$40 Limit - DPChallenge Forums

08/04/2004 04:48:14 PM · #1

If you could spend $40 on any one thing to improve your photography what would it be?

dwolff

Nikon 1 J1

08/04/2004 04:51:16 PM · #2

new lens

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

08/04/2004 04:52:13 PM · #3

for 40 quid?

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

08/04/2004 04:53:35 PM · #4

If a $40 lens improves your photography, you may have other issues.

Most people will suggest books, but those are free at the library. I would suggest material for a nice backdrop, or maybe a polarizer.

Nelzie

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

08/04/2004 04:54:56 PM · #5

At this time?

I would spend around $26, plus tax on a Canon Cable Release for my camera. This would greatly assist with the camera shake issue I am having.

The rest, I would spend on an informative, as opposed to a marketing oriented, photography magazine or two. Something that would explain how to capture images to obtain certain results.

08/04/2004 04:56:51 PM · #6

Originally posted by Nelzie:

Like this? (i need one too) good idea

I'll order that and 2004 Photographer's Market. (this wasn't a hypothetical question hehe)...one of those I know a friend who knows a friend who only has 40 bucks to spend...

peecee

Canon EOS-5D

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

08/04/2004 04:57:48 PM · #7

Lighting or backdrops, my new garage will be finished in a couple of weeks...whoohoo... more space, then I can set some sort of studio up.

EDIT: sod the car :)

Message edited by author 2004-08-04 16:58:33.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

08/04/2004 04:58:46 PM · #8

I would apply it to a book of some sort... Probably a biography/autobiography of some photographer that I like or possibly a photo collection book from one of those photographers.

I may also apply it to expenses for a day trip to somewhere I have never been before.

Ecce_Signum

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

08/04/2004 05:03:57 PM · #9

Spare battery.

Edited to say, thinking about it I'd spend it on beer cos I seem to shoot better after a few :)

Message edited by author 2004-08-04 17:05:04.

Nelzie

Canon EOS-30D

08/04/2004 05:07:15 PM · #10

Originally posted by Tranquil:

Originally posted by Nelzie:
At this time?

I would spend around $26, plus tax on a Canon Cable Release for my camera. This would greatly assist with the camera shake issue I am having.

The rest, I would spend on an informative, as opposed to a marketing oriented, photography magazine or two. Something that would explain how to capture images to obtain certain results.

Like this? (i need one too) good idea

I'll order that and 2004 Photographer's Market. (this wasn't a hypothetical question hehe)...one of those I know a friend who knows a friend who only has 40 bucks to spend...

No, don't order that. That item is just an adapter. It isn't the actual release. This is the release I am talking about...

Remote Switch RS-60E3

You can find it at stores and online for around $26.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

08/04/2004 05:09:33 PM · #11

I'd 'buy back' an extra half hour off work and go out and shoot some more.

Or I'd get $40 worth of prints of my shots and spend the time to finish them properly - I find the discipline of making a final print really makes me focus (and get annoyed!) at any failings in the shots - that I then try and avoid in the future.

Maybe I'd use the $40 to buy a tank of gas and drive somewhere interesting to shoot. Or use it to buy & pay for development of 4 rolls of B&W film.

I think probably the prints, though the extra time of work would be good too, if my boss would take my money :)

Nelzie

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

08/04/2004 05:11:06 PM · #12

Originally posted by peecee:

Lighting or backdrops, my new garage will be finished in a couple of weeks...whoohoo... more space, then I can set some sort of studio up.

EDIT: sod the car :)

Oh you have got to be from somewhere other then the United States.

The status quo in the US is to use the garage for only a few things...

Tons of crap that you should just toss away.

"Toy" Cars like a souped Street Rod or Classic Auto.

A Small Boat.

A Woodworking or Machine Shop.

Never your car. That's like the last thing you put into a garage.

(Of course the whole "Sod the car :)" thing says that...)

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

08/04/2004 05:11:08 PM · #13

Originally posted by Nelzie:

I'll order that and 2004 Photographer's Market. (this wasn't a hypothetical question hehe)...one of those I know a friend who knows a friend who only has 40 bucks to spend...

No, don't order that. That item is just an adapter. It isn't the actual release. This is the release I am talking about...

Remote Switch RS-60E3

You can find it at stores and online for around $26. [/quote]

Ah...lemme cancel that... thanks!

Kavey

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

08/04/2004 05:11:23 PM · #14

I'd spend mine on a ticket to ride...

A cheap airfare from Easyjet or someone or maybe a train ticket...

...to somewhere I'd not been before.

Travel always inspires my best pics!

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

08/04/2004 05:22:59 PM · #15

save it, and wait for another 40 to come around, and then ya got 80 to spend.

blindjustice

Canon EOS-7D

08/04/2004 05:24:36 PM · #16

I really don't have too much to add here, perhaps time would be most useful to practice, and you could buy a bunch of coffee with forty dollars. (about 3 1/2 venti's at starbucks- lol)

I find that when it comes to contrived inspiration, you cannot beat red wine or large amounts of caffiene.

but seriously this is a great question. I would try to find a pill for forty dollars to keep me from compulsively entering my ill-fitting entries to challenges.

Message edited by author 2004-08-04 17:28:58.

Jacko

Canon EOS-20D

08/04/2004 05:25:17 PM · #17

Buy some cheap wine and get a bunch of chicks really drunk, so I could do some nude studies.