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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 337310" data-attributes="member: 13090">These conversations remind me of experiences I've had in another hobby of mine: defensive pistol shooting. I've attended numerous matches and while I'm no top-flight pro, I can hold own out to the twenty-five yard line. Now, getting good at shooting a pistol rapidly AND accurately, often while moving or from behind cover, is about 95% "in your head", 10% raw physical performance and 2% what pistol and holster you bring to the firing line.I've heard the comments and been almost laughed at approaching the line with some pretty mundane, even cheap equipment but you know when the laughing stops? When I clean the clock of the hot-shot in the adjacent lane who's sporting the $5000 Gemini Custom using a bone-stock, $500 Springfield I had to borrow from my coach last minute. With minor variations on that theme, I've done it a few times at least and not because I'm particularly good, but because I know what matters in the game and what matters in the game is NOT what pistol I have in my hand. You can't buy good split-times, trigger control or the mental focus required to compete and win matches. This is because what matters is not WHAT you're shooting; it's HOW you're shooting it; it's your skill's-base.It's no different with photography: Spend as much as you want but you can't buy your way into good images, many have tried, many more will in the future and all will fail. Because what matters is not WHAT you're shooting; it's HOW you're shooting it.....</blockquote>

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