Re: Fuji X10
Who ever said that most peoples aspirations are to be a better photographer though ?
Some think of "photography" as this stuffy art form, practiced by people who don't smile much, dress in all black, and carry around a portfolio of peeling paint and dead oak tree's, shot on film of course. Others think of it as pressing a button on their camera phone of their night on the town and uploading to facebook all evening long.
Why does one have to be any more right than the other ?
For that matter, why does one have to have a reason to buy a new camera ?
Am a I better photographer if I own one camera than 10 ?
Does a guy who upgrades every year deserve less respect than a guy still shooting an original Canon 1D for 9 years straight ?
I own about 10 different guitars, because I like guitars, I like collecting lots of different styles of instruments from the 60's, 70's, 80's etc. I don't think that each guitar is going to be make a better musician, I just like playing different ones.
Same with guns. I don't think I'm going to become some sort of crack shot, I just think it might be fun to get an old fashioned "cowboy action" style single action revolver.
Do I think the X10 is going to further my advancement as a photographer ? Of course not, I just think it will be a fun camera to shoot when I want to travel light yet still have something with some control. I've actually got zero desire really to improve as a photographer, or an artist etc. I'm back in school working on a doctorate and hoping to one day leave this profession before it gets to the point where I can't keep roof over my head doing it (which I don't know if in 5 years is realistic for many of us)
Another camera is just another camera. Not going to make me better, not going to make me worse. Not going to make my kids starve because I bought it, nor is it going to change my life other than having a new camera. Not going to inspire me to start wearing skinny jeans and dressing in black and shooting dead things.
Just a reasonably compact, fairly affordable new toy for me to carry around when I don't want my DSLR' s and feel like a bit more control than my iPhone can give me.
I just don't follow this type of reasoning or why some feel the need to try to force it upon others