“Geez! I’m not trying to buy your camera, Mister!” That was what my incredulous friend wanted to tell one of the wedding photographers who offered her a quote to photograph her daughter’s wedding many years ago. After baring her frustration, I had to softly explain, “well, you kind of are ‘buying his camera,’ at least for a few hours, … and the flashes, and at least a couple high dollar lenses, reflectors, and his computer and post processing software, and on and on. Any honest photographer will unabashedly tell you she has a fetish for lenses; we just can never have enough! Yes, the tools of our trade are expensive, but make no mistake, an exceptional camera lens will never substitute the trained eye and creative genius of a remarkable photographer, but that lens and a 45 megapixel camera will allow her to capture the art and beauty of her craft and place you in the center of her masterpiece, on a 30×40 canvas with as much sharp detail as you see on your high resolution monitor. No camera phone will ever do that for you!