Photography has never really been about the limits of the camera. Your average consumer will look at megapixels and just assume more is better. A more astute

Photography has never really been about the limits of the camera. Your average consumer will look at megapixels and just assume more is better. A more astute consumer might look at things like aperture size, dynamic range, noise levels, etc. And those things do matter in extreme cases, but a good photographer will be able to produce great photos even with a well below average camera. People like Ansel Adams aren't known because they had the best camera of the day. Adams is mostly known for what he did in the darkroom, that's where his ability to take a piece of crap the film originally recorded and turn it into a work of art. Any serious photographer will tell you it's a lot more about what you do before and after you press the button, than the equipment you have. And some really good photographers don't do any post processing, just like some photographers won't move a leaf. But post processing both digitally and in the darkroom have been at the heart of most photographer's toolbox since the beginning.