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It's not a myth.haha I always tell everyone I wouldn't have anywhere near this quality of kit if I wasn't doing it for a living... I am regularly in situations where my iso starts at 25600 and previous cameras that only went up to 3200 or 6400 just wouldnt have got anything usable..
Its a thin line.. I just don't agree with the myth that a good photographer can take a pic with any camera
Its subject and situation dependant.
So what you call 'acceptable working conditions where you have to get the shot, many of us would call unacceptable conditions because the shot won't be 'good enough' for our purpose so we need to break out other technical solutions.
The fact remains, the vast majority of commercial photographs don't require exotic equipment, there are some niche areas that are the exception to the rule. Let's not pretend that 'your world' is typical.
<namedrop> Salgado explains that he doesn't have a need for exotic lenses as he shoots for max DoF and fast lenses offer him no advantage at all. </namedrop>
The vast majority of my work has been shot to take advantage of the gear available at the time, yours the same. Your keeper rate might have improved, but you were shooting the same events with inferior kit and delivering, the same as the rest of us.
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