[wilsonng]

What I didn't explain was the context....

I already had a pretty good camera but I was wondering whether I should upgrade. My friend looked at me and he knows me pretty well. He realizes that I won't be utilizing a lot of the fancy-dancy features like tethering and other advanced stuff. I said I was comfortable with my camera but always wondering whether I should upgrade to a new one.

He basically queried me about my photographing needs to determine my needs. He came to the conclusion that I don't really need a brand spanking new one.

It's the same idea that flashes into many folks heads when they hear about the new iPad or the new Mac. "Gosh, this year's model has feature X, Y, Z that my current Mac/iDevice which is only one year old don't have. But as much as I really want to upgrade to this year's Mac/iDevice, my current one is still perfectly usable."

And he reminded me that it was better to have any camera rather than no camera at all when you see something that you want to shoot.

So I felt that my question was answered very well - cliche or no cliche.....