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I know a lot of people will agree with you and you make good points but not all of us shoot for others. I shoot for myself and I have high expectations. I know most the people I show my photos to will ever notice a difference between a D5000 and D810 file but I can notice it.
Also there is room for improvement in what I shoot. For example night shots can always get better and cleaner. The 810 has a lot of hot pixels when shooting at night for a long exposure. Do I need this improvement NO, but I would likely buy a body that took a big step in the right direction in regard to this. Night shooting has become the type of shooting I enjoy most so there is things that can intrigue me to buy a new body.
Also people constantly say we don't need more MP, and it is likely true for many but I shoot landscape. I have a local gallery by me where the guy uses a lot of large format. He also shoots with a D800 and the difference in a big print is huge. I would like to print large and I hope one day the digital camera I use will be able to come close to the large format prints.
I never want the companies to think they don't need to try and progress. What a horrible message to send them. If you don't need what the future brings then in 5 years save yourself a ton of money and buy a used D810 for $500.
I get sick of hearing how everyone who buys the latest stuff is trying to show off. I can care less what people think of my gear. I mostly shoot with MF lenses now and I don't buy stuff to impress others. I also feel the large majority of people who buy new gear don't do it to impress. SOme of us can afford it and we want the small gains it provides. There is nothing wrong with this.
pr4photos wrote:
I honestly think we are reaching the point of little gains - and I mean this in the real world, not pixel peeping, or lab results
How many clients do you have that would notice the difference between a D800 file or a D810 file, and would notice the difference with a D820 file, however wonderful its portrayed to be.
Yes, the AF upgrades are useful, and the low ISO upgrades are nice, but these are quite niche upgrades. 99% of working photographers don't actually 'need' these upgrades, and certainly don't need them at the price it takes to buy the new camera body.
I have used a lot of cameras, and have settled on my D750, my D800 is now my backup. My images go all over the world, and are used from websites, to magazines, to large portrait prints, to everything inbetween. Most of the time I reduce the file size before I send the files to clients, as they don't want or need the full size files - thats quite telling in itself. The only people that say image quality isn't good enough are the actual photographers themselves. Never has a client said the images aren't good enough
Maybe I am wrong in this, but I do think GAS is a major issue for a lot of photographers - and maybe the assumption that buying the newest camera will make them a better photographer - it won't. ...Show more →
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