meh, no difference for a normal observer like me I'm sorry. I do get the point though

I'm sorry, but for this kind of picture, with enough light and if you don't do 100% crops, an entry level DSLR and a pro level DSLR make NO DIFFERENCE. Give the pros a crappy single-use camera, the amateurs a medium format camera and print the stuff on A0 posters. Then we are talking.

It always helps to know what you're doing. A camera is just a tool like any other.

For amateurs, it may be important to have better equipment because somehow it gives a "sense" of confidence. You could debate what is the reason for people spending more money in their working equipment. Personally i do believe that what makes a photo amazing is the training of the eye and the practice at understanding your personal view, but if spending money works for someone to help keeping them motivated and also with the confidence in the work they are doing i wouldn't be harsh with them. Also this are raw photos or they have been edited? A better way to portrait your fancy camera point would be to see the work of Miroslav Tichý who made his camera from trash and had AMAZING work done. Best vibes.

Since when is $500 cheap??!!

I am a pro photographer and I used to show and sell my work in my old neighborhood. I would constantly be asked "what camera do you use?" Like that would matter. Very annoying! At the time, I was using an old manual Nikon FM2 film camera. Nothing fancy at all but a great street shooting camera. It is like asking a great chef what kind of stove to you cook on!! Thanks for this experiment!!

If this were an experiment, the model would not know whether the person taking the pictures was pro or amateur, or which equipment they were using, neither pro nor amateur would know the purpose of the experiment, there would be a large number of pros, amateurs, and models, and absolutely no selection amongst the photos after the fact. As the "experiment" that this is, however, we know that these were not the case.

while I can agree, that gear is not everything, it's still important e.g. if you want shoot some astro photography, you have to have a fast lens. Witout it, you won't see anything

would really like to know who sings this song in background and what's it called

Try to shoot dancers in bad light with cheap gear. haha.

I liked the amateur shots...

I can't get any fb messages unless I am friended first. I am looking for PROFESSIONAL opinions to my very amateur photography (all I have is a Samsung S6 phone. I only use that camera and have just recently started to play with the editing apps it comes with)

If you're an expert in this matter, maybe this post mean something... but for the rest of us saw nothing.

So good pictures are not made by the technology but the talented and knowledgable person taking that picture. My, what a shocking discovery.... The next experiment s probably going to prove that the earth is not flat but round!! O.o What exciting times we live it.

So it's about having a ton of experience posing a model and some design education under your belt? No s**t, Sherlock. But ask the pros which equipment they would rather use. I think you'll find out that the gear matters.

next time have the pro use a midrange Android phone.

This is off topic, but when it said FOLLOW JUSTIN ON TINDER, I cracked up XD (Justin=amateur)

Interesting. I have always maintained that a good workman CAN blame his tools - but a bad workman cannot.

Yes, a "pro" or anyone proficient in the use of a camera can create fantastic shots using any camera, and yes, an amateur will not perform as well regardless of how advanced the camera system is. Did we need an experiment for what should be common sense? But what's always missed in these attempts to say the camera type is not important is that the camera does matter as it's technical abilities enhances the users abilities. As does which lens we use. A landscape or architecture photographer is not going to get the results with a 16MP camera as they would a 50MP camera. A sports photographer will not freeze an image as well with a camera that shoots at less FPS, etc. etc.

Hay guy you could photograph that model with a box camera made of card board and all of her photos would be EXCELLENT. Remember you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear. I am not a professional at anything but I know what I like. You want a challenge use color or black & white or whatever and show me a beautiful picture of rosanne barr, let me know when you are done!

I grew up with a Master of Photographic Arts (PPOC) and posing was the least of things. Lighting was it for him. He walked into his associates' studio and adjusted lights to fit his eye and the results were dramatic (one pro vs another). I had the pleasure of being shown how he saw the world one day and it was all in how light was seen. To experiment with poses is not a real experiment at all. That said he never paid even a thousand for his cameras! Then he had real skill. I am sad over what people call photography today....

Everything still sucks

Difference between pro and amateur is that the pro is paid for it. There are "amateurs" out there who are sooo much better then many pro's These pictures only show that good gear does not matter.... a lot...

Considering all images are a personal code to break with the mind. Who cares who is pro and who is amatuer and who is using what gear? At the end of the day who is creating work that makes me look deeper? And that could be any of these images to any one person... The point (if any) this video should be making is that it is not about your equipment or amount of experience but the images you present at the end of the day and if they have the spark of art that makes people stop and look for a deeper hidden message in the image.

this is so dumb

Did you all catch the very end? Follow Justin on Tinder. Lol

Owning a Canon 5D Mark IV doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Canon 5D Mark IV owner.

You want good lenses for a crisp picture. The rest is up to you.

Light, post coloring etc ... this was a fairly pointless video. Sorry if your friends want to know where to buy a camera so you all can be more kinfolk. Take that rebel out with a c**p lens into the night and see how it does.