Nikon PR guys really messed it up by stating on facebook (Click here) that “A photographer is only as good as the equipment he uses“. I am sure this is not what Nikon really thinks, but that PR gy really should take some leasosn form real Photographers to learn that it is the perosn behind the camera the key for good photography!
P.S.: Nikon V1 body images at DC.watch.
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“A photographer is only as good as the equipment he uses“…. If that’s the case, all good photographers must stay away from the new Nikon 1 system.
Appart from photographer ego, that’s totaly true. That’s the first rule i remember from my early days of work : “if you want a good picture, you need : a good photographer, a good equipment, and a good “processeing ” ( at the time it was mostly film devellopment, but it still apply in the digital era ). If one of these don’t match the quality of the other, the whole quality is affected.
But be reassured, you can also read it backwards : An equipment is only as good as the photographer that uses it.
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> that’s totaly true.
> If one of these don’t match the quality of the other, the whole quality is affected.
> you can also read it backwards
I have seen lots of technically perfect yet totally boring and redundant pictures.
So what’s your point again?
Didn’t i mention the photographer in this triptych ?
You are talking about “good quality photograph.”
While the Nikon’s blunder is about “good photographer.”
See the difference?
Plus, with transition to digital, photography became much much simpler: it depends now mostly on photographer. Just flip through DPR’s challenges: you would find that P&S photos are not uncommon and 1st place isn’t rarity.
Blablabla, playing on words.
I talk about empiric rules. Even en Iphone may be the best equipment you need for some particular situation. And at this right moment, an Iphone will be way better than an 0,3 mpix cameraphone from the early 2000.
(BTW,I didn’t know that DPR challenge made authority in the world of photography. But maybe you judge a picture by how many comments it have in its flickr feed.)
I’d say it’s 70% percent photographer, 30% equipment. Do you know any photographer that can make a good photo in the dark with a phone camera? And I don’t mean making 100 random photos with a phone and picking a good one. On the other hand, a good photographer could make great photos with any large sensor system camera.
So lenses have an influence on image quality. That’s interesting.
I already knew thanks to Masahiro Suzuki that the sensor size has almost no influence on image quality.
I can get almost exactly the same image quality with a sensor a quarter the size of a traditional DSLR sensor:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1316730752.html
Everything is clear now. Thanks Nikon for enlighting me!
I am sure this is not what Nikon really thinks
Funny, cos I think that’s exactly what Nikon thinks 🙂
Stupid statement to post on your facebook page Nikon.
I’m surprised they haven’t taken it down yet.
I believe he would like to say that “a camera is only as good as the photographer using her”. Makes much more sense.
It happens…
Give the guy a break. Probably he was just tired thinking about new ways to provide us awesome photographic experiences.
I will take Nikon’s advise and buy a Canon.
If it’s the lenses you’re after, they should have the word Zuiko on them somewhere.
BTW_Your typos are painful.
Two can play at this game. Nikon get your cameras out already, I need to become a better photographer!
That PR guy just made his philosophy studies better than the others. Remember Marshall McLuhan’s “The medium is the message”?
That goes along with the phrase that “A chain is only as strong as the weakest link”