Better equipment body and lenses can certainly buy improved image quality, that is true on film or digital but canot buy a more creative eye. It was many years ago I moved from 35mm film to medium format film, always shooting monochrome. Medium format was far more disiplined than 35mm with only three prime lenses and 12 shots on a roll. However the lower cost of film or not upgrading were offset by darkroom costs. There will always be an argument over the advantage of a more concidered approach of say medium or large format film, still used by many professionals, and digital. Myself I converted to digital with enthusiasm my wife in a flash had my darkroom convereted to an en-suite bathroom no more smells. However when I look back over twenty five years of photography my most creative pics have been taken on the most simple equipment.

This is my first post so I though I would throw this one in. I recently lost my 49mm hoya HMC polariser filter and in a rush by mistake purchaced a 49mm Hoya linear polariser. Now ever since I first purchaced a auto focus camera a Pentax SF7 one of the first, I have always been told and have taken it for gospel that one needs a circular polariser for use with auto focus cameras. However when I recieved the linear polariser purchaced through E Bay I realised my mistake but out of curiosity put it on a lens and tried it out. The result was perfect focusing and the same quality results as the lost circular filter. The cost of the new filter was very little I imagine because nobopdy wants linear filters.