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laxlife1234 Cream of the Crop  12,432 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2011 Location: NY More info | Feb 13, 2012 19:11 | #256 Still not enough...:p
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x_tan Cream of the Crop  More info | Feb 13, 2012 19:12 | #257 wuzzittoya wrote in post #13892409  Why does everyone make a big deal about their wives and their wives not being allowed to know what their camera equipment costs? Please tell me this is a joke... No, that wasn't joke at all. Canon 5D3 + Zoom (EF 17-40L, 24-105L & 28-300L, 100-400L II) & Prime (24L II, 85L II, 100L, 135L & 200 f/2.8L II; Zeiss 1,4/35)
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1Tanker Goldmember  4,470 posts Likes: 8 Joined Jan 2011 Location: Swaying to the Symphony of Destruction More info | Feb 13, 2012 19:20 | #258 wuzzittoya wrote in post #13892409 Why does everyone make a big deal about their wives and their wives not being allowed to know what their camera equipment costs? Please tell me this is a joke... Same reason that a lot of women don't want their husbands knowing how much they spend on clothes/shoes/purses. Kel
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wuzzittoya Goldmember  2,551 posts Joined Aug 2011 Location: rural Missouri More info | Feb 13, 2012 19:40 | #259 I don't spend money on clothes/shoes/purses (or cars).... but I spent more than $60000 on camera gear this year (and most of it came out of hubby's account!)... I like to push buttons on thingies that take pictures. Sometimes I like to push other buttons, too.
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Feb 13, 2012 20:08 | #260 If friends didn't hold me at Best Buy 6 months ago, my highest limit was 300$(all the money i had in my wallet with me). But they convinced me that i should investigate before buying a camera. Gear List | Deviantart
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My stuff keeps changing so its hard to keep track. I know at one point I was at $10k but I have cut down on a lot of stuff. My recent gear/equipment/Software
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Feb 13, 2012 20:15 | #262 wuzzittoya wrote in post #13892625 I don't spend money on clothes/shoes/purses (or cars).... but I spent more than $60000 on camera gear this year (and most of it came out of hubby's account!)...  Did someone miss a zero earlier or add one now? Canon 7D/350D, Σ17-50/2.8 OS, 18-55IS, 24-105/4 L IS, Σ30/1.4 EX, 50/1.8, C50/1.4, 55-250IS, 60/2.8, 70-200/4 L IS, 85/1.8, 100/2.8 IS L, 135/2 L 580EX II, 430EX II * 2, 270EX II.
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Feb 13, 2012 20:17 | #263 1Tanker wrote in post #13892504 Same reason that a lot of women don't want their husbands knowing how much they spend on clothes/shoes/purses.  As a husband, I really don't want to know this information anyhow... Canon 7D/350D, Σ17-50/2.8 OS, 18-55IS, 24-105/4 L IS, Σ30/1.4 EX, 50/1.8, C50/1.4, 55-250IS, 60/2.8, 70-200/4 L IS, 85/1.8, 100/2.8 IS L, 135/2 L 580EX II, 430EX II * 2, 270EX II.
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L.J.G. "Not brigth enough"  More info | Feb 13, 2012 20:17 | #264 wuzzittoya wrote in post #13892625 I don't spend money on clothes/shoes/purses (or cars).... but I spent more than $60000 on camera gear this year (and most of it came out of hubby's account!)... WTF!!!!!! If I spent $60K on gear my wife would cut my whatsits off while I was asleep! Lloyd
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CaptB412 Member  249 posts Likes: 1207 Joined Nov 2010 Location: Boca Raton, FL More info | Feb 13, 2012 20:39 | #266 fotoworx wrote in post #13870968 Just have to add to this. The older one gets the more disposable income one has. When the mortgage(s) have been paid off and the kids have moved out and have their own well paying professions the easier it is to be able to spend so much on a "hobby" (the thought of making 1c from photography holds no interest whatsoever for me). Twenty years ago, theres no way I could have had such an arsenal of L lenses or other top notch gear. I agree. I started in 1981 when my uncle bought me a Canon AE-1 Program for my Bar Mitzvah. As I have "matured" (in years, not in mentality), I been very fortunate to be able to continually upgrade my equipment (selling my "used" equipment to friends to get them into the hobby as well). A hobbyist looks at the expenditures differently than a professional. As for cost, photography is far less expensive than many and readily obtainable available for many regardless of their budget. Recently, I heard a professional baseball player relate why so many people look up to professional sports players. Everyone has picked up a baseball, football or soccer ball and imagined themselves playing in the big leagues. Those professionals sports players are living the dreams of so many kids. The same is true for photography. We all look at the professionals and admire their work. Yet, unlike professional sports, every hobbyist of many walks of life can pick up a camera and actually take professional looking photographs. We can learn from professionals and other hobbyist and improve our "craft." While I may not be a professional photographer who gets to photograph models, landscapes or products for a living, I can take the "lessons" learned here and elsewhere and still produce some amazing photos of family and friends. I may never play professional sports - may not have the physical talent or capabilities. Yet, with photography, there is such a variety and such a wealth of opportunities to develop one's own view that the costs of the equipment is miniscule compared to the amount of enjoyment I receive from the pictures I am able to take and share. Canon G.A.S. Addict |Many Cameras | Many Lenses | Many Flashes |
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Feb 13, 2012 20:55 | #267 wuzzittoya wrote in post #13892625 I don't spend money on clothes/shoes/purses (or cars).... but I spent more than $60000 on camera gear this year (and most of it came out of hubby's account!)... I assume you meant $6000? R3 | R6 II | 8-15L | 15-35L 2.8 | 28-70L F2 | 85L 1.2 | 70-200L 2.8
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skygod44 "in stockings and suspenders"  6,456 posts Gallery: 2 photos Likes: 111 Joined Nov 2008 Location: Southern Kyushu, Japan. Which means nowhere near Tokyo! More info | $0, as I live in Japan "Whatever you do, enjoy yourself...otherwise, what's the point."
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wuzzittoya Goldmember 2,551 posts Joined Aug 2011 Location: rural Missouri More info | Feb 13, 2012 21:11 | #269 skygod44 wrote in post #13893132 $0, as I live in Japan  But I've spent somewhere around 1 million yen since 2008, and I typically make around a million yen per year from photography, which I deliberately keep as a small-but-enjoyable part of my income. Regards, Simon [who finds the "purpose" of this kind of thread intriguing] What is the purpose??? LOL I like to push buttons on thingies that take pictures. Sometimes I like to push other buttons, too.
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wuzzittoya Goldmember 2,551 posts Joined Aug 2011 Location: rural Missouri More info | Feb 13, 2012 21:11 | #270 Oops! Yes - typo. $6K, not 60! He wouldn't let me get that carried away... I like to push buttons on thingies that take pictures. Sometimes I like to push other buttons, too.
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