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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 379788" data-attributes="member: 12827">Before you upgrade to a new camera, I think you or anyone else for that matter, must ask themselves, and answer honestly and truthfully, why do I need to upgrade my gear? Ask yourself if the camera you are using now is actually preventing you from doing some things you want to do because it lacks that feature (whatever it is). Or does it have 160,000, instead of a pretty paltry 16,000 actuations on it. If you can honestly answer no to the questions, then you would be better putting that money toward another lens that might give you more optical reach or field of view, or some self improvement books/videos or courses.&nbsp; So many people think they could just take better pictures if they just had a better camera and most of the time it turns out that they plunk down a bunch of money for a camera with all the fancy bells and whistles on it and they STILL take crappy pictures. In the majority of the cases, the real reason a person is taking crappy pictures has A LOT more to do with the photographer than with the equipment. This may not be what you want to hear but it is something that is worth considering before plunking down money on more equipment.Just my 2 Pfennig</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 379788, member: 12827"] Before you upgrade to a new camera, I think you or anyone else for that matter, must ask themselves, and answer [I]honestly and truthfully[/I], [I]why[/I] do I need to upgrade my gear? Ask yourself if the camera you are using now is actually [B][I]preventing[/I][/B] you from doing some things you want to do because it lacks that feature (whatever it is). Or does it have [I]160,000[/I], instead of a pretty paltry 16,000 actuations on it. If you can honestly answer [B][I]no[/I][/B] to the questions, then you would be better putting that money toward another lens that might give you more optical reach or field of view, or some self improvement books/videos or courses. So many people think they could just take better pictures if they just had a better camera and most of the time it turns out that they plunk down a bunch of money for a camera with all the fancy bells and whistles on it and they [I]STILL[/I] take crappy pictures. In the majority of the cases, the [I]real[/I] reason a person is taking crappy pictures has [I]A LOT [/I]more to do with the photographer than with the equipment. This may not be what you want to hear but it is something that is worth considering before plunking down money on more equipment. Just my 2 Pfennig [/QUOTE]

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