dirk_dom1 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>Didn’t buy any photo gear for two months nine days seven hours three minutes ten seconds…</p><p>Didn’t buy any photo gear for two months nine days seven hours three minutes twenty seconds…</p><p>Didn’t buy any photo gear for two months nine days seven hours three minutes thirty seconds…</p><p>Didn’t buy any photo gear for two months nine days seven hours three minutes forty seconds…</p><p>Didn’t buy any photo gear for two months nine days seven hours three minutes fifty seconds…</p><p>Didn’t buy any photo gear for two months nine days seven hours FOUR MINUTES!!!</p><p>I’m doing GREAT!!!</p><p>Time for a quick look on Ebay!</p><p>Dirk.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>Dom, call your support group!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>I went for a new computer, so have given a sabbatical to buying old cameras or new ones.</p> <p>Besides, it's just too darn cold here lately to be getting out much. I haven't even got out with my 'new' Franka Solida Record, but I will, I will..... :|</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou_Meluso Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>LOL! Stay off eBay like me, Dirk! Of course my new Sony NEX 6 should be here any day now, but after that...I swear!</p> <p>Actually, I've been selling and giving stuff away more than ever. Nothing like moving from a large split level house in the country to a smaller apartment in the big city to make for a change in storage priorities. </p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_leonard3 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>I have a high-end thrift shop near me and the cameras are usually really nice. They had a terrific looking Minolta 110-size film zoom SLR. I decided not to buy it for $25. My conscience is still bothering me. It needs a good home.<br> On the other hand, do I really need three Bilora Bellas? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymondC Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>I just think about the depreciation ... even lesses at 10-20% per product lifecycle then the new model kicks in 20% higher than the brand new price of the prev stuff. I think of the photo's some have taken in the film era and those who have shot (landscapes for me) with cheaper equipment. I use those as drivers to avoid buying. What is real .. With the equip I have now if I put them on flickr I don't get a lot of attention nor at the camera club so the fault is mine. There is a lady there in her retiree age and as an amateur she has sold a few and won a few category competitions ... with much lighter cheap stuff, ie Canon Rebels, 28mm, 50mm, kit lenses b/c physically she cannot carry the heavy stuff.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodys Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>1d 10h 45m</p> <p>Something I really didn't need, but the price was too good to pass up. Sigh. At least my wife is out of town, and hopefully won't be home when the parcel is delivered.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bill Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>My name is Bob and I am a photographer. That is the first step. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>In the name of all that's holy - if you believe in that sort of thing - do NOT get into remote control aerial photography. Not only does it require all sorts of new gear that relates to defying gravity, it likely requires a different class of camera and lenses than you're already using. And gimbals. And video downlinks. And radios. And data links. And telemetry equipment. And 18 new kinds of dangerous batteries. <br /><br />Did I mention the spare parts that relate to gravity sometimes winning the argument?<br /><br />But really, it's all about getting a slightly different angle on that landscape shot! Really!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumpton Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>Matt, this sounds like small beer compared to your multimotor aerial photo gear, but I learned something from a local news photographer who borrowed a tall (12 foot) step ladder to change his viewpoint in shooting the front of our house. I now carry a smaller stepladder in the back of my pick-up truck and also with it shoot sometimes while it is mounted in the truck bed. Didn't have to go to the Bay for one either.</p> <p>The Photo.Net ads can be tempting at times. I never fail to browse whenever connected to the site. Last purchase a month ago was a 28mm V-C viewfinder that I predict I will use only a handful of times each month. I got along without it of course before seeing it advertised.</p> <p>Will it allow improved photographic results. Probably not. But the stepladder does and will.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_pierlot Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 <blockquote> <p>I went for a new computer, so have given a sabbatical to buying old cameras or new ones.</p> </blockquote> <p>I've done similarly to JDM, except that for me it's hi-fi stereo gear and hi-res music downloads.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjmeade Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 <p>As I told my wife, " know I said I didn't need any new cameras or lenses but that was then"</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou_Meluso Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 <blockquote> <p>do NOT get into remote control aerial photography</p> </blockquote> <p>Duly noted, Matt. I flirted with the idea for a time, and tried to rationalize it but came up short. I think I liked the <em>idea</em> of high view point photography more than the fuss, and expense, of the process.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutterbud Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 <p>I have had several obsessions in my life. Photography is simply the latest. I currently own around 20 wristwatches, mechanical and quartz, 15 vintage and modern double-edged razors, 6 straight razors, many knives, I have a truly lovely collection of briar pipes which I enjoy smoking immensely and about a year's supply of tobacco about 3ft from where I am typing. I have owned many guitars, including a 1959 Gibson which I never could play without feeling inadequate. When I get into something, I tend to go the whole hog. There are obviously many many lovely things out there to help one obsess about taking photographs, but in this I suppose, there is an advantage in that there is an objectively scientific aspect which cannot be argued with. So, for example, I yearned for a Nikon D300S for about 18 months, but I knew there would be little overall improvement from my D5100- some aspects were better, some worse, overall, there was no point spending so much money on an old body. The only thing I have bought on a whim, was my Canon M(1), which I bought purely for the 35mm equiv lens. I went out looking for an Olly 35/1.8 but there was none in my city so the way I look at it, I got a wonderful lens for around the same price of the lens I wanted to buy, with a free camera thrown in!<br> It is very easy to get caught up, but so far I have resisted. This site has been a large part of that, if I'm honest.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 <blockquote> <p>Duly noted, Matt. I flirted with the idea for a time, and tried to rationalize it but came up short. I think I liked the <em>idea</em> of high view point photography more than the fuss, and expense, of the process.</p> </blockquote> <p>Just to be perfectly clear: I don't regret for a second getting into RCAP. An existing customer will no longer let me shoot the stuff we usually shoot without including some overhead shots that - until a few months ago - we'd never otherwise have been able to include. Now it's just part of the process. So I feel obliged to caution people about the complexity and expense, but I can't emphasize enough how fun, challenging, eye-opening, creativity-sparking, and just generally cool the whole thing is. Doing it for real with a decent-format camera is definitely not for the faint of heart, but it's very gratifying, in terms of results and options.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick_hortan Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 <p>Generally ebay is addictive what ever im looking for, .. or worse even when im not looking for anything :P</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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