12-18-2006, 03:27 PM
white_2kgt Wrote:Here is the first line in the quote posted above,
"Your equipment DOES NOT affect the quality of your image."
That is 100% bullshit. End of story and what I am arguing about.
I think you're confusing picture quality with the aesthetic/artisitc quality of the picture. Obviously a piece of shit camera is going to take piece of shit pictures but a large majority of cameras, especially those like the Powershot, have evolved enough that the techinical difference in quality is imperceptable. Crappy pictures are more often the blame of the photographer and not the camera.
If you instantly took better shots with your dSLR, that's because you didn't know how to use your Powershot. I have $5000+ in dSLR equipment and some of my best pictures were on my $400 Nikon. Hell, aside from glass (and I know you're going to say that's reason), most of the settings the average person uses are available on most P&S.
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