Cheap gear.

I don’t really dwell on gear. I got what I need, I know how to use it, and that’s it for me. However, today I have been reminded of it’s importance (sic).

For a reason that is not relevant here, I switched lenses, from my usual canon 35mm f1.4 L to a lower quality canon 28mm f1.8. I knew it wouldn’t give me the same detail and colour etc, but it’s worse than I remembered it (haven’t used it in a very long time).

Seeing the results made me think a bit. Why am I so attached to the amount of detail in the image? Is that really so important to my photography? I would hate to think all there is to my images is just the sensual pleasure of a crisp image… Hopefully there is more. I seem to need that detail though. Literally, the clarity of vision has to translate into an accurate rendition (I’m not confusing the image with the real thing, no worries).