A practice of silliness.

[Loupey]

Perhaps we're forgetting about the people who just use dSLR's as sophisticated point-and-shoots. The ones who buy the kit, photograph their kids, take them on vacations, and shoot birthday parties. Never comes out of AUTO or P, not very techie and so not likely to have any other lenses. I imagine this group makes up a substantial percentage of camera buyers.

Perhaps they notice digital noise but haven't really thought about all the factors that lead to digital noise. All they know is that if they buy a newer body, they will take cleaner images.

And that's all they want.

[Grandpaw]

If I upgraded my five lenses that I have to 2.8 I would probably have around $15,000 to $20,000 in glass. Right now I have about $2500 in glass. If I went out and spent $3000 on a camera with good ISO capabilities I would have a total of $5500 in all my CAMERAS AND LENSES. I have something I can use in low light situations for 10 to 15 thousand dollars of savings.

I do realize that the faster glass would be sharper but for me I can get pretty decent pictures at a price I can afford. If the funds were there to buy whatever I wanted I would have the fast glass and the higher ISO capabilities.

I am looking into buying a Nikon 70-200VR 2.8 lens from a friend at a price I can manage and I am looking forward to using it, Jeff

I would like to say that for me the thing that I consider really silly is not learning the equipment you have and getting the most out of it before buying a newer model and not learning how to get the most out of it either! Now to me "that is silly".