"You must have a good camera..."

[David Martin]

So this is the thread for your responses to the 'those are great pictures. You must have a really good camera' comments.

At the weekend science exhibition it was "I liked your latest paper. You must have a really good pipette".

Any others?

[frankly frankie]

"I have."

[tonycollinet]

That was a beautiful meal - you must have really good pans.

[Tewdric]

"Wonderful painting Leonardo.  You must have some great brushes!"

[Woofage]

"That's a lovely pen. I expect you have beautiful handwriting."

[Ham]

Gosh, your baby looks healthy - you must have wonderful ....

[robbo6]

I once pointed out to someone who had two Nikons with motors and zooms round his neck, that I had had photos published in a national magazine every month for two years, taken with this:
Old and interesting cameras

[Nightfly]

'All the gear no idea" comes to mind.

It's not what you have, but how you use it.

[David Martin]

'All the gear no idea" comes to mind.

It's not what you have, but how you use it.

Sometimes you do need the right gear to get the particular shot..

[clarion]

True, but I once had a camera buff flatly deny I could have taken a particular phot of mine, since he knew I only had Russian rangefinders, which he 'knew' were rubbish. 

[Charlotte]

'those are great pictures. You must have a really good camera'

I'd agree with everything that's been said.  But the problem is, ever since I've owned a really good camera (in my case, a D7000) I've been taking some really kick-ass shots.

Having good kit doesn't mean you're automatically going to make good pictures.

But it don't half help  

[pcolbeck]

On the in focus and reasonably exposed front good kit definitely helps as it can do this stuff reasonably well automatically these days.
As for being able to see a good shot that's more of a knack or artistic bent refined by practice. The kit doesn't help there.

[David Martin]

On the in focus and reasonably exposed front good kit definitely helps as it can do this stuff reasonably well automatically these days.
As for being able to see a good shot that's more of a knack or artistic bent refined by practice. The kit doesn't help there.

The kit does help you practice and experiment with a minimal marginal cost.

[pcolbeck]

I never get any better. Don't have the eye. Sometimes get a lucky shot. Mrs Pcolbeck can get a great picture with anything with a lens and a shutter,

[hellymedic]

On the in focus and reasonably exposed front good kit definitely helps as it can do this stuff reasonably well automatically these days.
As for being able to see a good shot that's more of a knack or artistic bent refined by practice. The kit doesn't help there.

The kit does help you practice and experiment with a minimal marginal cost.

True but more thought might go into some shots if the photographer has to invest much money/time/effort in them.
It's often the thought that's missing from mediocre photographs...

[Clandy]

You were quick, that must be a really fast bike...