Originally posted by hegedus Great little article, but it still didn't convince me to make an upgrade. I still take great shots with my K10D, and I still think that K5 is too expensive for me. One day, surely, I will be K5 owner, but I will wait for significant price drop.
When I bought my K20D over 3 years ago, I told myself there was no way I would upgrade for several years. Then along came the K-5 and all the improvements and some impressive hands-on time and I realized I'd better sell now and upgrade while the K20D still had some value.
So sure, you can wait until your camera is worth nothing and have to come up with all the money for even a used body, or you can sell your existing body now and not wait so long for it to devalue and pay a decent chunk toward a new body. I'm not making this as a suggestion to anyone, but just saying how my ordinarily frugal "use it until it falls apart" mindset has changed regarding when the best time is to upgrade.