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These Photographers That Tell You That Gear Doesn’t Matter
They’re right. Cheap stuff also produces images.
A great photographer can take an outstanding photo with an iPhone 3G. While a beginner can take the most boring, crooked, blurry shot with a Sony A7RIV.
With that in mind, we can then safely assume that gear doesn’t matter, right?
Well, I don’t think so.
I always find so funny all these Youtube photographers talking about gear all the time, doing reviews of the fanciest new pieces of equipment possible and then conclude their video with something like ‘Gear doesn’t matter, after all, it’s all a matter of what you do with it’. They’re saying that as they’re doing a review of a $2,000 lens mounted on the latest Sony mirrorless full-frame body, timing themselves with several Sony A7SII that are mounted on overpriced tripods.
Of course, they could downgrade their equipment and still produce amazing videos. But if the gear doesn’t matter that much, why do they have all that fancy gear? Wouldn’t it be so much more logical to use regular cameras and mid-range tripods?
The reason why they’re using that costly gear is that it’s more durable, more reliable and it’s overall better comfort when you’re using it. And I totally get it! I have fancy…
