How much have you dropped?

[Photolistic]

You are probably thinking about dropping lenses or cameras....


I mean cash on your equipment. Total for the current gear you own.
Add up the price you paid for new or used gear. Not new price (if bought used) or MSRP.
ONLY GEAR THAT YOU CURRENTLY OWN COUNTS!! ;)


Myself i'm up to about 12K US

[Toogy]

I'd rather not think about that!!! thanks :)

[canonshooter4life]

Around 4K but thats going up soon because i got my first real job! :)


Brandon

[TMR Design]

Oh I thought you were asking how much weight we've dropped. I'm proud to say I took off the 10 pounds I put on over the holidays.

What's that? Ohh how much cash we've dropped. I'm not keeping track but since I got my 30D in October, I think I've dropped about $4,000 between the camera, lenses, bag, tripod, cards, filters, strobes, stands and accessories. It's not nearly what others have but then again, I'm not competing. But $4,000 is a lot of money to me.

[Steiglitz]

Just for my current lenses: $14,000

My future expenditure for lenses: $0.00

I'm done for life ;-)

Once you treat lens purchase as for the long, long, long haul then you're less likely to buy the BS glass, compromise, or get upset at the high cost of L glass....over the balance of your life, your lenses can last and give great service, so looking at it that way, one perceives wise purchases as a one-time cost...cause once you got your kit, it's yours forever if you take care of it, so the cost of doing photography is fairly low...in my case I shoot for pay too so I wanted commercial grade kit for that reason alone.

[franklinn]

XTi with kit lens = $820 CAD
300D with kit lens (used) = $350CAD
50mm 1.8 MK II with ES-62 lens hood (used) = $70 USD
BG-E3 Battery Grip = $150 CAD
SanDisk CF Ultra II = 2GB ($60CAD) + 1GB ($40CAD)

Wow...approximately $1500. I know that may sound like an insignificant amount to many, but being the university student that I am, that is quite a bit of money for me.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Everything, including lenses, cameras, tripods, bags, photoshop, a pc for such, and studio equipment, we're talking just about $20k.

[::John::]

Around 12 thousand US dollars according to xe.com

[tommykjensen]

I think I'll keep that figure to myself and my insurrance company ;)

[SuzyView]

Too much to mention, but enough that I got insurance. ;) And not as much as Ron above.

[rklepper]

You are probably thinking about dropping lenses or cameras....


I mean cash on your equipment. Total for the current gear you own.
Add up the price you paid for new or used gear. Not new price (if bought used) or MSRP.
ONLY GEAR THAT YOU CURRENTLY OWN COUNTS!! ;)


Myself i'm up to about 12K

Not that much. In fact very little compared to my other hobbies.

[Mark_Cohran]

Geez, I'd have to run a business report. At a rough guess, at least $25K USD.

Mark

[Photolistic]

Not that much. In fact very little compared to my other hobbies.

Motocross? Quads?

[Longwatcher]

The number is well over $30k at last count for what I have in my possession. Of course a just out 1DsMkII racked that number up fast all by its lonesome.

Do external hard drives count that I seem to buy about 250GB of ever 4 months? If so the number may be even higher. :) 8) :)

[MDJAK]

three dollars thirty cents and counting.

[Photolistic]

three dollars thirty cents and counting.

If you want I have a 18-55 3.5-5.6L I could donate to you.

[Mark_Cohran]

And I have a 28 f2.8 you can have. :)

Mark

[Ronald S. Jr.]

O_O We're giving away lenses now?

[Eagle]

$4600
Was just looking at this.

[JCR]

£4k give or take a little, but the time I spend with my daughter taking pictures together is priceless.

[acura nsx pilot]

I seem to remember there was already a thread covering this somewhere on here ?

[SoaringUSAEagle]

Adding up photo paper I have used so far, my gear and accessories (ie: mat cutter) and printer and whatnot that I bought specifically for photography I am coming up with $9973 but I am sure I am forgetting something lol.

[dzstudios]

Well - I'd like to go on record as the person on here who has LOST the most gear in one sitting:

£13,950 or $27,447.54 (as per online retailer quote to replace everything...probably more like £9,000 if shopping around)

And yes - I WAS sitting with the case by my feet when a combination of my own stupidity and some very, very clever tactics by opportunistic thieves, relieved me of all our gear!

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[Photolistic]

Well - I'd like to go on record as the person on here who has LOST the most gear in one sitting:

£13,950 or $27,447.54 (as per online retailer quote to replace everything...probably more like £9,000 if shopping around)

And yes - I WAS sitting with the case by my feet when a combination of my own stupidity and some very, very clever tactics by opportunistic thieves, relieved me of all our gear!

____

Wow, how did they get it? Did you have insurance?
Sorry to hear about that... I would cry.

[Photolistic]

O_O We're giving away lenses now?

Only to people who can buy Ls for pennies.

[Kiddo]

I think it's about $4000.00 for me. That's lens, 2 cameras, camera bags, 2 tripods, and other little things that you can't really go with out.

[greg20d]

wow with laptop and just current gear somewhere around 6k so far but that changes often

[Belmondo]

Total for the current gear you own.
Add up the price you paid for new or used gear.You really don't want to know.:o:o

[Photolistic]

You really don't want to know.:o:o

Thats not including lenses and stuff you have sold over the years. Just what you currently own.