Old pictures are still good

Alan,

That's a nice picture, for 2003 or otherwise.

I like the way the shadows fall across the face of the boulders.

Steve Thomas

What is often forgotten, is that photo processing software has had massive improvements too over the years.

I recently reprocessed a set of pictures taken with my old d300 and was amazed by the results.

Heartily agree with your thread.

I'm presently falling back in love with my 7D because of its comfy size, superb build quality and the speed of operation permitted by its wonderfully designed user interface.
Nothing I do requires mirrorless, a revelation gained by running through several ML bodies.

So I'm back to Old Reliable, knowing that my skills will never exceed its capabilities. Only certain lenses for it still tempt me.

As I browse through other peoples' pictures, I'm always amazed at how nice pictures they have taken with their T3i look.
I think to myself, "Damn. That's a nice picture".

Steve Thomas

Sometimes it can even be a little discouraging, to see so little difference between our new acquisition paid a high price, and a twenty-year-old camera. 😁

You might be interested in the comparison I made between the Canon EOS-1Ds (2002) / Fujifilm X-T5 (2022).
www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72177720304918247

Still like my 20-year-old Sigma DSLR [edit]oops, not a Canon, sorry[/edit]

When I bought my first DSLR (a Sigma SD9), I decided to use RAW and have done ever since. Though I also shoot JPG, I don’t ever remember using them. There’s no doubt that software has improved greatly over the years, and I can now reprocess them with much better results - and I expect that to continue as software becomes ever more sophisticated. RAW is truly the digital equivalent of a negative and it allows me to return from time to time to see whether I can improve on my previous attempts.

Well said Alan! 😀