When a person asks these type of questions let's be generous instead of snarky. Let's ask them the type of photography that are doing, or plan on doing, and then if we have anything worthwhile to contribute, do so. But to spout holier-than-thou cliches one more time is simply the sign of either a lazy or an angry mind.
One of the hoariest of the hoary cliches is that a good photographer can take a good photograph with just about any camera. Horseshit.
One can't built a modern house with a stone axe, and a doctor can't do surgery without a finely honed scalpel. I'm a pretty decent photographer, and give me a Holga toy camera and I can do some fun shots with it. But I can't do a formal portrait, an architectural commission, a sports or wildlife shoot, or a table top still life or product shot without the right tools, which may include at any one time a camera with a large sensor, long lens, technical movements, and other tools and techniques of the trade.
So please folks, stop the childish nonsense. Equipment does matter, and if anyone tells you otherwise, smile, nod sagely, and simply move along. Or, send them here for a good spanking.
This is the key point to what my previous pool was about.
And this is the best part for "those" people.
Both matters.....
F1 drivers wouldn't win races while driving a HONDA during a F1 race.... neither could an Avg Joe win the race just because he/she is behind the wheel of a F1......
The correct equipment DOES help to improve photo taking...... but things like composure, artistic value.... etc, comes from one's self and is learn by lots of practice.
My 2 cents worth.
not always, there are many really great macro shots made via P&S cameras that will make the DSLR users feel ashamed
why not have a test
a P&S user and a DSLR user switch cameras for a day
not always, there are many really great macro shots made via P&S cameras that will make the DSLR users feel ashamed
why not have a test
a P&S user and a DSLR user switch cameras for a day
u missed the whole point!A fairer test would be to have the same photographer take pictures using a DSLR and PnS. And the PnS should not be some bridge camera but a true basic model.
The same shot should be taken, and we can compare stuff like DOF, light streaks or image quality - things that a photographer would like to control.
However, I agree that there wouldn't be too much difference between a good bridge camera and a DSLF for macros.
Point is - equipment matters in many instances.