Posted by: behoove_me September 2, 2012
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isajha,
I am glad you mentioned 24-70/2.8. I purchased that lens not too long ago and paid top dollar for it. I agree to some extent that skill is required to get incredible pictures, but I wonder how can you take a picture at night with a camera phone if you want all details. The skill therefore is limited to 'composition' in non-DSLR cameras. That said, I am not particularly picky about DSLR cameras but lenses do make a lot of difference, my regular 50-200/5.6 that took several seconds to focus now seems like an absolutely bad investment as compared to 24-70. It focuses so fast and the images are so sharp I cannot stop raving about it.
So as we speak of sharpness, that is not something any ordinary camera or lenses can do, also what about the ghost and flares? If photography was all about skill and not best kits, why would world's best photographers spend substantial money on them? I tried shooting a picture of a waterfall when I was in Oregon several years ago - with a point and shoot. The result was bad, I agree that I might have lacked some 'skills' but if I were skillful, would that photo been so perfect to be put on National Geographic magazine? I do not think so.
I am glad you mentioned 24-70/2.8. I purchased that lens not too long ago and paid top dollar for it. I agree to some extent that skill is required to get incredible pictures, but I wonder how can you take a picture at night with a camera phone if you want all details. The skill therefore is limited to 'composition' in non-DSLR cameras. That said, I am not particularly picky about DSLR cameras but lenses do make a lot of difference, my regular 50-200/5.6 that took several seconds to focus now seems like an absolutely bad investment as compared to 24-70. It focuses so fast and the images are so sharp I cannot stop raving about it.
So as we speak of sharpness, that is not something any ordinary camera or lenses can do, also what about the ghost and flares? If photography was all about skill and not best kits, why would world's best photographers spend substantial money on them? I tried shooting a picture of a waterfall when I was in Oregon several years ago - with a point and shoot. The result was bad, I agree that I might have lacked some 'skills' but if I were skillful, would that photo been so perfect to be put on National Geographic magazine? I do not think so.