I actually feel sorry for those that don't seem to understand what they can gain from addition Megapixels, DR, Colors, and high ISO performance. While the performance of the D810 sensor can show weaknesses in technique and even lenses, it also provides forgiveness and options for cropping, framing and exposure.
This could be a form of boundary disorder, wouldn't you say?
While a D810 won't make me into Art Wolfe it does make me a better me. As it would make Art Wolfe a better Art Wolfe. Anyone want to argue that 5DmkIII shooters wound't do back flips if Canon handed them a 5DmkIV with 30MP, 15 EV DR, expanded color palette and significantly better high ISO performance and less noise.
This is the part where you're seriously failing to understand. What makes Art Wolfe "Art Wolfe" is the fact he's
actually out there, in key places, capturing images of fantastic subjects ... it's not because of "what camera he has." You may have a technically-superior sensor in your camera, but you will never be an Art Wolfe because you're not constantly out there, traveling, exploring, experimenting, creating.
As one member said,
"If you can't produce a compelling image from a 7 year old camera, you can't produce a compelling image."I bought the D810 because I wanted to get off the upgrade merry go round. When shooting film, one could take advantages in new emulsions and substrates without having to upgrade. With DSLRs you are buying a performance ceiling. It was the 1st camera that had a performance level at which I believe I would be satisfied to be 'stuck' at even though I know there will be performance and feature advances that will make cameras better than the D810.
All of which is worth nothing, if you're not prepared to go
out into the world and actually use it on fascinating subjects ... or if you can't capture ordinary subjects in a fascinating way.
The part you don't understand is if a person can/does do the above, they have something more valuable to their photography than the latest camera.
Jack