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Your story is a reminder to be very cautious about giving too much credence to that inveterate camera basher contingent. They come in several flavors.
1. The Brand X Is Always Awful version — they can't say a good thing about whatever brand it is that sets them off.
2. The Brand Y Is Always Best version — they can only gush about Brand Y, and in order to amplify the gushing they incessantly post about every other brand's flaws, no matter how trivial.
3. The New Cameras Are Getting Worse curmudgeons — No matter what new features come in the updated models, the previous model (or the one before, or the one before that, or some old brand no longer made) was always better.
There are other flavors, but you get the idea.
Generally speaking, new models are improvements over old models. Aside from rare missteps, the general trend is to add useful features and improve old ones when new models are introduced.
It is worth keeping a few things in mind. Most model-to-model upgrades are incremental rather than monumental. (There are occasional exceptions.) All cameras have pluses and minuses — no camera has ever been perfect and no camera ever will be. You don't need to upgrade every time a new model comes out. But when it is time to upgrade, it isn't a bad idea to plan to move to the most current model. (There is an alternate strategy for cost-conscious buyers: buying one model behind the curve.)
Dan
amacal1 wrote:
I'm embarrassed to admit that I was a victim of the 6DII bashing. How am I a "victim"? I paid $800 for a 6D while the 6DII was on firesale for around $1200 (+ tax, etc.). At the time, I thought it was relatively fair, the 6D was extremely capabale for what I wanted and the 6DII seemed like a better camera, but only 'just'. So, the $300-$400 difference seemed appropriate and the difference in specs didn't seem like anything to worry about.
The 6DII has never been that cheap again. Even refurbished it is over $1300, now. Meanwhile, used 6D value has tanked. It's still a capable camera, but the market has finally decided it's old and full of old tech.
At the time, the reviews only focused on how little its specs improved compared the 6D. Resolution was only bumped a little, DR didn't really improve (though effective DR may have slightly been bumped. AF was improved some. Shooting rate improved slightly. Etc. Etc.
What the reviews failed to capture is that bumping every single spec by some amount, made for a much more capable camera, overall. Plus, they added a boatload of minor, but useful improvements, like the flip out screen, touchscreen, etc. No one at the time pointed out how big of a deal having DPAF could be. It's a game changer, and that never really came across as such a big deal in the reviews that I read.
Someone joked that DR and resolution are soooo 2017. It's funny how true that is. Because the 6DII didn't increase resolution or DR that much, no one really cared about all of the other improvements it did have. Those improvements were numerous, and I wish I had realized that. Knowing what I know now, I would gladly pay $300-$400 to have all of those features. Unfortunately, the gap between used 6D and even used 6DII is probably well over $400.
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