing Ken Rockwell all over the place.. where's Jared Polin and Chase Jarvis???

This post has been edited by geekster129: Jan 10 2011, 08:31 PM

Don't forget Lok C too.

Well, if he got the money, he got an edge on the vast amount of choices he can have.

The main question is, does a lot of choices make you feel happier or otherwise, more stressful, because there are so many choices, that you are so confused, which lens for what kind of
photography. Sometimes, the more gears you have, the more temptation and the harder you want to make a decision.

Let's say a guy who only carry a 50mm all day long, and another guy who shoot with 3 lenses - UWA, Prime and Tele. Probably both have an equal satisfaction, because guy A would have tried to think "out of the box" to explore some creative side of photography that he has never tried before, and simplicity made him a happier person. Or otherwise guy B would have feeling so stressful with his shooting because there are so many lenses to choose from, and because lacking of understanding on his shooting style, being indecisive of the lens to choose, or he would feel happy, because he has the freedom to choose whatever style he feels best at that point of time.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Jan 11 2011, 11:20 AM

If you were to ask me what a good picture, all I can say is, you just can't please everyone. 6 out of 10 might agree that is a good picture. The other 4 may say the picture is rubbish!

Everyone has different taste.

Just like when you think that the girl looked pretty, but your friend may think that you have a bad taste. Something like that.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Jan 11 2011, 11:29 AM