"It's not the camera, it's the photographer" - Nikon disagree
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peterm1
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Of course an equipment manufaturer is going to say this.
And deep, deep down dont most of us believe it - isnt it why we continue to buy new kit relentlessly year in year out?...........That new lens, must have it........ to be a better photographer. Gasp, must get my fix. NOW!
At one level I know its not true but I am as bad as every other gear freak.
And deep, deep down dont most of us believe it - isnt it why we continue to buy new kit relentlessly year in year out?...........That new lens, must have it........ to be a better photographer. Gasp, must get my fix. NOW!
At one level I know its not true but I am as bad as every other gear freak.
FalseDigital
BKK -> Tokyo
Leica has said the same thing...just like every other company. Who cares? We know the truth so everyone should stop whining about it.
FalseDigital
BKK -> Tokyo
^ Glad I could provide you with closure. 😛
Neare
Well-known
No you can be both, but it's just quite rare to have the best of both worlds. But I think it would be safe to say that the more you are into the gear the less creative energy there is being applied to the work itself, that's just human nature.
nighstar
eternal beginner
this is a good example of why Facebook and Google+ need a -1 button. 🙄
sara
Well-known
I didn't think that forum was about showing off gear to be honest...
efix
RF user by conviction
I believe Kirk Tuck recently wrote an article on how gear can help to (re-)spark creativity -- unfortunately, I can't find the specific article anymore. But if you're interested, check his website, or drop him a line, maybe he can help. It was a very interesting read.
Rayt
Nonplayer Character
Sonnar Brian
Established
Not as bad as the marketing "verbage" used for the launch of the "1".
Nikon needs a new marketing department.
They lost me when they started encrypting the white-balance data in the D2x, and hiding behind the Millenium Copyright act to prevent Adobe and others from decrypting the data.
Nikon needs a new marketing department.
They lost me when they started encrypting the white-balance data in the D2x, and hiding behind the Millenium Copyright act to prevent Adobe and others from decrypting the data.
jsrockit
Moderator
It's fashionable to say gear doesn't matter. There are only a few people here who can claim they have not thought of what they want to use and just picked up the camera that happened to be around because someone else bought it in the past. The majority of us carefully considered what works best for us. Also, while a $100 camera might be cheap to many of us, there are parts of the world in which that camera is crazy expensive.
FrankS
Registered User
The gear aspect of photography is not a drain on my creative energy, so I disagree with your " it would be safe to say..." statement.
Prest_400
Multiformat
I don't use NIKKOR lenses or NIKON cameras, therefore I am a mediocre photographer. 🙄
I wish I could upgrade myself instead of the camera 😀. I have decent gear (OM1 + plain 50mm) and my needs are fullfilled completely.
Of course a bigger format camera, or that aspherical thing will be better. And the tempation is there.
I wish I could upgrade myself instead of the camera 😀. I have decent gear (OM1 + plain 50mm) and my needs are fullfilled completely.
Of course a bigger format camera, or that aspherical thing will be better. And the tempation is there.
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
Over the decades my interest in gear has lessened as I've tried a lot of cameras and my photos always look like my photos, regardless of brand or price. Marketing isn't vey persuasive for me anymore, as I mostly want the camera to just stay out of my way, and the way to do that (IMHO) is to stick with the Canon cameras I've shot for years.
The Nikon 1 is, though, an interesting camera. Heavily software driven with all the AI stuff. It may, though, in the search for simplicity, be too complex for Nikon's target audience for the camera.
The Nikon 1 is, though, an interesting camera. Heavily software driven with all the AI stuff. It may, though, in the search for simplicity, be too complex for Nikon's target audience for the camera.
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
I'm afraid bundling the new Nikon baby snugly in a Luigi case would mess with the whole ergonomic thing. Sad, though. Those Luigi cases smell soooooo good. 🙂
newsgrunt
Well-known
Had a wordy reply typed up but thought nah. Basically imo, when it comes down to brass tacks, professional level equipment is not going to (99% of the time as a number)) let the working photojournalist down. No one is going to trust using a third party lens in a hostile environment where lenses get taped down ten ways to hell. A photographer with the chops can make a really good photograph with anything if the assignment calls for it but they'll always fall back on their heavy duty tools when hell breaks loose.
and yes it's marketing which goes in one ear and out the other without pause 😉
and yes it's marketing which goes in one ear and out the other without pause 😉
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Not always. Some companies try to dissuade people from buying their products, if they suspect that they'll get the wrong customers. By "wrong customers," I mean people who either need something else, or won't be happy with whatever they get, no matter what it is. To quote a representative from one such company, "We don't want unhappy customers. Why would we?"
Cheers,
R.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
And you know what, these days I am interested in getting new (old) cameras just to see how I feel shooting with them.
The correlation regarding quality between my photography and the gears I use has been settled in my mind a long time ago 🙂
Enjoy both, sure you can.
The correlation regarding quality between my photography and the gears I use has been settled in my mind a long time ago 🙂
Enjoy both, sure you can.
claacct
Well-known
Nikon is right, if it wasn't for cameras and lenses and other shiny photography gear, 90% of amateur photographers would never bother with photography as a hobby.
Loving toys is universal, specially when they 'produce' things like pictures. Photography as a pure creative pursuit is for a very select few.
Loving toys is universal, specially when they 'produce' things like pictures. Photography as a pure creative pursuit is for a very select few.
_mark__
Well-known
Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer.* It makes you a Nikon owner.* ~Author Unknown.
No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.* ~Edward Steichen
No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.* ~Edward Steichen
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