I once won a photography competition with a $50 camera, so no, gear doesn’t matter. I could end this article right here, except gear does matter in many circumstances. So when I see the arguments on social media about this subject, it always seems to be painted in black and white, clearly, it isn’t.
Today I want to explore this area a little more and look at why the “gear (doesn’t) matter” argument is much more nuanced than social media would suggest.
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In this age of advancing technology, everything is made tiny and it must be to do with portability, being discreet, etc. Is tiny the new small? Take a look at the DJI Mic Mini, which is a tiny microphone system from DJI, the world’s most popular and biggest drone and action camera company. DJI reached […]
Photography can be hard enough on its own. When we start adding in lenses, peripherals and other photographic paraphernalia, we can get weighed down, both physically and creatively. I know my camera bags are full of bits and pieces that I take along thinking I need them, when in reality I will probably never use […]
Recently I reviewed a wireless microphone system. Although it was primarily designed for smartphones, it triggered a realization in me. Here at Light Stalking we talk lots about photography, we also have talked a fair bit about shooting video with our stills cameras. What we have not talked about much is the ways that our […]
Back in those dark days of film photography, even pressing the shutter cost you money. As digital approached we were told it would be much cheaper, an almost free route into photography. Then the first consumer-level cameras arrived. They were not cheap, nor were all the auxiliaries surrounding them. My feeling is, that today, a […]
I bought a Canon once. I sold it three months later. That’s not meant to trigger anyone, it’s designed to demonstrate that not everyone will be comfortable with a particular camera model. Looking a little more in detail, the Canon that I bought was an EOS 7D. For its time it was a fantastic camera, […]
