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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 555278" data-attributes="member: 9240">And this is the (usually) unspoken detail at the heart of every &quot;Should I upgrade...?&quot; post.&nbsp; If you've learned to make the most of what you have then you know what it is about it that is potentially holding you back.&nbsp; Even if you haven't learned to make the most of it, you'll at least learn to recognize where your current gear is either holding you back or possibly failing you.&nbsp; Then the question moves from &quot;Should I upgrade...?&quot; to &quot;Will the DXXX/Which body will give me...?&quot; showing that: 1) You're ready to upgrade.2) You know what you're looking for, just not sure of the best place to go to find it.You don't need to be there in order to justify an upgrade. But you should at least be part way there or you risk buying gear that won't solve it. Even then you can go the wrong way, like I did when I knew I needed something better than what my D7000 was giving me at ISOs above 800 and decided that the ability to shoot more than 6 frames before the buffer filled (D7100) was more of a liability for me than dealing with 36MP's that I'd be cropping down to 16MP's or less 90% of the time when shooting wildlife (D800).&nbsp; I bought the D800, and 8 months later bought a refurb D7100.&nbsp; I've made it work (the D800 is a hell of an IR camera now), but for what I spent on the D800 I could have added some nice glass and stuck with the D7000 as my IR body.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 555278, member: 9240"] And [B][I]this[/I][/B] is the (usually) unspoken detail at the heart of every "Should I upgrade...?" post. If you've learned to make the most of what you have then you know what it is about it that is potentially holding you back. Even if you haven't learned to make [I]the most[/I] of it, you'll at least learn to recognize where your current gear is either holding you back or possibly failing you. Then the question moves from "Should I upgrade...?" to "Will the DXXX/Which body will give me...?" showing that: 1) You're ready to upgrade. 2) You know what you're looking for, just not sure of the best place to go to find it. You don't [I]need[/I] to be there in order to justify an upgrade. But you should at least be part way there or you risk buying gear that won't solve it. Even then you can go the wrong way, like I did when I knew I needed something better than what my D7000 was giving me at ISOs above 800 and decided that the ability to shoot more than 6 frames before the buffer filled (D7100) was more of a liability for me than dealing with 36MP's that I'd be cropping down to 16MP's or less 90% of the time when shooting wildlife (D800). I bought the D800, and 8 months later bought a refurb D7100. I've made it work (the D800 is a hell of an IR camera now), but for what I spent on the D800 I could have added some nice glass and stuck with the D7000 as my IR body. [/QUOTE]

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