# Photography and Cameras

This is going to be one of those scatter-shot ones.

* I shoot Canon because I started with Canon. That's how they get ya.
* Sony has some of the best hardware attached to the worst interfaces.
* Fuji and other color science focused brands tend to take better photos on "lesser" hardware.
* Leica is our god, but no one knows why
* RED for video stuff, but no one can afford it
* Does Nikon even exist anymore?
* The best camera is the one you have with you
* Gear doesn't matter, and you can be good with literally anything
* For my money: I'd buy a cheap, small, light body and expensive, good lenses instead of the opposite.
* Prime lenses will have better quality with less glass but don't zoom in and out
* Moving your body is better than zooming anyway
* The Sigma ART series is half the price and outperforms the pricey Canon equivalents
* Peak Design makes the best strap(s)
* You should get a strap that doesn't kill your neck. It's a cheap win for anyone carrying kilos of glass
* Hard cases look cool and make you feel like an operator, but are mostly inconvenient. Get a backpack
* Filters (like, physical lens screw on ones) are both over and under rated
* Filters (like, the Snapseed digital editing kind) can do more magic than any money on hardware buys
* Since all this crap is going on instagram anyway, megapixels are useless and a scam
* In fact, less megapixels might lead to better low-light quality because of sensor size constraints
* On the whole, DSLRs are over built and basically indestructible. abuse them
* F-stop / real bokeh is really the only reason you'd still use a DSLR over a phone camera. seriously.
* Learning the relationship between ISO / F-stop / shutter speed was essential with film, less so now
* Turn all beeps, boops and focus confirms off. Silent shutter if you have one.
* All you need is one auto-focus point in the middle. Half-click to focus then rotate to frame the shot
* No matter what they tell you, digital viewfinders are still Pretty Laggy
* Photography is perhaps the most approachable art today; ignore pretentious old-timers
* **My personal rule is "if this shot already exists on instagram, I don't need to also take it"**\
  But also:
* Just do whatever you want. Like, seriously? Who even cares. Press a button, take a photo, share it
* The truth is, you probably won't be unique. There's just too many photos out there statistically to make your thing truly world-breaking, and that's totally fine too. Shoot the hipster crap you love