Hmm just a qn, so may i ask why did you even get a dslr if equipment is totally so unimportant, since there are plenty of compacts with full manual control? Especially that you mostly shoot landscape & flowers?
Only the pictures matter right? Compact cannot take good pictures? :dunno:
Anything u can argue about how a dslr is better than a compact can be argued by others about how a F2.8 lens is better than a kit lens in low light, or how a D3 is better in noise control than a D70. No?
Debating about whether equipment is impt or not is meaningless unless the kind of subject you're taking is taken into consideration. A fast lens or good ISO performance might not be impt for you in landscape but they definitely help a wedding/sports photographer a lot. You might think you do not need those sharp sharp lens but how you know others think the same as you.
Of course there will be some people who only 'talk' equipment and dun try to improve their skills, but there will be others who seriously are trying to improve both their gears & skills to bring themselves to a new level in photography. So seriously, i really do not see how asking abt equipment is 'not photography'.
