Why say that???

ianm79 said:
The camera will make a difference - as in if you buy a better tool you can use it in more ways, but at the end of the day they person looking through the viewfinder decides what scene to photograph.
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Exactly! Just like an Aston Martin will have better performance than....say...a Ford Fiesta. But, if the squishy human thing behind the wheel doesn't use it properly, they'll both make just as much of a mess.......... ;)
 
There were 5 people on the photography course I am taking who only had p & s cameras at the start and after showing their pics against those of us who had DSLR's have now all bought DSLRs. They have seen the light...(oh, and the elements of composition that make a good image.) But, they have all taken images since with their p & s and those images are much better than before the course began.

Andy
 
I get that a lot, and I always give the appropriate response. I was reading some photographer's interview, and he told his story, he was a guest for dinner at a house and the host lady told him that his pictures are great, he must have a really good camera. He said nothing, but when she brought the dessert, he exclaimed that the cake was great, she must have a really good oven :lol: .

To the point of the camera, I took this photo early January 2003 (can't remember the date exactly, it lost somewhere in the process of going through 4 different PC upgrades, but this was taken in Cyprus, hence the weather)

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No processing, no cropping, no editing, no nothing. Just resizing. It was my first photo that made me get into photography, because it was the first photo that I got the remark "you are really good at this".

This photo was taken with this
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I'm not saying that the photo is amazing, but even after six years, and having camera gear that worths in the thousands of pounds, and I still like that photo.
 
pxl8 said:
I was shooting at a gig and reviewing some of the shots with a band when a mandolin player said "Your camera takes nice photos". Without missing a beat I said "Your mandolin plays some nice music", the look on her face was great :lol:
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That had me in tears :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Scotty B said:
My other half kept saying I take good pics as my camera is good. She had a go and changed her mind instantly.:lol:
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I'm lucky, my misses is into photography too :D
 
Great replies people,
As said above, a p&s in the hands of a competent photographer will produce better looking pictures than a DSLR in the hands of someone less so.
I was taking photos at my sisters wedding when it came to the family shot, i got a friend to take the picture so i could be in the shot. Guess what, yup, it was the only shot of the day my sister is now missing.
Another example, i won a competition last year with a shot of Nurnberg,
A few people were standing around saying the photographer propbably had an unfair advantage as he/she must have had a brilliant camera that cost loads...............................
Heres the shot

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Imagine the joy i had telling them that i was the photographer and the shot was actually taken on my mobile phone (true):lol:
Dean:)
 
must have been an expensive mobile phone :lol:
 
It was a Nokia N73, taken a couple of years ago.

Dean:)
 
Cracking camera in those N73s! Beats my Renoir to be honest.
 
i bloody hate it when people do that. or people go "so how much is your camera worth?"
 
I read a letter either in AP or on a website (it might have been TP). Which read something like:

"I got annoyed when one of my friends said "wow, those are great photos - you must have a fantastic camera".

I was invited round to dinner at the same friend's place and after eating, I said - "that was a really nice meal - you must have fantastic saucepans".
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Very similar and I agree - it is difficult sometimes!
 
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