I must admit that for the first time in many a long photographic year, I've never felt less inclined to upgrade such is my contentment with my current and now increasingly "out of date" Canon EOS10D camera. It does exactly what it says on the tin and fulfills most if not all of my photographic needs, so why upgrade? Well the "need" to "upgrade" at all raises certain interesting questions like "what are people's motivations for upgrading"? For me, it would be because a piece of kit has emerged that represents a "significant" moving forward of the capability and standards of picture taking. To this end I see very little of major "significance" emerging since the advent of the digital age and to my mind most of the recent advances have simply been "window dressing" and tweaking of existing standards.

Clive has referred to the new Nikon D3's low light capabilities and he presents a convincing case for it's inclusion in the "significant" new innovations list. It's price however, ensures that it will remain an "exclusive" if "significant" innovation and unless or until it's standards are widely adopted by other camera makers I feel it will remain thus.

So will I "upgrade"? Well I put down "within 3 years" and only because I have faith that the "boffins" are working away even as we speak at something new right now which will mark a "significant" moving forward of picture taking ability. If not, then I guess we're in for another three years of "window dressing".

BigWill