Will better gear make you a better photographer?
You may have heard the phrase It's The Photographer, Not the Camera
, or maybe the more generic A bad workman always blames his tools
. These phrases are often used to indicate that buying a new camera (or other related gear) won't make you any better a photographer.
While this is true in many cases, there are also plenty of cases where buying better gear does result in better photos. In some cases buying new gear may be the only way to get a certain type of photo.
An extreme example of this is where professional photographer Chase Jarvis was asked to photograph a couple of shoots using a lego camera. Even though he cheated somewhat by also using a speedlight and a variable neutral density filter, you can see that the camera was definitely the weak link.
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