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Yes Horrible expense!
But that's digital isn't it
Attractive on the surface with no film/processing costs - but now memory-hungry new cameras, and computers, and software becoming obsolete. It makes me think of a new desktop rather than laptop.
Atually, on our fixed income it does genuinely worry me
When I was (very) young I shot weddings to earn money (also worked in camera shops in Uni vacations). But now, the standards and expectations for weddings seem so high I don't think my nerves could stand it.
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I think if you set your eyes on a D800, this is your own fault. This is a professional kit and some work requires that, but many work does not require that. Professional top of the line gear was and is always expensive.
Overall I think photography these days is cheaper than it ever was. For my first Minolta XG-1 I had to save for a long time and buying films and processing ate a lot of my money after. How many films can you buy and get processed for the price of a LR4 license?
With a reasonably up to date 12 to 16 MP camera you can actually take good photos and they enlarge well to A3 (about 12 x 18 inch for US based readers). If you are not printing A3, I think a D800 is a total waste of resources.
Yes Horrible expense!
But that's digital isn't it
Attractive on the surface with no film/processing costs - but now memory-hungry new cameras, and computers, and software becoming obsolete. It makes me think of a new desktop rather than laptop.
Atually, on our fixed income it does genuinely worry me
When I was (very) young I shot weddings to earn money (also worked in camera shops in Uni vacations). But now, the standards and expectations for weddings seem so high I don't think my nerves could stand it.
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I think if you set your eyes on a D800, this is your own fault. This is a professional kit and some work requires that, but many work does not require that. Professional top of the line gear was and is always expensive.
Overall I think photography these days is cheaper than it ever was. For my first Minolta XG-1 I had to save for a long time and buying films and processing ate a lot of my money after. How many films can you buy and get processed for the price of a LR4 license?
With a reasonably up to date 12 to 16 MP camera you can actually take good photos and they enlarge well to A3 (about 12 x 18 inch for US based readers). If you are not printing A3, I think a D800 is a total waste of resources.
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