Just wondering how many Hog members are in my boat. I expect most Hoggers are not professional photogs, rather they are photog enthusiasts, not selling many, if any, of the photos they take. But, I am wondering just how many got sucked into the trap of thinking...if I got the latest camera/lens, if I got a camera that shoots more megapixels, if I upgraded to the best, my photos would be so much better, and I will start selling photos! I certainly did!! So, I want to ask, is that 24 plus megapixel camera that much better than you older 12 megapixel camera? I presently shoot with the D3, and it shoots better than any camera I have had...and I have had the D7200, the D610, the D750, but, I love my D3. Those other cameras cannot come close to matching the D3's image quality, the D3's low light shooting capability, or the D3's frames per second rate. Interested in what other Hoggers think.

I shoot and print , larger images landscapes and birds mainly. I started with a d300 now have a d7100 for 2 years, and a d810 for about 6 the past 6 months .It is the images I shot from the d300 early on that has paid the way for most everything else . There are a halve dozen from the d300 that always sell at about $ 225 dollars each at art shows their IQ is about 24 x 36 I rarely go over unless it's the stitched landscape at 20 x 50 . And it was only 12.3 megapixels. There are 3 from the d7100 with one of an egret at 18 x 42 almost life size that sell well none off the d810 yet , only from lack of travel to sites yet . Fall and spring will be good sunsets here in Florida with a trip to Gatorland in St . Augistine . So it seems the same images keep selling because of content not tech. I also print for an artist that uses a Nikon zoom that has a zoom that goes to like 1400 mm and he has about 12 images that constantly sell at every art show locally and has an itty bitty sensor and the two biggest images I print for him is a row of 6 turtles 16 x 48 and 18 x 60. The biggest that he sells that I print is a 40 x 60 of rainbow springs 3 so far . He out sells all of us with a $ 500. Camera I think it's a p520 or something like that .Since I work on his images we have convinced him to purchase a sony rx10 iii .he has trouble with focus acquisitions and still carries the smaller camera ,and only uses the sony rx10iii after shooting with the Nikon. So it's the image and content that sells not the technology. And of coarse the eye of the Artist..

Do you really need them or just want them!?
I didn't buy my 5DSR or my 5DIV because I needed them. I bought them because of their features and capabilities. I didn't intend to get a 5DSR until I saw in person the mind boggling detail and resolution the camera is capable of. The 5DSR is a really nice camera but it's not intended to be a daily shooter. You can use it that way but it can be frustrating. That's why I got the 5DIV. It's not finicky like the 5DSR can be and its got 4K video frame capture. That's like having virtual 30 frames per second plus it has some nice features that I know I will use like built-in time lapse.

It takes 48 megapixels to approach film quality with 35mm cameras and More pixels the higher costs of the camera.

The difference is the tonal range of shadows. The more pixels the better the detail in the shadows. When you make a print the range is compressed from the film which takes out some of the total film range. Prints and monitor viewing can't produce film density range of film, so pick a camera based on how you want to view your pictures. If you are sending out over Facebook the 8 megapixels are fine. If you are making prints to sell then get a camera that has 48 megapixels.

I was just doing a fun one-up to
Kmgw9v’s “I need a 850”.
I have more than enough camera and lenses as I’m learning/ relearning photography and consider myself quite blessed. This topic and thread made me remember that there’s something almost magical when the big brown truck pulls up with our new gear. Just like a kid whose opening his/her new toy, big smiles, hands almost trembling. It’s just fun! Doesn’t matter if we need it or if it will improve our shots, it’s just fun playing with a new camera or lens. Which is exactly what Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, Fuji are counting on and bottom lines depend on.