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11/18/2005 01:55:28 PM · #1 |
How my $900 camera purchase, has now turned into $2000 in the space of 3 weeks - and doesn't include the fisheye lens that I MUST get in 2006???
Sadly, I am just finding way too much that I really have to have for my new dSLR. And I expect there will always be more I will need.
Can anyone else sympathize? |
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11/18/2005 02:00:41 PM · #2 |
dSLR = $$$ mainly because of expandability.
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11/18/2005 02:05:38 PM · #3 |
$3000-5000 dollars is the eventual budget of a (d)slr hobbiest. More if your are truly serious ($5000-10,000). Even more ($15-75,000) if multiple bodies and a studio set up are needed (as in working professional fulltime).
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11/18/2005 02:14:19 PM · #4 |
I know the feeling I have spent alot on my slr also, thats not including new software also.
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11/18/2005 02:36:21 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by aeli2468:
How my $900 camera purchase, has now turned into $2000 in the space of 3 weeks - and doesn't include the fisheye lens that I MUST get in 2006???
Sadly, I am just finding way too much that I really have to have for my new dSLR. And I expect there will always be more I will need.
Can anyone else sympathize? |
Yeah, even without the lenses....
- Another $100 for a bag
- Another $100 for some more memory
- Another $100 for a filter
- Another $100 for the doctor to fix the back spasems from carrying too much weight :)
and on and on....
- That "IT" picture.... priceless. What do you do? The only comfort is that there are many more expensive hobbies - trust me, you son't want to know :-)) |
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11/18/2005 04:10:12 PM · #6 |
Yes, it's expensive, but you get the option to buy a little here and a little there and it is well worth it if you plan on taking photos for the rest of your life!
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11/18/2005 04:13:25 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by robs:
- Another $100 for a bag
- Another $100 for some more memory
- Another $100 for a filter
- Another $100 for the doctor to fix the back spasems from carrying too much weight :)
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Another $175 for another bag that is supposed to be able to haul all my stuff and decease the pain in my back caused by the $100 bag. |
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11/19/2005 12:28:20 AM · #8 |
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11/19/2005 01:33:54 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by aeli2468:
How my $900 camera purchase, has now turned into $2000 in the space of 3 weeks - and doesn't include the fisheye lens that I MUST get in 2006???
Sadly, I am just finding way too much that I really have to have for my new dSLR. And I expect there will always be more I will need.
Can anyone else sympathize? |
What have you purchased in addition to your camera?
Please give the full inventory, I would really like to know. |
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11/19/2005 01:54:36 AM · #10 |
thats why i settled from the top end of P&S.
with slr, you always want more. |
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11/20/2005 09:18:41 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by Olyuzi:
What have you purchased in addition to your camera?
Please give the full inventory, I would really like to know. |
The first day, there was the camera, the bag, and the CF card (total cost with tax about $1100).
last thursday, there was the macro lens, B+W uv filters for each of the lenses, a polarizer, and invested in the cokin filter system (square filters, not screw ons) so I could get both a graduated ND filter, and a regular nd filter. Plus buying an additional cf card. Total cost ~ $800.
Then in january, the new fisheye lens for the 4/3rds system comes out, which I will totally have to get (and praying that is is under $1000). And I am already seeing some other cokin filters that I want to get.
A fun, but expensive hobby. |
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11/20/2005 09:27:54 AM · #12 |
Your on the same high as I. This thing takes hella pics.. Look into my eye unedited
Message edited by author 2005-11-20 09:30:13. |
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