Now the post-production system of photography is very powerful. Is it necessary to update photographic equipment and improve photographic technology?

Some special shooting applications (such as sports photography, celestial photography, news photography, advertising photography, etc. ) still need to improve the performance of the equipment (shutter speed, continuous shooting speed, high sensitivity, high pixels and other indicators). Ordinary photographers and even some professional photographers don't need to update their equipment frequently, while ordinary amateurs are tempted by advertisements and psychologically suggest that they are constantly buying new equipment, the essence of which is to constantly change toys.

Photography technology includes two aspects: photography skills and technical application. Photography skills depend on daily study and tempering, without relying on new equipment. With the development of equipment, some new photographic techniques have been applied.

If photographic equipment is compared to hardware, then post-production is software. Now the powerful CG technology (computer graphics) has opened up a broader space for photography, and the creativity that could not be imaged before can now be realized calmly. In the past 10~20 years, it has brought more changes to photography than equipment.

The relationship between the two: for individuals, don't expect to improve the photography level by updating equipment, but consider it after the photography technology reaches a certain level. When they encounter bottlenecks, post-production is another way to improve their skills. In contrast, the update of equipment is not very "necessary".