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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 121216" data-attributes="member: 9240">As you've found with your music, &quot;better&quot; equipment doesn't always translate to better art.&nbsp; You can make great art with basic tools and lousy art with the best tools in the world.&nbsp; It all comes down to what you need.It's obvious that you can capture what you want to capture with the D3100.&nbsp; The question you need to answer is &quot;what can't I do with the camera I have that I want to do?&quot;&nbsp; You've answered one part of that with the use of other lenses, as these are potential &quot;eyes&quot; into your world.&nbsp; From there, it's probably more about what you want to do with your art once you create it.&nbsp; The sensor in a D7000 or D7100 will give you the opportunity to potentially print larger, or reduce noise in low light.&nbsp; Maybe not something you are thinking about, but something you will take advantage of when you have that tool in your toolbox?As a musician I've traveled the road of buying and trying everything, equating price and quality with &quot;better&quot;, only to settle back into a couple simple tools, some of which I've had for most of my life.&nbsp; Some would look at the present and say it was needless chasing of wind.&nbsp; I don't, and equate the journey with an education bought and paid for.&nbsp; I find myself doing the same thing with photography now.&nbsp; So far I can see the difference in my photographs as I've stepped up from the D7000 to the D600.&nbsp; And as I now get ready to walk outside and take my first shots with a D800 I know that I won't walk out the door this morning a better photographer for owning it, what I find as I use it may inspire me in ways that make me better.&nbsp; It should certainly provide me with a higher quality canvas to paint on.&nbsp; That may not always be desirable, and that's a lesson I'll learn and refine as I go on.So, I have no specific advice for you, only the prompt to follow the muse as you did with your music.&nbsp; You may take a round trip and end up not far from where you started, but the ride will pay for itself in experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 121216, member: 9240"] As you've found with your music, "better" equipment doesn't always translate to better art. You can make great art with basic tools and lousy art with the best tools in the world. It all comes down to what you need. It's obvious that you can capture what you want to capture with the D3100. The question you need to answer is "what can't I do with the camera I have that I want to do?" You've answered one part of that with the use of other lenses, as these are potential "eyes" into your world. From there, it's probably more about what you want to do with your art once you create it. The sensor in a D7000 or D7100 will give you the opportunity to potentially print larger, or reduce noise in low light. Maybe not something you are thinking about, but something you will take advantage of when you have that tool in your toolbox? As a musician I've traveled the road of buying and trying everything, equating price and quality with "better", only to settle back into a couple simple tools, some of which I've had for most of my life. Some would look at the present and say it was needless chasing of wind. I don't, and equate the journey with an education bought and paid for. I find myself doing the same thing with photography now. So far I can see the difference in my photographs as I've stepped up from the D7000 to the D600. And as I now get ready to walk outside and take my first shots with a D800 I know that I won't walk out the door this morning a better photographer for owning it, what I find as I use it may inspire me in ways that make me better. It should certainly provide me with a higher quality canvas to paint on. That may not always be desirable, and that's a lesson I'll learn and refine as I go on. So, I have no specific advice for you, only the prompt to follow the muse as you did with your music. You may take a round trip and end up not far from where you started, but the ride will pay for itself in experience. [/QUOTE]

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