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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
Yes, all of them can record what you are seeing. And yes...you must have the ability to SEE. But if you don't have a quality camera to accurately record what you are SEEING, then you're not going to capture the quality AS YOU SEE IT.
Although it shoots a decent quickie snapshot, I wouldn't take my old Sony Ericsson 3mP cell phone cam to a shoot and leave my Nikon d80 at home.
I'd modify Haas's quote to say "Although the camera DOES make a difference, you must have the ability to SEE."
Just like the old computing axiom - "Garbage in...garbage out."
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Often the better the camera, the better the skills it needs to use it. I wouldn't swap my car for a Formula 1 racing car because I don't have the skills to use it properly.
Then what is the "quality AS YOU SEE IT"? An amateur couple romping about, a picture of a baby romping about or a landscape portrait of a mountain scenery or a butterfly about to take wing?
For the first two you need to be there at the moment and capture it. If you're a pro shooter filming an amateur couple, you need the skill to capture the mood, angles and generate the passion sometimes. For the second two you need the skills to know exactly what the light will do to the image and when to click the shutter. Yes a better camera will help someone with those skills. but they won't ever eliminate those skills.
I see 100s of shots and videos shot with great equipment, by people who haven't got the skills required to know what they're doing.