"What kind of camera do you shoot with"? "What do you edit with"? Those two questions get asked to me a lot and I must say they are probably two of the most annoying questions I and any other photographer want to hear. I put a lot of time and all of my soul into creating just one image and to be asked one of those questions get a bit frustrating.
It is not the camera doing all the work here you know. Just like people say, "If the camera made the photo then the typewriter wrote the book". Okay maybe not in those exact words but Im pretty darn close. The camera you use only takes the photo. It gives you your images that you need to create your concept or idea but you can re-phrase that depending on what type of photographer and subjects you shoot. I for one am just going to stick with a conceptual photographer on this one. Anyway's, The camera does not plan your idea or concept for you. The camera does not pay for you to get to your location. The camera surely does not edit your photos for you it simply does none of those things besides provide you with the image(s) you need to create your wonderful photo.
However this does not mean I'm saying it isn't important to be careful while choosing the camera you would like to shoot with but just because that camera "creates" wonderful and stunning images for one photographer doesn't mean it will do the same for you. I shoot between a Canon camera and a Nikon camera. I prefer to use my Nikon only for nature and my Canon for anything but nature. Reason being that my Nikon is terrible. Terrible at focusing, terrible in quality just not a very good camera overall. While as my Canon may not be the best at focusing I can manage and its quality isn't bad at all. The Nikon that I shoot with is about $2,000 the Canon is $275 I believe, now lets say someone was given the option to recieve between one of the two cameras for free would they go for the $2,000 or the $200 camera. Chances are most people would go for the more priced one thinking it has more features, better quality, and hey since the price is more it must be better, right!? However I believe bigger isn't always better especially in photography and art. I always will tell people what I shoot with but I mostly say my Canon Powershot. If I said my Nikon D70 which one do you think they would choose? A powershot over a Nikon D70 nah probably not. I like both brands but each photographer is different. Asking someone what they use or what they edit with doesn't mean anything. You should be a bit more original anyways and try and find the perfect camera for you not just because one of your favorite photographers use it.
Editing wise well most people either have an adobe photoshop program or want an adobe photoshop program. I started out with a program called Paintshop Pro x4. Honestly it isn't to bad of a program it is VERY similar to photoshop, It lacks many photoshop like features but its still good to start out with or edit with and is WAY cheaper only about $50 and $70 at the most. Although when compared to photoshop it would lose it can still do many of the same things if you know your way around editing programs well.
All of this, The editing programs, The cameras, These are all based off of YOU. How much you know about the camera & editing program all of that. Camera's can be just as confusing as a editing program like photoshop it takes time to learn. Just remember it isn't the camera its you.
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