As I understand the topic of the video, it's about people thinking only gear is responsible for good images. But only the photographer is. The photographer has to have an image in his/her mind and use whatever gear is at hand to make this image come to life. If you need a tele lens to get "your" image, then use one. As a sensible photographer you choose to do so because you know what a tele lens can do and can't do. Just a cell phone available? Then use this. You are not necessarily a bad photographer because you only have a cell phone. You are not necessarily a good photographer because you have a $30,000 camera.
The topic is not to feel unworthy, incompetent, limited or uncomfortable just because for can't afford the gear. Don't let thinking about-gear-you-can't-afford limit your inspiration. Get inspiration from gear you can afford. Be realistic. Don't switch gear just because some YouTube guy tells you that "his" camera makes better images. Three months later the same guy has another "best" camera. I don't trust people telling you at any given opportunity how good their newest toy gear is. Or every two weeks a new "best" app. Instead of hunting "best" gear they should practise more for getting better photographs. And concentrate on the gear at hand.
It's good to think about the right gear and how it can support you in your work. Switch gear as necessary. But don't throw away gear just to switch the brand. Or because some 1,000,000 likes-instagramers want you to talk into it. Find your own way to make your own images.
Yes, that all makes sense to me. I must say your interpretation of the video sounds exactly right and it seems I focused on different points. Especially as he was comparing two similar models of the same brand of camera. Fascinating the reaction he got on instagram.
I used to do camera repairs as a sideline for about 20 years and a lot of interesting cameras passed through my hands. In all that time (pre-digital) I never saw a camera that made better images than what I already had. (Olympus, Canon, Bronica and a couple of 4x5s) They were just different cameras. Now if you were into making your own B&W prints in the darkroom then shooting 2&1/4 film was definitely better than 35mm but it was all because of the film, not the cameras. I got just as much enjoyment using a cheap plastic thing as something expensive.
Funny though, how some cameras just feel “right” while others feel awkward, and not necessarily relating to cost.
In my photo courses I sometimes get people who arrive with very expensive new gear and they look very professional and I feel a bit intimidated and wonder why they came to my course. Then I discover after a while that they have no idea how to use the camera beyond the auto-everything setting. These are the people who think photography is all about having an expensive camera.
That is exactly why I start my courses by showing a few photos, and this usually elicits a few ooohs and aaahs, and then I reveal they were all made with my cell phone. (Mostly from my iPhone 5 & 6) That makes everyone stop and give me an incredulous look. I’ve made my point. It’s not the camera. Everyone pays close attention after that. Of course we Mobile Photography enthusiasts know that maybe it gave me an unfair advantage.
Do you remember the “Leica Weekend” promotion? From the film days. They would lend you an aluminum camera case full of Leica stuff, a camera body and 3 lenses, and give you two rolls of Kodachrome film.
I was curious. Instead of the 25 & 64 ISO films they offered I gave back the 64 and asked for a matching 25. Kodachrome 25 Professional was a standard film for me so I knew what to expect. I put one roll in the Leica and one in my well used Olympus OM-1 and shot everything on a tripod doing exact side-by-side comparisons of every shot. When I used up the 2 rolls I shot more of my own K25, duplicating the last shots from the Leica films. Those Leica films were a carefully selected batch and refrigerated at the optimum colour balance and were very nice. Anyhow, I examined those films every way I could, including under a microscope, and I didn’t find any images from the Leica that were better than my Olympus shots. In some cases I thought my OM shots were better. The magic aura of Leica glass went “poof”. That famous Leica Look failed to materialize. As I suspected, spending a pile of money on Leicas would not make any improvement over what I already had. The batch of film made a bigger difference. I learned to pay more attention to my film instead of the camera. You know how fresh K25 started out a bit green and gradually changed through neutral to slightly magenta as it got closer to the expiry date. Somewhere in the middle was ideal.