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My wife is a good photographer. Not professional level, but pretty good. It always makes me laugh when people say "That's a great picture. What camera do you have?"

You could give me the best camera in the world and my pictures would still be "Meh". It's not the camera that makes the difference.

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There's a (British?) phrase for the general phenomenon, especially with recreational sports: All the gear, no idea.

There is a joke: Couple walks into a photo exhibit, and compliments the photographer "these are very nice photos, you camera must be pretty expensive". After an exhibit they invite the photographer to their house for a dinner. Photographer finishes the dinner and says "food tasted great, your kitchenware must be pretty expensive too".

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