Upgrade and more upgrades

Since the beginning of 2011 when I first started this whole blog, there have been more upgrades on the basic equipment.  It's scary.

In one of the previous posts I talked about buying the best equipment you could afford.  The next and best will always be coming out, and you will be tempted to buy it for the simple fact that it is the greatest and latest.

Here is an example.  Canon has completely dropped it's line of Rebel cameras, and almost every camera they have with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 cameras have video capability now.  Does this mean that if you have one of the Digital Rebel series that you need to start saving up to buy the next generation of camera?  No...  It means that for whatever reason Canon decided that after 10 years the Rebel needed to be retired.  If your Rebel is doing the job for you, hold onto it.  If you do want to upgrade, my own feeling is that there isn't any reason to upgrade to their baseline camera.  Step up to the next level.  Make it worth your expense.  You've more than likely been shooting long enough that you have the skill level to appreciate what a 7D or something else can do for you.

Personally I'm a little disappointed that almost all of the camera makers felt the need to take their DSLR's and put video on them.  I'm sure that a lot of people use this function.  And for those people I am glad they have put the function on it.  Personally if I needed a camera with video capability I would have bought a top of the line point and shoot.  But now I don't have the option.  I personally shoot RAW on almost everything I shoot.  Unless I want a huge memory card, by shooting RAW, I can't really afford to be taking up space with video.  My only other personal thought is that it just seems odd that you would want a camera of a certain level to be shooting both things at the same time.

Lens'.  A lot of lens' are to the point where you can shoot some with all camera's, some with certain camera's, some with these, some with those.  And I can understand that.  When you get into a certain level of camera it really doesn't make much sense to be using a lower quality lens on a piece of equipment that is a true professional camera.  I have a lens that I will take on vacation with me.  Not a bad lens, but not a top line lens either.  I go with it not expecting top quality images.  And glass does make that much difference.  So you are going to start to notice when you buy a lens that it will have specifications on which cameras it can be used on.

So just remember, camera's are changing all of the time.  Don't buy the first generation.  Let someone else help them figure out the bugs.  Plus, the price is going to come down a little.  Hold off, and again... still buy the best you can afford.  Don't buy just for the sake of having the new camera.