This is getting tiresome. If one has no need of better gear then don't buy it. Or, if one prefers the lower resolution and grainier look of smaller formats then by all means use them. I guess what we've failed to do is define "better". To me "better" usually means higher resolution, finer grain, minimal shadow fogging, highest micro-contrast and pleasant bokeh. This isn't "always" the case... depends on the subject and desired final image.
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have you read what i am writing about in this thread?
it has nothing to do with what you are suggesting it is about.
i couldn't care less if someone upgrades their equipment, gets new bodies or lenses
or whatever ...
what it has to do with is my trying to understand
why someone who barely has a grasp of how to make an exposure
would want to abandon a "lower end learning camera" if i can put it that way
to purchase a camera or system that is the tippity top of the line, thinking it will aid them into making better photographs and being a "photographer"
in my original post it was someone who bought a camera that made 11x14 negatives with a lens that cost
a small fortune, and later on i described a classmate of mine when he was 19 he got rid of his K1000 and used
a high end camera that cost $6000 instead thinking that it would improve his photography.
in both cases the purchases didn't improve their technique or vision, at least when i knew them ..
and i just wondered why they would spend such money on a frivolous thing when they could have learned better with a smaller less expensive camera
that shot film that did not cost as much, and a camera/s that didn't give them the appearance of a seasoned "pro" ... ( and maybe frustration that their end images didn't look professional? )
i know that when i was starting out and was clueless or inept or without any ideas of composition or vision or skills
if i bought a camera that was the top of the line, it wouldn't have done anything to improve anything about my work,
and it might have actually been a hinderance because i would have been afraid maybe i would break it, or be timid with it because
it cost as much as a car.
as i said it has nothing to do with upgrading for need, but for other perhaps aesthetic-reasons i don't "get" and i would love to get it