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Great Bustard
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In reply to Mako2011, 3 months ago

Mako2011 wrote:

Great Bustard wrote:

schmegg wrote:

Great Bustard wrote:

What I'm asking, however, is, for a given photographer, would the 5D3, for example, result in more photos sold than the 40D, operational considerations aside? Or, more to the point, I guess, would be the 60D vs the 6D, since the operation is essentially the same -- would photos from the 6D result in more income than photos from the 60D? In fact, as I said in another post, we can extend this to lenses -- would a 70-200 / 2.8L IS II result in more sales than if a 70-200 / 4L IS were used instead?

Possibly, but not definitely.

In fact - it's pretty much an unanswerable question in my opinion, unless one makes a whole heap of assumptions about the difference between the two images, the gear used to capture them, and perhaps also employs statistical analysis to help.

It's possible that there would be a few discerning buyers that would appreciate the difference in a final image from a 6D with a 70-200/2.8 compared to a 60D with a 70-200/4. It certainly would be possible to create an image that was visibly different all other things being equal (like composition, exposure and so on).

I think the former set-up would afford the creative photographer with some more options, and therefore make it a bit easier to realise the image they might be after. But, as always, this depends a lot on what the photographer is trying to achieve. It's not possible to say whether this would always translate into more saleable images, but it would most probably give a bit more latitude for creating them in the first place.

What effect, in your opinion, would going from a 40D to a 6D have on the income for a wedding photographer?

He (the upgrader) wouldn't keep losing jobs to the guy with a 6D....so his income would go up and the income of the guy who already had a 6D would go down.

OK -- that's the kind of answer I was looking for.  Higher IQ means more income in at least one major form of photography between the photographer and the end used (as opposed to artificial restrictions imposed by editors and the sort).

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