"You can't depend on your gear when your imagination is out of focus!" - Mark Twain paraphrased.
As summary of my view of any art, especially film and photography, here as a citation that I stole from the website of beautiful and excellent young photographer Luna Simić:
AS MACHINES BECOME MORE AND MORE EFFICIENT AND PERFECT, SO IT WILL BECOME CLEAR THAT IMPERFECTION IS THE GREATNESS OF MAN.