Timeline for Does sensor size always matter in all situations?
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| Jun 28, 2017 at 8:00 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | Jindra - I started with one of those but the name was different and the spec was lower :-). Aka Box Brownie. Fixed lens with pull out tab for adding macro/closeup lens. Fixed (slow) shutter speed. One aperture value. Go! That was in about 1962 I think :-). Camera was a 2nd+ hand hand me down from my father. 620 film probably helped in that context. Photos were usually contact prints :-). | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 6:59 | comment | added | Jindra Lacko | @RussellMcMahon first rate equipment is crucial in the last mile - the "from good to great" kind. Better equipment alone will not make an acceptable photographer out of a mediocre one. I kind of like the approach taken in some photography courses - Take this camera. It is a Holga. It has a crappy lens, one shutter speed and two aperture values. When you master it come for a better one :) | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 1:18 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | I'm VERY well aware of the "the camera does not matter" arguments, and I agree that the photographer is the critical factor. But I'd also argue that you CAN buy you way into better photography to some extent. The succinct summary is useful, but it does tend to hide factors that really may help which are less intuitive. eg only The ability to respond precisely and rapidly to shutter actuation is extremely important in time sensitive photos (kiss the bride / boxing KO / pole vault ... ) and HAVING an actual shutter actuator rather than a touch screen intimator is very valuable. ... | |
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| Jun 27, 2017 at 6:12 | history | answered | Jindra Lacko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |