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How much part does a camera body play in analog photography ?

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Carpentry is wayyy more difficult.

Oh - that's analog carpentry. Digital carpentry is much easier. Long ago, using Qoole, I built a whole city for Quake II.
 
Better cameras can be worse at getting the shot. For instance a professional film SLR with a 24-70 f2.8 lens may be the most flexible and accurate film tool for a variety of situations, but its size, noise and professional associations can render it the least suitable social photography tool. By contrast a beaten up and amateur looking point and shoot can put people at ease by suggesting its user is an inoffensive and possibly incompetent snap-shooter.

All cameras attract attention, but some attract more of the wrong type than others.
 
Almost anything pays better than photography, even pan handling.