RFF Book 2 ; "inexpensive" camera photos

[ducttape]

Does my M7 count? I bought it about a month after release, and it's now about 75% more expensive. I guess it used to be inexpensive, relatively speaking, of course.

As has been said below, the price of the mechanics, and the glass, rarely have a bearing on the quality of the work.

You can take an Everest approach in tennis shoes. You can drive the Indy track in a Chevette. Tolstoy may have written War and Peace in pencil.

Just as it's a poor craftsman who blames his tools, it's a poor craftsman who credits them more than their own personal skills. As the saying goes, sh&t in, sh&t out. No amount of mechanical tool can help the artisan who relies exclusively on them.

 

[dostacos]

I guess I am more mid price, Bessa R and Voightlander lenses

 

[sbug]

Both of my submissions were taken with my Canonet. While I have rangefinders that fall into both the inexpensive as well as expensive categories, the Canonet was actually handed down to me from my grandfather making it extremely inexpensive yet highly valuable (to me).

 

[JoeFriday]

my submissions were taken with a Canonet and a Contax IIa.. and in both cases, I took the photos merely on a whim.. in one case, I liked the result so much that I've gone back to the same location at least a half dozen times to reshoot the photo better, and yet I always choose the original shot as the best version.. in the other case, I was shooting Scala slide film with the brand new (to me) Contax.. I had never shot slide film and was still learning how to use a handheld meter so I figured I'd be happy if any of my shots from that day turned out

all beginner's luck, I think.. my shots have gotten less interesting as I've tried to improve my skills