Why do you say you can't play photography as equipment?

I read a lot of comments on the Internet about the camera equipment, most of them are "the equipment is not very important, it is the technology that matters".

There is nothing wrong with this view and I agree with it. The quality of the equipment has limited influence on the final film effect. The following are important to take good photos:

Understanding of light (including locating light in natural light and artificial lighting techniques)

composition

Not only does it mean the horizontal and vertical composition and the position of the subject that many people understand, but what I understand is the overall control of the picture. You need to know what you want and what you don't want in the picture, so you can add and subtract. At the extreme, it's all your own.

Control of color

Mainly reflected in the early parameters and composition of color collocation and late color. Color is the key point that makes a big name better than a small white photograph of the same scene. Color is a complex science, which requires not only strong late technology, but also outstanding aesthetic quality. It is easy to overlook that the color scheme should be conceived from the early stage. Later color modulation is the only way to produce works, which seems simple but is extremely fine. What original film straight out is the old master self-deception, almost no professional photographers do not color.

Having said all that, many people feel that technology is more important than equipment. In fact, the importance of the equipment is not so much reflected in the final film, but more reflected in the enhancement of the shooting experience.

The continuous upgrading of equipment has greatly optimized the photographer's shooting experience, making shooting more convenient and fast. The purpose of photography is to get the work, not to show off. Complex metering, poor focus performance, poor tolerance and so on can make the shooting process miserable.

Poor focus performance is the most deadly, how many novices because of poor focus study for a year or two, finally give up photography? I finally picked out a good one and found it wasn't in focus...

Tolerance is also particularly important. You told me that I should be exposed correctly instead of relying on tolerance, not to mention that some conditions are not allowed, such as too large light ratio for portrait shooting. Even if there are no special circumstances, you are highly skilled and accurately exposed while I can easily produce the film with tolerance, isn't it the same? Isn't my process more relaxed and enjoyable? Wouldn't it take less time and effort to get more shots?

For another example, a machine without a double slot would be devastating if the card broke during a commercial shoot. This also had a huge impact on the filming experience.

If you want to say that you are not a professional and cannot use this function, then I will give an example that everyone has experienced: the uncomfortable position of the button and the poor grip feel will not make your shooting experience greatly reduced?

The photography process is a whole system, and if you have a bad shooting experience, it will greatly affect your mentality. For professionals, serious impact on work efficiency, for small white, a large probability to abandon the pit. So, in photography, equipment is more important than you might think.

If you like photography, pursue the equipment if you are allowed to. The most recommended brands of mainstream full-frame products.

Because once upon a time, playing photography must be equipment party. In the age of film, nothing was seen or gained. The lenses' optical performance is also limited. You need to know the performance of your audience's various devices in order to be able to click the shutter. You couldn't take pictures without equipment in those days.

But it's 2021, and photography is what you see is what you get. Each entry dog head has already exceeded the passing line of commercial photography. To put it in a bad way, if you know the relationship between the aperture shutter and ios, you don't need to worry about the rest.

In this case, the more you spend on the equipment, the less you spend on the technology of photography.