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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 623958" data-attributes="member: 43545">When we are into a hobby for a while enthusiasm rises and falls in a wave that repeats itself. Often getting a new camera reignites interest to get out there and shoot more or under conditions you otherwise might want to stay in or find something more comfortable. Searching for a new toy is half the fun but its cost is not a measure of how much excitement it generates. For example that spark of renewed enthusiasm can just as much be felt with a new bag or used MF lens or $45 flash controller, some cheap extension tubes, or low cost 3rd party flash. My most recent buys that kick started shooting more was Yongnuo YN-622 and YN-622 Tx flash controllers.  $100. They worked so well I got 3 more plus additional light stands. I got as big a kick out of that as getting my D800 for $3200 more dollars. Unless you have a compelling reason to spend money,your hobby can  benefit as much or more with an influential but low cost item. A workshop with a leader who's work you admire, with hands on learning can jazz one really deeply, and result in noticeably  better results and range of effectiveness in session results.  3 hours with a PS expert side by side, or a 2 hour studio session with a creative light master and the improvement would be more than buying a D5 and every top lens you drool over. It is not the new camera that generates better images, it is the renewed enthusiasm. Getting unfamiliar camera and actually set your learning back a bit, as you learn it. Anything that triggers the increased enthusiasm improves your effort, which improves the images. For everyone's specialty, there are small things that make the biggest differences. For a wildlife shooter it might be learning  more fieldcraft from an accomplished wildlife photographer. For a studio shooter, doing portraits and full body imagery is might be hiring  real pro model and learning posing, one of the most important yet neglected talents, learning to get the most out of your subject. For sports shooters the best return on the learning time might be learning from a pro how to get accreditation for to the field. That will mean more than that new $12000 super tele prime. One ballet theater shooter I know here said his game jumped up two notches by signing up for a ballet class and learning the terms, and styles so anticipation for moves or angle got much better.  He did not need that whiz-bang $6000 lens after all to  get his shots published internationally.There are lots of ways to regain the enthusiasm that got us upgrading all the time, that does not require spending a month's salary. Ask anyone whose work your like, how he does it, the last thing they might mention as factors in great results is the camera. Even  great lenses are not as predictive of results as lighting, posing, position(sports, BIF, stage etc), post processing.  Seek the enthusiasm, not the device, mentally coupling buying a new expensive item with passion has an expensive unneeded price tag.</blockquote>

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