Which Camera

No doubt there are different cameras for different personalities, otherwise there will only be one camera maker.

In terms of camera as a tool vs camera as an expensive paper weight (actually, some old Leica sumitar is good paper weight, really heavy, some friend of mine is using this for exactly this perfect purpose), there is very little point to argue which camera is better.

Is sharper the better? Show it to your girl friends a picture of her with such detail that all photog will praise the excellency of the camera , yet their girl friend may not want to be their private model any more, some may even lead to separation if camera sharpness is a photog's ultimate goal.

I cannot agree more that using the right tools for the right job. If you go Kranji wetland, it is no point to use a 50mm for birds, this is not about which camera is better, but do you have the right tools to take photo of birds? At Kranji wetland, you should have a 400mm, or better still 400mm with Nikon / Canon/ Pentax/ Olympus camera with crop factor of 1.5 - 2, this will get you the picture you want. Not a leica M9 with 21mm F1.4 ASPH. Here leica is a bad camera.

If you shoot weddings, you cannot use a point and shoot camera, the camera is for snapshots, unless you are not paid for the job, otherwise, you better show your muscle to bring along your Canon 5DMKII, Nikon D3x, Leica M9. (Now I am talking about cameras, may be I should stop). I hope you know what I mean.

Taking portraits, you can use any camera - point and shoot, DSLR, Micro 4/3, APS-C. Yet, which camera achieves the result you want is a good camera. For me, I want the background to be soft and blur, therefore it is alway a must to have Leica 50mm Noctilux, Leica 50mm Summilux , Nikon 50mm F1.2, Zeiss 50mm F1.4. All are great lens and will do the job.

However, however, however.. There are still certain lens which I prefer, e.g. Zeiss may not be critically sharp, but the richness of the colour is best for taking portrait and arts. Leica's colour is very neutral, yet resolution is too sharp and may be consider too mechanical.

You pick your likes and I will not say a word but "Yes yes, xx (substitute for any camera brand) is good." Remember, this is what friends are for, especially photogs.

(This is posted to state my view, there is no argument and will not answer any argument on any discussion about which camera is better. This is a blog on "Camera is not Important". )

(Friends, please send me your picture to post and lets discuss photo taking using any type of cameras)

Now a picture :

The picture is about expressing monochrome (almost) in colour. The last opened widow broke the monotony of the picture, the sunshine brought the sparkle of light. I have to add contrast to bring it closer to monochrome. Sharpness is sufficient, but not so important. The white balance is as pleasing as it can be.