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At first I thought it was dissing a particular new camera system. It's actually saying switching systems makes no sense.

I immediately noticed how may camera systems he's gone through having two or three at a time he says:

> "Don't do what I have done--it is stupid."

It's not like a laptop upgrade, it's like switching from Windows, to Mac, to Linux, back to Windows, etc. Disruptive and not productive or making you a better photographer producing better photos.

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You can easily spend a few grand on lenses for a system (say Canon DSLR or Sony Mirrorless) which is a reason why, if you want to upgrade, you get a better body in the same system you already use.

I switched from Canon to Sony but that was because I lost my camera and only had one working lens at the time (believed back then a wide angle prime is all you need.). I didn’t know how I would make it w/o Canon USM lenses (which closely integrated manual and automatic focus) but I found nothing but complaints about the autofocus on Canon full frames unless you drop $6000 on a top of the line body.

Sony's cameras however have wickedly good AF, even the low-cost models.

Exactly.

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