>>6139342>I use a Sony Alpha A200Hey, you're probably the guy who recommended that one here a month or so ago then. I've gotta thank you, I bought one and I've honest to god never had this much fun doing pictures. Sorta wish I'd sprung for the one model with live view now, but hey, next time.
>The camera doesn't make the picture, the photographer does. A shitty photographer with a $14,000 camera kit will still take shitty pictures. Some National Geographic level dude will take a good picture on a disposable camera. I completely understand what you're saying here, but I'd also like to say that I did shit on hard mode for like a year+ with a two year old camera phone, and I 100% regret that now. Yeah, technique is really important, and yeah, I'd like to say I've learned something by trying to squeeze blood out of the proverbial turnip for so long, but even a nine year old dslr makes things so much easier it's crazy. Especially for macro stuff, which most of the stuff in this thread is gonna be. If somebody's even just barely into photography and can foot 150-200, I'd recommend picking up something like that in a heartbeat.
