we all tend to identify with our equipment. what's interesting to me: how each piece pulls something different out of us and puts various shades of reality on the screen. googling myself i find i've 310 galleries with 14,511 pics on line. these were taken with a couple dozen different cameras, dslrs and small sensor, various lenses. i've just taken a tour through myself. and here are a few observations.
any camera will take good pictures if the photographer hitting on all cylinders, both in capture and post.
i'm almost never happy with color, either my own or other people's. no wonder i've turned toward ir and b&w.
every sensor puts out a different color quality. the dp1 and the foveon has a very old-fashioned feel, rather like early processes. if you don't like this, you won't like the sigma cameras. (i also have a polaroid x530 with foveon.)
i think a survey of your work can be very valuable. the same event taken with various cameras has a complete array of possible emotional revelations. today i think the most evocative pictures i've taken in both b&w and color were with the leica digilux 2 (and i haven't touched it in a couple of years). is that because of my affection for the camera? perhaps. and tomorrow maybe i'll find shots from the 5d's more satisfying.
it seems to me very hard to pick out your best shot. in the documentary on annie lebovitz she needed to learn from a picture editor, otherwise she didn't have a clue why one better than another. and that's one of the most famous photographers in the world.
best, wayne
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