Originally posted by beaumont As the saying goes...a chain is only as strong as the weakest link. In the case of photography the links can include the camera body, the lens, the skill of the photographer, the creativity of the photographer, the subject, the post processing etc..
wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. Thats basically saying that if i have a shit lens, it will just look the same if i use it on an amazing camera or not, if i post process it or not.
I can take photos with a pinhole through a lens cap. In your metaphor, i have a missing link, and does my camera fall and hit the floor? no, it takes photos which, while technically appalling, have a great charm about them.
The 18-55 can take amazing photos, most of you are just to ignorant to accept that. It is an illusion because whenever you see a good photo it is taken with a good lens. Not because having a good lens makes good pictures, but making good pictures gives you money to throw around.
I would have thought it is common sense that IT IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER, NOT THE CAMERA.
Now for me to sound so far up myself i can see out of my mouth, but its to prove a point
Before i had a k20d, i had a fujifilm s6500fd, which cost me £120. I took some of what are still my best photos with that camera, stretched it far far beyond its limits, taking midnight long exposures, band photography in pitch black venues, 6x macro photography by screwing glass onto the front.
Dont kid yourself with the lens-placebo effect. If you are a real man you will realise you have only yourself to blame for poor quality photos.