A sad but unavoidable reality is that you can’t buy good photography, only good equipment. Ultimately the quality of your photos depends far more on you, your photographic eye, knowledge and technique than it does the camera you use.
Ansel Adams, possibly the greatest landscape photographer of the twentieth century, began his creative career with a camera like this one.
As the caption indicates, the camera was essentially a lightproof box with a lens, shutter mechanism, and a film spool. The brass key on top of the box was for advancing the film between shots.
Later he graduated to more sophisticated equipment such as the view camera shown in the photograph below.
Despite working with what we would consider primitive equipment today, he was able to capture stunning images that most of us only wish we could produce. I include myself in this group of hopefuls.
But, this is not an article on technique. I mention it here in passing to show why when it comes to camera selection, it truly is important to “Know thyself”. To pick your best camera you need to understand your abilities and desires as it relates to the science and art of photography.
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