YouTube video by Eric Deeran ("Gear doesn't get you more clients", July 18, 2024). Short transcript excerpt emphasizes that buying more or better camera gear does not automatically attract clients. The speaker argues the market is saturated (phones shooting ProRes; cameras widely available) and that success depends on storytelling, adaptability, and demonstrating value rather than equipment alone.
It's once anything can be duplicated, it's a success. So I commend you for that. This is a hard business. A lot of people spend a lot of money on gear thinking that's gonna just get people knocking at their door. Hey, here's my camera. Oh, I had a dslr, now I got a cinema camera. I raised my prices. That's not how it works, and I wish it did. But having people like you around in this world, being able to show people how to pivot in this industry, which is ever changing, and really. And I think the biggest thing now is anybody can walk into a store and buy a camera, and then your camera phones now are shooting prores. So it's like people feel like just being able to use a camera is one thing, but another thing is telling the story.
