When it comes to hobbies, an age old question is whether the cost or quality of gear leads to better results. Online message boards have millions of posts comparing this piece of equipment to that one. Passion can flow stronger than sanity, leading to insults being traded.

I enjoy photography and I wanted to look at this question. The first question I grappled with was how to define a good photo. I turned to the online photo sharing site Flickr. Flickr has an “interestingness” ranking on all photos. This algorithm looks at several metrics, and there’s a pretty good explanation of Flickr’s interestingness algorithm on Wesley Hein’s blog. Keep reading to see if more expensive cameras take better pictures?

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