Great responses guys, thanks.(posted 8750 days ago)Jeff--you're right of course, but I was jusr being brief cuz I was a work. By objective, I really just meant "even other people think my work from last summer is better". Sorry for the language faux-pax.
"I don't think, Shawn, that your disappointment with your results has anything to do with your equipment. ". This is really true. I am starting to 'see' a lot more, I mean when I look at a photograph I appreciate things more and more as time goes on; I guess I just have to realize how long it takes to get what "I" see in my mind's eye lining up with how the camera/negative/print 'sees'.
I know it took a hell of a lot longer than a few years for me to be able to get what I hear through to my fingers/the guitar/amp/other instruments/recording...and maybe that's part of the point for me.
If I had half a brain I'd just go out and buy something I know I'm comfortable with, something I've owned before (an F3 or a Contax S2 maybe), so I can get on with the Vision part again.. The idea of wasting the summer's shots getting used to something which might or might not help...well--I just want to take good pictures, in whatever format.
Thanks for your help all.
shawn