Originally posted by Rondec It is interesting, because in my area, there is minimal infiltration of full frame. I see a couple of generations old APS-C cameras. There is one photographer that specializes in toddlers and new borns who shoots a D700, otherwise they uniformly use APS-C. The guy who shoots for the local paper uses a Fuji Bridge camera. I am convinced that most of the pressure to get full frame comes, not from customers, but from the need to keep up with other photographers.
I think the idea of the full frame conquest is vastly overstated on forums such as this one.
But that's just us.....
Here's the thing, I totally believe in colour contrast, not tonal contrast, subject isolation through colour, extra etc..etc. but, imagine, you're a wedding photographer, before the wedding, the lounge where everyone gathers has the most ghastly wall paper you've ever seen and you have no choice you have to shoot there. And it's very long but only 12 feet wide, so backing up and shooting a longer lens isn't going to work. You have to admit, in a circumstance like that, you want to be able to pull out that 1.4 or 1.8 lens to achieve an out of focus background. One of the reasons I say I don't need a full frame is because I don't do weddings.
But, say you are my rich Uncle Harry and he wants me to shoot his daughters wedding, or he's going to cut me out of his will. I'm going to say, "rich Uncle Harry, you're going to have to buy me an FF and some fast glass. 35 mm 50mm 85mm all 1.4, and a 70 -210 ƒ2.8 and a Nikon D7500 or D3s." It's going to be part of what it costs him. For what I do, I don't need it. But if someone wants me to do something else, then I might need all kinds of things I don't currently own. I handle this by looking whoever wants me to shoot their wedding straight in the eye, and saying "no." It's not a ploy. It's a recognition that having the right equipment is part of doing the job, and I'm not interested in investing in the right equipment for that job.
If you're going to do something for money, you've got to equip yourself to do it right.
The only way this is the wrong attitude is if I let someone I care about talk me into doing their wedding as a freebee. Now I'm in trouble.
That being said, I can think of very few other circumstances where I can't get along with or benefit from APS-c. And that's, the position of most "enthusiast" shooters, and most Pentax users.
My advice would be, be happy, but never forget the limitations of your gear...
So I agree with you totally, the need for FF is vastly overstated, and will continue to agree with you until that moment in time when I don't.
Hopefully that moment will never come. But I really don't want to get written out of rich Uncle Harry's will.