But what if youre playing super cool music in the background?

Only reason I stuck with full frame was for astrophotography.

I am very fortunate in that I own digital Sony cameras, older Konica Minolta digital cameras, Canon full frame camera and film cameras, Olympus film cameras Kodak and Zeiss film cameras. what do I shoot when I’m creative? Olympus OMD.

Every once in a while I muss my calumet

That is fine, but the majority of people cannot afford such a camera. It is the photograph that matters, not the camera or the medium. You can slow down just the same with digital if you are serious about your photography. Also there are situations where a quick hand held shot turns out to be a real ‘keeper’ and that would be more difficult with film and a 4x5.

@@petercollins7848 I can’t afford a decent digital camera that has all the features I need in my film camera. Nikon f and Leica iiif with 35 and 50 for both was less than 1000$. Unfortunately no digital camera that produces decent images in that form factor and range finding capabilities is less than 2800$, minus the lenses. Cheaper for me to shoot film, process myself, print bw in the darkroom, send my color negs off for r4 printing when it’s something I like.

Yes, I still do that with an Oly E-PL2 and the f2.8 17mm. Try it with the Grainy Film II and Dramatic II art-filters!

Well, of course it does 👍

Robin Pick whatever you want: the tripod, the filter, the prime. Get you educated how to use it properly (using youtube, courses, books, ... , self training) You will find room for creativity with it, lots of creativity! It is not just gods given, it is earned ;-) And enjoy - this is the very most important tip!

I started out digitally with a D50. I upgraded to a D750 in 2015 and glad I did with higher resolution and great dynamic range capability, a great tool. Will not be upgrading anytime soon though, more than happy with my current set-up.

@@philbraithwaite1316 I started with film, Agfa 100 slide film. I upgraded to Kodachrome 64, 100, 200, Fuji Velvia & Provia lier over the time. Far later going digital, 2 MP. Today enjoying some opportunities a DSLR could never offer. But the only thing of relevance: Creativity, composition, ...

@@peterebel7899 My start was a Praktica MTL3. My last analoge camera was a Canon A1 which I still own.

@@philbraithwaite1316 My first own camera was an A1 but a coupe of more as well. The EUS lenses from those times are even better on an EOS R today than in those times ;-) Enjoy shooting!

lol exactly. I just got an older (5Y old) DLSR, and those people would make you think that last year's model is horrendously old already, no idea what they'd say about 5y old tech.

It is very easy to understand. Most of these people are just describing their earliest camera collection or how they learned photography and many were the low end models. Similarly, many photographers who learn the craft using an SLR many decades ago, but without a motor drive/winder will call high fps, spray and pray. Because it isn't part of their experience to become a successful photographer. Give a LF 8x10 film camera to a photographer to shoot or learn photography will demonstrate what 'gear doesn't matter' means. It means the photographer has to have the necessary experience and mostly has to work harder with a camera with less features. If one looks at vintage photos of photographers carried their gear, then one may find tripod, incident meter, sand bags, flashes, bag with different lenses, etc. On the other hand, it is just one camera with a zoom lens nowadays. Most people ignore the fact that even their older or low end cameras may have some features that complement their skills. For instance, there is no need to prefect the skill of holding the camera steady, how to calculate flash GN, spotting/incident metering, etc. Therefore, even a newbie shooting in snow for the first time, will get an image with proper exposure using auto-bracketing (exposure and/or WB) at 30 fps.

@@bfs5113 all great points. While new tech certainly makes the technical aspects of learning much easier (new IBIS mirrorless vs. 8x10 large format film is a great comparison!), that doesn't necessarily meant that the photos will be compositionally better. At least this is something I've learned the hard way! Just because my older photo is technically sharp on my first entry level camera doesn't mean it was actually that good.

I laugh, or more often cry, when I see them buying vans costing in excess of £40000, just to travel and photograph the same sort of subjects that they were at their ' door step '. So much of the sameness, and now they have all jumped on to the film bandwagon ( most of them haven't got a clue, to be blunt, and pretend to use film as sort of proof of credibility ). Some of them make it look like money is no object, judging by the amount of rare and expensive film cameras and accessories that they had miraculously amassed in a flick of a finger. Surely the revenue from Y.T can not be so high, so there must be heavy sponsorship involved. One who shoots digital, declared one day, that from then on he was going to exercise ' visualisation '. He then readily went on to use the camera LCD to show the viewer how to visualise. When I pointed out that this was not visualisation, he got angry and replied that he did things his own way. The mind boggles.

exactly. it feels like nothing is ever adequate, and it's pretty exhausting. I went on an un-subscribing binge for anyone that focused more than 5% of their time on gear related topics

Perfect example Craig 👍

Some of my best photos were taken with a Canon A460. It all depends on the subject you choose and how you approach taking the photo.

I use old Panasonic compacts a lot. Just bought an LX2 and converted it to infrared. I love B&W noisy images, just like film grain.

@@geoffreypiltz271 just bought a Ricoh Caplio GX100 for that same reason.

The 5D4 is an excellent camera. Hardly "out of date" by any means

Like so many photographers that say exactly that when they sport 25000$ worth of equipment dangling from their necks... ;-)

Your respected friend just directs you to spend more time in the Art of Seeing than pressing the shutter. Back then, we poor film photographers just said 'Click' whenever we saw a good photo ops. Even with an iPhone, GIGO still happened. Since everything you described happened to SLR photographers back then, and yet many remained as an average photographer. Art and science are two different things. We old timers can call the iPhone an unnecessary and expensive device, just as many arguing about the latest with their (old) cameras. Hence, I believe "Do I look stupid to you?" not to use the latest that one has to work harder, more than "Gear doesn't matter". 🙂

I noticed your previous vlog was about your new camera/lens. We all love gear in the end.

New lens bought for a reason though. I been using it non-stop since I bought it too.

if it makes you get out and practice more, then i'd argue it does matter. practice makes improvement!

Hundreds of professional photographers use MFT system for their work, so don't fool yourself into buying FF systems

let your photography do the talkin and not your gear

@@TL-xw6fh I know - my only concern is to be hired. Im fine with Fuji and have many work arounds to get the best shot but will the client still hire me for using a different brand. or is this one of those false ideas online - and someone with a good portfolio will get any client to come regardless of gear?

@@JayGrapherTh There will be just as many (or more) "workarounds" with any other camera brand you use. In my experience your insecurity about what the client will think is on you, not the client. The client will hire you or not based on your portfolio, not what's in your camera bag. You are doing exactly the opposite of what Craigs point was in the video: focusing on the gear, not your art. It's tough but try to get your brain to relax and make art, and stop worrying, be happy. :)

@@EdwardMartinsPhotography thank you

You need to add that pano camera under my name as well. That was my creative inspiration 20 years ago when I owned one.

@@e6Vlogs I didn't know that! I could hold me back purchasing it as well. I started using 24x65, a very compact pano experience. But this big pano cam still thrills me when ever I see it :-)

@@peterebel7899 My biggest creative mistake then, was selling it! I'd be trendy now if I still owned it!

@@e6Vlogs Yes, you already got the punishment for it: Now you have to schlepp around MFT to be visible as a 2008 guy ;-)

Again?!

Sensor!

How can the thousands of KZfaqrs like Soneh Northrup make money out of dumbos buying into their hype?

@@TL-xw6fh With 1.5 million subscribers the Northrups are making at least a 1/2 million USD ($500,000.00) a year off of KZfaq... think on that for a bit.

@@EdwardMartinsPhotography Yes, I am aware how much money they are raking in from the millions of dumbos watching their channel.

Good question: we'll have to take a look at youtube influencers in the painting category and see if they're constantly reviewing/recommending new paints, brushes, papers, easels, etc. 😊

I’ll let you off with just giving me 6...and a bribe!

What’s yours?

@@e6Vlogs usually it’s defined as art for art’s sake, as opposed to art with another purpose, ie not commercial art or decoration. Or to differentiate the degrees that one can get in an artistic field, ie a fine art degree vs art history or art therapy, etc..

In photography, that’s just called a photograph!

@@e6Vlogs but photography consists of many different genres. Product photography, for example, wouldn’t normally be considered fine art.