>>4391351Yes, but it doesn't matter.
You are bound to find shitmongers and gear worship in every art form, it is inescapable. Shills keep bringing objectivity into the subjective, the endless comparisons on edge sharpness, the shape of bokeh balls or the presence of LOCA implies that optically perfectly rendered images are better images. The other end of the spectrum is shrouded in mysticism. The case of the klon centaur collecting boomer with their unlistenable pearl jam cover band is well documented already. The modern leica cult needs no introduction either. Gear does matter, and some inspiration undoubtedly stems from the tools we use, but not to the extent it is amplified on these fringes. You can't deny the incredible level of detail that a modern digital medium format sensor can capture. You also can't deny that only a select few can ever afford to dabble in it.
And yet, my favourite image these past months was taken on a shitty focus free point and shoot on expired kodak vr200.
