That sort of nailed it from my understanding as well.
Also, and apologies for the cynicism, a lot of the current DSLR following is another rich person's hobby which never produces anything other than 4TB of stuff in a Lightroom DB that no one ever sees or is interested in because it's basically crap.
The one actual professional (as in paid as main income) photographer I know doesn't talk about the technology or the brand of camera they use at all because it's mostly moot: it's the picture and getting paid that matters. They don't carry their camera anywhere either; just an iPhone 12 mini.
I attended their photography course at a local college and about 90% of the attendees turned up with their £3k+ DSLR set up and were disappointed that it was mostly theoretical and composition related rather than how to use their toy. I had an entry level Nikon D3100 at the time and was sneered at by the rest of the folk. I now use an iPhone only. Subject matter is more interesting than the technology for me.
Also, and apologies for the cynicism, a lot of the current DSLR following is another rich person's hobby which never produces anything other than 4TB of stuff in a Lightroom DB that no one ever sees or is interested in because it's basically crap.
The one actual professional (as in paid as main income) photographer I know doesn't talk about the technology or the brand of camera they use at all because it's mostly moot: it's the picture and getting paid that matters. They don't carry their camera anywhere either; just an iPhone 12 mini.
I attended their photography course at a local college and about 90% of the attendees turned up with their £3k+ DSLR set up and were disappointed that it was mostly theoretical and composition related rather than how to use their toy. I had an entry level Nikon D3100 at the time and was sneered at by the rest of the folk. I now use an iPhone only. Subject matter is more interesting than the technology for me.