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.

A polaroid pinhole photograph
A blue-tinged picture of chairs and sculpture in San Francisco.
San Francisco
One of the hills of San Francisco
Through the Valley of Chairs
A view through a series of chairs
Pacific Night
The rocky beach in Pescadero at night
San Jose City Hall
The San Jose City Hall at night, with glass panels, crossprocessed.
The Embarcadero at Night
The moon and the buildings along the Embarcadero at night, with a cloudy sky
Shopping
People on the streets of New York, near B&H
Nook & Cranny NYC
A blocked off stairway down in New York City with brick walls
Lavender
A macro shot of a sprig of lavender
Bay Bridge at night
The San Francisco Bay Bridge at night, taken from the Embarcadero.
Waiting for the train
A series of repeating girders in the Penn Station subway station underground.
Uniformity, all the way up
A repeating pattern along the side of a New York City building.
Bird in the snow
A bird sitting in the snow.
An Ocotillo
An Ocotillo in the middle of the summer.
Night Highway
The CA-85 highway at night.
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