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I DO want you to complicate things
I guess that my thoughts are these
- I like to think that I will print photos. I never do, but I would love to. I actually should try printing some from my 40D and see if I am disappointed in anything other than my own lack of skill I suppose.
- Better high-IS performance. This sort of comes under the category of "Why do you hate being able to take nice low-light photos?" but I guess realistically that is a tiny proportion of when I would have camera, and I do have an X100
3a.Better controls - How much change is there. I am not nearly as quick as I would like to be with my current camera.
3b. Articulating Screen. I am still in your first "why do I need that camp?" as I have never had on e. It just seems at the moment to be a thing to break
3c. Backlit buttons. I'd like those please
3d. wifi etc... It's the remote control I think I want. Maybe I can do that another way
It's interesting isn't it? I only dabble in photography. I'd love to be good at it, I'm not, but I enjoy it, but actually if I really think about it the gear isn't part of that. I think I was happiest when I had my first SLR and was developing B&W film in the Drill Hall by TCR. I do like the idea of toys though
- I like to think that I will print photos. I never do, but I would love to. I actually should try printing some from my 40D and see if I am disappointed in anything other than my own lack of skill I suppose.
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It's interesting isn't it? I only dabble in photography. I'd love to be good at it, I'm not, but I enjoy it, but actually if I really think about it the gear isn't part of that. I think I was happiest when I had my first SLR and was developing B&W film in the Drill Hall by TCR. I do like the idea of toys though
Yea nice gear is nice, most photographers will agree -
but since you already know what you like bout photography I would go from there.
Use what you have, make prints, try to figure out what's missing - is it quality or is it your skills?
Learn to shoot your 40D like your old SLR, really know whats what and take some cracking photos with that thing.
Depending on what lenses you already have maybe treat yourself to a nice prime in your favourite focal length if you think this will improve your images.
Or a nice new body, only you will know what you'll need more.
salad
I don't want to complicate things, but have to disagree here.
If you just look at the two digit Canons 40D and 60D there has been a lot of (useful) change - concearning the controls, also the flip & twist screens which I laughed off at first are really fucking useful / open up possibilities. Almost double the pixels and way better ISO performance, and HD video if that matters.
In general what makes me personally want to have a newer camera is:
a) more pixels. More is indeed always better - saying x pixels is "enough for the web" is some sort of Ken Rockwell logic that is not essentially "wrong" - but, to make it simple, an image would indeed look better if shot at 50mp and then reduced to 10mp as opposed to being shot at 10mp in the first place. Retouching is much nicer with a big file. You can also make bigger prints in great quality from it. The only downside of having more pixels is you need more storage and more memory / a better computer to process the files.
b) better high-iso performance.
c) better controls / articulating screen / backlit buttons / wifi etc.