# High-end vs low-end cameras

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 24, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-end-vs-low-end-cameras/752983 "2016-04-24T05:58:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-end-vs-low-end-cameras/752983/12 "2016-04-24T19:52:02Z")

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> [@How many people did God kill in the Bible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-god-kill-in-the-bible/6552/7):
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> If you get a high-end camera, and you just snap away because the camera is capable of it – you’re not doing the work; the camera is. You are using the camera as a crutch to compensate for your lack of skill.

Yes, that’s the whole point of technology.

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> A good photographer (perhaps even a semi-good one) learns how to anticipate the picture, and get ready for it, rather than reacting to it and mechanically pushing a button to record it.

A good photographer also learns to take advantage of available technology.

Of course there have always been photographers who insist skills trump technology, and insist the new technology only make photographers lazy and worse. Whether it’s color film, motor drives, auto-exposure, auto-focus, zoom lens, digital, etc.

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