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The Wrong Obsession

Published by: NeoCamera       08-20-2006        Read Complete Article
Article Summary

"The truth is that people rarely take great pictures, most pictures taken are far from being great. When people see their mediocre pictures, they rarely blame themselves but they frequently blame their camera. In doing so they become obsessed with megapixels, zoom, LCD size, etc. They start thinking that getting a camera with more megapixels, more zoom and a bigger LCD - a better digital camera - will make their pictures great. Obs

So it is not the camera, it is the photographer right? Absolutely. Someone said that you cannot buy yourself out of bad pictures. That is the truth, a poor photographer will remain that way unless he improves his composition and technique for getting the proper exposure, focus and depth of field. A new and more expensive camera will not make the pictures any better."....Read Complete Article




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