I guess what Kenny was trying to say was that good gear won't necessarily make one a good photographer. But somewhere along the way, probably the moment he sat down at the keyboard, he became discombobulated. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "frank theriault" > Subject: Re: Kenny makes Michael scream and not in a good way > > > > > > > Kenny (fool tho' he can be) is merely trying to say that all the > > wonderful equipment in the world isn't enough to make one a good > > photographer. Good photos can be taken with mediocre equipment, and > > bad photos can be taken with good equipment. > > > > Michael, on the other hand, is right insofar as good equipment helps a > > good photographer realize his art or vision or whatever. And, no > > matter what any luddite says, certain types of photography require > > certain equipment. You need big glass if you want to go into the wild > > and shoot lions or tigers (or bears). Headshot of a cougar with a > > Diana? I don't think so... > > > > Well, not quite. > Kenny sez: > "Your equipment DOES NOT affect the quality of your image" > > This is a direct quote from his website, and is bullshit. You can't make a > generalized statement > about quality without technical benchmarks being part of it. > > Good equipment will make technically better photographs compared to lesser > quality equipment, > plain and simple. > Whether the photographer takes advantage of this or not is moot. Better > equipment will give > him/her an edge over what he/she could do with lesser quality gear, ergo, > better > equipment makes > you a better photographer. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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