It's that first $25 for membership that starts the horrible slide... it doesn't sound like much, right? $25 a year? But oh, it doesn't stop there.. there's props, gas, more gas, gear, more gear, a new body, new lenses, more props, more gas...
I think, no I KNOW my spending on camera stuff has exceeded my spending on bike stuff. And you know what that means? Time for a new bike. :-)
It's that first $25 for membership that starts the horrible slide... it doesn't sound like much, right? $25 a year? But oh, it doesn't stop there.. there's props, gas, more gas, gear, more gear, a new body, new lenses, more props, more gas...
no kidding, my wife and I spend at least $15 a week on stuff for the challenges and most of the time we don't even use those photos. I spent $10 on ice last weekend for an urban legend pic. put the ice in the water which was two warm, making the ice melt right away. and of course I didn't even enter that challenge:( $15 a week adds up to $780 a year!
Starting from the beginning:
Pentax K1000 w/50mm 1.7($175)
Pentax 70-210 ($155)
Tripod ($85)
Pentax 28mm ($75 Used Ex++ condition)
Second K1000 Body ($125)
Pentax 24mm ($150)
Pentax 135mm ($35- a steal)
My first Bogen Tripod ($105)
Pentax X-Tubes ($95)
Pentax Bellows ($75)
Pentax 200 f/4 ($25)
Pentax 50mm 1.4 ($35)
My Second Bogen Tripod- ($275) legs and head.
Pentax 645 w/75mm and 150mm ($450- also a steal at the time, now I can get the same set-up on ebay for about $250)
Pentax 120 macro ($625)
Pentax 45mm ($325)
Pentax 500mm Mirror ($155)
Nikon 4500 + accessories ($625)
Enlarger & Darkroom set-up ($500)
Computer and Printer intended for photo work- $2000
Hmmm, $6340 of what I can remember prices on, not including cards, film bags..... Better not show this to the wife.
BTW: Priced my current "dream set-up" on-line the other night $27,000.
Really better not show that to the wife.
Since I converted to Digital in November '04 and 'got back into' Photography I've spent the thick side of $25k (NZ, about $12k US) on gear. Some of it junk I've since sold, but you tend to collect junk in this game.
Still, as some other people have said, its a lot cheaper than some other hobbies, and it's easier to get insurance than motorsports. :-).
On the up side, I've made some (maybe half) of that back through paid jobs, and at the current rate I'll be finance free (I've sold my soul for lenses) in a year or so just off income from photography. So it's an almost self-suffitiant hobby for me.
Luckily I'm not a serious gear-head, if I were I'd have trouble paying the mortgage! Although a 1 series body is not far away, I can feel it in my bones. :-).
ok...
20D - $1450 shipped, w/ lens and 3yr warranty (which was a good deal at the time)
70-300mm - $540
50mm - $75
Sigma ef-500 dg super - $210
2gb ultra II cf - $130 (also a good deal at the time)
6gb microdrive - $190 (still an good deal... i think)
battery grip - $150
camera bag - $50
2 dpchallenge memberships, 1 flickr membership - $75
Total - 2,870 spent in less than a year (time spent saving is another matter)
You are paranoid! It is more likly that the stuff will be stolen in a "random" burgurlery (sp) than someone from this site going over the forums seeing this thread and then planning a robbery!
I have about $3500 worth usually in my trunk ;-0
Originally posted by ralphnev:
maybe i'm parinoid
i don't think putting that kind of information out on the internet is good idea
My Fuji S9500 cost me $899, my tripod was my fathers from his analogue dlsr and I have that too one of the lenses thingys for thats the same price as my fuji!! lol.. I haven't brought any lenses yet but I'm thinking about it I've spent around $65 on prints and off that I won $84 so I guess I'm doing ok so far...
lets see.
20d 1200
28 200 lens 330
batery grip 150
17 40 L 600 in peruvian black market
50mm 1.4 200 also in peruvian black market
1000 watts bowens via b y h and eye from my face
light meter 230
a lot of money!!!
Panasonic DMC-LC33: $300 or so back in early 2003 (Sold for $175 last year)
Panasonic DMC-FZ4: $400
Various memory cards: No more than $100
Cheap camera bag: $20
Cheap tripod: $30
Total: $675 (After selling old camera)
