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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 117609" data-attributes="member: 12827">There are lots of questions you have to ask yourself, and my answer may not be what you want to hear, but you should sit back and think about them before you commit to getting another camera body. The first question you have to ask yourself is how large do you want to print your images? It is kind of silly to sink money into a D800 if 8x10 is as big as you plan to print or you are going to publish most of your images to the web. On the other hand, what kind of sports do you shoot? Do you do it as a hobby or as a professional? Do you really need the 10 fps frame rates offered by the D4? Most importantly, ask yourself does your current camera really meet your needs and you just want to upgrade it? If so, then why go to the expense to update it? You have to ask yourself will upgrading to a newer camera make you a better photographer? That is really the bottom line, isn't it?&nbsp; Be honest with yourself. 95% of the time the answer is really no, it will not. Upgrading a camera just because it has been a few years since you got your last one seems rather wasteful silly to me. But then again I still shoot with over 35+ year old F2's. Your mileage may vary, however.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 117609, member: 12827"] There are lots of questions you have to ask yourself, and my answer may not be what you want to hear, but you should sit back and think about them before you commit to getting another camera body. The first question you have to ask yourself is how large do you want to print your images? It is kind of silly to sink money into a D800 if 8x10 is as big as you plan to print or you are going to publish most of your images to the web. On the other hand, what kind of sports do you shoot? Do you do it as a hobby or as a professional? Do you really [I]need[/I] the 10 fps frame rates offered by the D4? Most importantly, ask yourself does your current camera [I]really meet your needs [/I]and you just [I]want[/I] to upgrade it? If so, then why go to the expense to update it? You have to ask yourself will upgrading to a newer camera [I]make you a[/I] [I]better photographer[/I]? That is really the bottom line, isn't it? Be honest with yourself. 95% of the time the answer is really [I]no, it will not[/I]. Upgrading a camera just because it has been a few years since you got your last one seems rather wasteful silly to me. But then again I still shoot with over 35+ year old F2's. Your mileage may vary, however. [/QUOTE]

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