If you own a professional camera or if you’re a professional photographer yourself, then you must have gone through this phase where you have had many negative experiences dealing with the gear, but perhaps one of the most frustrating feeling is when your gear holds you back from creating a much better output.
At times, you would feel like, “ I know I can create so much better than this.” And you’d be right but for the wrong reasons, because the person who’s actually responsible for an extraordinary work, is your gear or you? What do you think?
In this video, Mango Street Labs tells you what happens when you give two professional photographers some “amateur” gear, a $300 Canon Rebel T3i (which is now discontinued), and an amateur photographer a “pro-level” $3500 Canon 5D Mark IV:
Would you rather have a $5000 camera or 5 years of experience?