Is it the Camera or the photographer that makes a photo?

Question

I'm seeing many people ask what's the best camera to buy. They talk about image quality. I saw one man complain that his wife's point and shoot took better photos then his large SLR. Did this man even know how to even use the SLR beside having it on auto?

So my question is ... Do you really think the Camera whether it's a Nikon or a Olympus or point and shoot. If you are good your good. If you don't know how to use the Nikon what good will it do you? If you don't have an eye for art how will you take a good photo?

Here is my example of Photo taken with different cameras.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/pepy311/e5b0.jpg

3mp Fuji

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/pepy311/P7300199.jpg

6MP olympus point shoot.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/pepy311/5ece.jpg

3MP fuji

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/pepy311/678b.jpg

3mp Fuji fine pix point shoot

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/pepy311/DSC01975F2-1.jpg

8MP Sony point shoot.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xdaniel/2617466922/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xdaniel/2712239464/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manoli2008/2419749050/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brucewood/1752861320/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/2201642927/

Yes there is a difference but what makes for a good photo? The camera of the photographer?

Answer 1

The photographer.

As an analogy; have you ever seen just  a paint brush make a painting?

Be careful though, that fellow looks like he intends to l**k your eyeball.

Answer 2

To prove a point to a friend of mine.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/little_pook...

First photo, Canon Digital Rebel XT with kit lens. Whole set up $350.  

The portraits on this page, Canon 5D with 135 mm f 2 lens. Camera alone was $3,300. Lens was $1,100.

  

Answer 3

The photographer.  The camera is merely a tool.  

Answer 4

id say both more the photographer

the cameras quality has to be good but the photographer has to have a good eye

Answer 5

It's the Photographer.

Even if you have the world's number 1 camera and the world's best photo subjects like nature, it still won't work if the person doesn't have the "eye" for a good photo op.

Given the right "eye", "feel", and lighting (of course), even a simple compact camera can make an amazing photo out of the simplest photo subject... IF the photographer knows how to maximize what TOOL he has in his hands.

Answer 6

If you do photography you don't have to have that 800 dollar camera because its the way YOU shoot the pictures with any camera, the camera can only zoom and make that picture the way you tell it to. I started off with a cheap camera and got into it that i bought a upgraded camera to shoot with. You don't have to have the best to start off with.

Answer 7

"Pictures are not taken, they are made." Ansel Adams

Give a Hasselblad H3D III to a person who knows nothing about composition, light, f-stops, shutter speeds and ISO and they will produce lousy pictures.

Give any camera to a person who is skilled and knowledgeable in composition, light, f-stops, shutter speeds and ISO and they will produce good pictures.

Answer 8

It is always the photographer that makes the photo.  The camera can only provide higher quality images if the photographer chooses the correct exposure and composes the shot.

This should explain it all.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamer...

There are many reasons for choosing a particular camera ... in the DSLR arena, it is because the photographer already owns lenses made by a certain camera brand and is used to its metering system.

Some brands of P&S cameras have certain features that appeal to the buyer or uses the same memory cards that the users old camera used.