Is there a mental health support group for photography?

solinger wrote:
Here you go!

http://www.spenders.or​g/

I love to use the adjective "spendy" meaning expensive....

I hate that catch 22 of your job getting in the way of your hobbies but needing the job to fund them. Stupid non-winning lottery numbers!

Photography the best way to go nuts

FretNoMore wrote:
I hear a couple of top therapists have tried but they all broke down and cried.

the one I know broke down an bought a Canon DSLR

This forum is akin to an asylum with the patients in control.

ding ding ding ding...

KAC

The best therapy I have found for reaching out beyond my limits is to keep all the boxes and paperwork and introduce yourself to ebay. If you have lenses that are practically new the will get a premium price with the box and paperwork. You will lose a little but it will free up some money. But make sure you are very honest about grading you lenes and any responses to questions. Also use the auto calculate shipping with a small handleing charge. To many people go overboard on this and it isn't fair and will lessen you bids.

john

Good suggetion...trying to sell my 300D with my sigma 70-300 and some extras...no takers at this point. I might just trade it in, get the cash and either get some 4 gig cards (as I'm shooting raw more and more often OR I was thinking about getting one of the new cybershots...for those situations that I don't want to carry the big dogs with me.

If you have the paperwork and boxes ebay is a good place. I recently sold a lens for 85% of retail. It was practically new and had all the goodies it came with. If you are trying ebay you might have to wait for bidders to come in. They usually don't bid until the last few minutes. It is also good to start the bidding at the lowest price you are willing to take and not use the reserve function. That way if you get a bid the only way is up.

Here's what I'm selling for $800. Is that asking to much considering the camera is a year old and the lense about 11 months old. If someone buys it, great. If not, I'll just trade it all in, get the cash and some larger media/and a good P&S.

- Canon 300D with vertical battery grip and all cables that came with the camera.
- two batteries w/charger
- 300D kit lense (lense that originally came with the camera) with retractable lense hood and filter
- Sigma 70-300mm f/4 w/filter and lense hood.

The best thing to do is list it and see what you can get. I think ebay is your best be if you are honest in your descriptions and when you answer questions. You might be asking a little too much considering the amount of technology that has come out at reasonable prices since the 300D. But hey ebay is truly a free market and I would think you could get your best deal there over any dealer. Reason: Dealer will only give you wholesale, they have to resell the camera, ebay is the equivalent of retail so people will pay more for a good product.

Yea, I figured that I was probably too high. At the end of the day, I'll probably just trade in the 300D with the grip and see what I can get. I'll probably keep the 70-300 as it does have macro, which none of my other lenses have technically. Honestly, I'm just looking to dump the stuff because I won't use it, don't need it, and it'll collect dust in my house. It could be better suited for someone who wants to get into photography and not spend a ton of money.

you know one option that I used was to keep the older camera as a backup in case things go crazy on you. I also carry my film FTb with me for the same reason. That camera has almost no features or electronics and I have never failed to get my shot with that on. The down side is keeping fresh film.

True...though I do have the 20D and 30D so I don't see myself using the 300D anymore. However, I could pawn it off on the wife...she might use it.