I reckon most of us make use of less than 20% of our camera's capability. So do I need to upgrade?

St Pauls Cathedral in London seen through narrow street in black and white, high contrast, rain reflections.

I am old enough to remember the days when you purchased the camera of your choice and you then kept it, for quite a while. Back then, cameras were built to do a job and reliably stood the test of time.

The development of camera technology seemed to move at a glacial pace but this was not so important, film technology on the other hand was the be all and end all. Better, smaller, sharper finer grain and saturated color for travel and landscapes, a neutral palette for portraits, high speed film without too much grain for the more extreme, low light situations.