That isn’t…really…true. If you look at old movies, which succeeded and are remembered decades later, they clearly have a lot of cheesy effects and minimal costume design. But today’s movies have a room full of supercomputers simulating an ocean or an explosion if not in addition to video cameras that costs thousands of dollars. [quote=“SpaceStockFootage, post:4, topic:74125”]
Any half decent DSLR with a good lens should be sufficient… it’s what you do with it that counts.
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I have never encountered a single photographer that uses anything less expensive than a $2200 camera for professional work, unless maybe possibly a $600 one for small web images, 1000 px wide at most. It’s definitely about equipment, you aren’t going to sell stock photos you take with some $300 vacation camera. Better equipment has better noise reduction, more megapixels and more precise control over the lighting and color options.