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Does anyone else agree that when buying a DSLR camera it makes more sense to stick with consumer level?
Last year I was debating which digital SLR camera I should purchase. It was between the Canon 30D and the Canon 5D.
My friend (who is a photographer) told me to reconsider my options because the price of the camera body itself declines greatly in just two years because technoloogy is always upgrading. He told me to purchase the Canon Rebel XTi and get a couple of L series lenses instead.
He said that the lens makes the photo, not the camera. He went on to say as long as I was shooting with a DSLR that was released fairly recent my photographs would be just as good especially when shooting with an “L”.
I was skeptical but took his advice. We compared photos a few weeks later and he was right. The quality was just as good as his EOS 1D Mark III.
He told me the next camera he purchases will be one step above consumer level becuase he is tired of watching his professional DSLR cameras be out performed by entry level SLRs just two years down the road.
Who agrees?
He is right.
The lenses you buy are your most important investment. They will last for decades, just like 35mm SLR’s.
DSLR’s have the problem of technological aging. While the camera still works as good as it did when it was new, the client’s have a notion that old is poor quality, so the photographer has to spend (in your friends case $8,000) to please and keep his clients.
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