The Importance of a Good Camera Brand

I had a shoot that I was doing with silver body paint and the whole idea that I had it was very avant-garde this wasn't for a client it was for like a portfolio kind of personal shoot. Profoto actually one of the reps he sponsored me lights for that project and so I did I think maybe that shoot in another one and on the second shoot or maybe it was that one actually the camera that I had  was an older Canon 1ds Mark 2 or 1ds Mark 3 which kept not triggering right can you explain to us what happened? Can you tell us about your most memorable lighting experiences using paper lanterns, digital cameras and other creative tools such as flash