If you look at a famous painting, you don't wonder what brand of brushes the now-decomposing artist used. Of course, if you go to a painters forum, you'll see passionate debates about which brand of brush to use.

Only a poor craftsperson blames their tools, but a good craftsperson will tend to get better results with better tools.

I'm primarily a film shooter, even though outside of photography, I'm quite "digital". My tastes in cameras are best described as somewhat idiosyncratic. I like to own reasonably priced cameras that can be made to produce excellent results.

Uniformity, all the way up
A repeating pattern along the side of a New York City building.
Theater
Outside of a theater in New York City
Busy Street
Near Times Square and the Virgin Megastore in New York City at night.
Busy Street
Tire tracks on the snow accumulation on the streets of New York City
Haunting portrait
Melinda in black and white
Melinda by the creek
Melinda by the creek, in infrared