Oh, yeah -- that photography example?  Ansel Adams achieved some of his best results with a Kodak Box Brownie.

But of course -- hobbyist or self-styled "pro" -- ours isn't the only field where people argue bitterly with each other over the importance of tools:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=27143857

I especially see parallels in the "Your Camera Doesn't Matter" article which that thread links to in the OP (Heh - the article even mentions Photoshop as being something that Ansel Adams didn't have -- and yet no one can match his work -- the article's claim, not mine):

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm

Quote:

Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools. Even Ansel said "The single most important component
of a camera is the twelve inches behind it."

But of course, the thread participants then begin to argue the point: and with reasoning which falls into a very familiar pattern.  They argue about ART and everything. snort

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