Reverse engineering to decide the best camera for the job?

A friend of mine just sent me a link to this blog article from Brooks Jensen at LensWork.

I find that his thought of working backward base on the result you want to achieve in your photo, to determine the appropriate photographic tool for the job is the more feasible and sustainable way to do photography. So if you suffer from gear head mentality (like I once did, maybe I still do...), go read it now.

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