Today I went for a walk with a "real" camera. D750 with a Sigma ART 35mm f/1.4 lens. It's all much heavier than a cell phone. And I had the cell phone with me as well. In the world of photography there's lots of debate about whether the camera makes a difference. "The best camera is the one you have." Chase Jarvis said that. Others have too. I think that's wrong. I think the best camera you have is the one you use, but it's not necessarily the best camera. If all you have is a cell phone camera, then that's what you use. But you'll never convince me it's the best camera, though by today's standards, it's a pretty great camera.
I didn't take many photographs today. But I liked them all more more than what the cell phone gave me. Like Sears, cameras are fading from the landscape we live in. Like topiary sculptures, there will always be real cameras because no matter how impractical they are, some of us will continue to walk around our world with a heavy lump of photographic equipment in our should bags. For a while anyway.
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