Yes, I agree 100%.
Tina
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A number of my friends are symphony musicians. Today, one of them posted
> on Facebook that she had found a great online deal on a set of high-end
> violin strings, and wondered if they were OK. This led to a discussion of
> the fine points of shelf life, variants of the brand, and whether a
> platinum-coated E-string is better than a plain tin one.
>
> And I wished that the "your camera (or lens) doesn't matter" crowd were
> listening in. Yes, musicians argue over instruments, strings, reeds and
> mouthpieces, just as artists *do* argue over paintbrushes, and
> photographers argue about cameras and lenses. Does anyone seriously
> believe that a cheap school-orchestra fiddle should sound as good as a
> Stradivarius or Guarneri violin? Yes, the best players might be able to
> make the bad fiddle sound reasonably good, but no way would it sound as
> good as the Strad.
>
> So why do some of us constantly down people who prefer Lens A over Lens B,
> or Camera 1 over Camera 2? The lens "resonates" the light, emphasizing
> some aspects while diminishing others, just as the instrument resonates the
> sound. The camera's ergonomics and design are optimum for one type of
> picture over another. And a camera that you have to fight to get the shot
> is just as hampering as the violin with a bad "wolf" tone in an exposed
> passage.
>
> Yes, of course musicians can get cultlike about this brand over that, just
> as photographers do about cameras and lenses. Yes, a good photographer my
> be able to take a decent picture with any camera or lens, just as the
> musician may be able to turn in a decent performance with any instrument.
> But if my friend is going to play a big solo, she wants the best violin
> and strings she can afford. If you handed her a cheap school fiddle and
> told her that "instruments don't matter, it's the musician that makes the
> music," she would probably think you were an ignoramus (to be charitable).
> And she'd be right.
>
> The hard truth is: Tools do matter. Maybe not so much with Web-sized
> JPGs, and maybe not to rank beginners. But once you're doing things "for
> real," they do matter. A lot.
>
> --Peter
>
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