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Old 23-12-2011, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassnut View Post
What do you mean by "skills to be a better photographer"?. Granted a bad tradesman blames his tools, but a good tradesman is only as good as His tools. If the aim is a better pic, rather than "as good as I can do with what I've got", then shurely , given a set skill, your can absolutely purchase a better result!.
It's not the size of the wand, but the magic you perform with it. Just because you can buy a 85mm f1.2 lens, doesn't mean you'll produce great portraits - you need to know how to use it.

On the subject of 85mm f1.2 lenses, I used one today and the depth of field is nuts. At f1.2 the tip of the nose can be in focus, but not the eye lashes (and before someone says the obvious, no the subject didn't need a nose job!)

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