[benjiboy]

Because nobody gets the best results they're capable of if they're fighting awkward poor quality kit all the way.

I also rather resent the implication that people should somehow only be "allowed" top spec cameras if they've been deemed worthy of them!

On the other hand PentaxBronica the majority people of think that "if only I had a better camera I could take better pictures", you only have to look on this and other forums to prove this most of the posts are about the equipment not photographs, and the most prevalent idea is that photography is a problem that can be solved by throwing money at it by buying more "stuff", when many of the photographers who are now considered great became so with cameras that most rank beginners these days would scoff at.