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>>93827no photographer no matter how amazing could shoot amazing portraits or anything with a webcam.
Maybe not what is generally defined as an "amazing portrait," but if the content is strong enough and the photographer creative enough to make the shortcomings of the camera work to his/her advantage, then there is no reason you couldn't create an amazing portrait with a webcam.
>>93827false. its the best way to learn I wholeheartedly disagree. Usually a great camera will overwhelm the beginner with technical necessities and cause him/her to neglect the far more important things: content and vision.
That isn't to say that anyone with an interest and some skill in photography can't benefit from a good camera, but good doesn't mean great. When you start talking about exceedingly bad cameras then, yes, it begins to limit what can be done even by a great photographer. But you have to be pretty far into what most people consider bad cameras for that to truly become the case. Most of the time any "limitations" that people blame on cameras are actually due to a lack of technical skill, lack of creativity, laziness, or a combination thereof.
If you can't pick up a 1970s Zenit and make the same kind of photos that you could with the latest and greatest DSLR, it is due only to your failing as a photographer.
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