Need a new camera... or not?

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Cameras.. Who knows a thing or two about them?  I've been told my camera is as good as the entry level DSLR cameras because of its sensor. But my pics are lacking, so maybe its just human error?  I really don't know much about cameras or photography. I must rely on photoshop to try and fix my terrible raw photos.

What I do know is that my photo quality has to improve.  I took a look at my gallery and its really sad that a lot of the details that I think really make some of my designs interesting just can't be seen.  All too often a client will tell me 'wow, it looks much better in person' and Seeing as how I earn a living making visually appealing items it may make sense to invest in a better camera to enhance my portfolio so I'm thinking a grand might do it.  Anyone have input or suggestions?  My Canon Powershot was around 700 but that was probably 8 years ago, I suspect it's rather dated.


I started using a tripod and lighting and that helps a lot but compared to some/any of the amazing photography out there, its really lacking.  But heck, a new camera might not even do me any good, I've never really taken the time to understand the various nuances of even the camera I have.  Its got tons of settings I've never used.  And some of the little symbols may as well be hieroglyphics haha  RTFM right?

If anyone reading this knows a thing or two about cameras and photography please enlighten me.

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I'm glad to see so many people have hit you with good advice. I don't have much to add except that One trick I learned is that even the auto settings can do surprisingly well if you follow some basic rules. Most of the pictures I deal with in my day job for a print-shop are from people using lower-cost cameras that are all driven by the auto-settings, so I think I'm in a good position to judge this area. Most cameras have "cross hairs" in the viewer for where the auto focus will lock, and this also is where light-levels, etc. are locked in, so it's very important to watch what those are centered on. It's amazing how many pictures I see that are out of focus in my work, which baffles me because if people paid attention it's easy to get a decent picture. Most cameras allow you to set the cross-hairs on something and "lock" the camera to what it senses there, and then you can shift to frame your subject. But be careful! This can really screw up the focus or blow the exposure out of whack. Hope that helps!