$1200.00 budget

[Hookup]

I can definitely say I picked the right photo as well... it's noticeable and soft/blury... both are good, and I had to "look for it", after all, the poster told me it was a test, and I want to pass the test... (kinda bumbed TS beat me in raising his hand first...haha) IF this was just a list of "hey look at my photos" I wouldn't have jumped up and said .. why'd you use to cameras?.. no way, not this kid, not likely every...

To me an important factor is that great composition can often out-strip limitations of gear, but the reverse is almost never true...

As for your D90 upgrade question, you have to make some pretty significant jumps to get any "real" increase in quality... Real being defined as visible, like the image comparison above... If you cannot tell the diff between the two images, you'll never see any difference between the D90 and D60 (I'm guessing of course because I do not have hands-on experience with these to be 100% sure).

 

[Jacob D]

I agree w/ Beerguy, especially on this kind of shot where it's not a difficult scene, etc, and unless there was a strong wind blowing through his house I doubt the more expensive tripod made any difference.

 

[dendronepthya]

There are certainly situations where the 5D gets photos where the 300D would not such as really low light with no flash (5D ISO 6400 is like 300D ISO 400). There is also a big difference in the two cameras if large prints are the order of the day. Aquarium photography though is not really an application that demands something like a 5D. It's better, but it isn't the difference between working and not working.