The Camera

Not too long ago I sold my baby. When I say baby I don't mean that I sold my child. I mean my first camera. The camera that started it all.
A few years back I discovered that film making had become something that could be grasped by people that were outside the world of the big lights of Hollywood. Cost on some really great cameras had come down so that I could invest in one and begin making films. This camera served me well for a long time and eventually I had to move on. I sold the camera and bought new ones. These will serve me well until I need to upgrade again.
For me the need for the new cameras didn't come from thinking my films would be better for it. I needed something that would be more efficient as I worked on more and more projects at the same time. I knew that the new cameras weren't going to make my films better. They were just going to make it faster in the post production process as well as saving me space due to the new cameras smaller size.
One thing I've learned over the last few years is that it really doesn't matter what camera you are using as long as you know what you are doing. I've seen some pretty great flicks shot on some very simple machines. There are even some very established filmmakers making films with nothing but their iPhones. It's not the camera but the vision of the filmmaker that makes a good film. Remember this the next time you think you need the bigger and better camera. If you're making crap films on the camera you have then that's not going to change if you are shooting on a really expensive machine.