How much have you spent on photography

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I hardly dare work it out but there must be £10K easily more or less in use now.
Two Sony bodies, 4 lenses, a drone, two RX series.
Ok I underestimated it :eek:
I don't care though.
 
Probably around 15-20K over ten years.

~13k in cameras/lenses/darkroom stuff/bags
~4k in photobooks/prints
~3k in computer equipment
 
Somewhere between £5k to £10k. :eek:
To be honest, there reached a point where my photography wasn’t improving but you get a bout of G.A.S.
 
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I am too afraid to tot it up, if I just count what I have bought over even the last 10 years and don't deduct what I have sold/traded, easily enough to buy an ex council house.

I know I have spent just over 48k with Panamoz alone as they mentioned it recently.

I have spent a lot of money with W.E.X as well enough that all the staff in my local shop know me by name and that doesn't count all the one off or couple of purchases with other companies.

Recently renewed my insurance so currently in use just over 34k.
 
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Lots!
 
I'd consider my money back as a very nice lottery win. :facepalm:
 
No where near as much as I could have ! and no more than other pastimes. A friend has just spent £5k on a golf clubs, £10k on a buggy and another fortune on club membership and greens fees. All of which makes my £8-10k far more respectable, although I have just treated myself to a 500mm PF !
 
More than I dare admit
 
I'm going against the trend and claiming "very little".

I've bought and sold a lot of equipment and often made a profit. I once bought a Polaroid 600SE for £15 and sold it the same day for £85! I think I've bought about 4 new cameras in 55 years so that's part of the reason; if you buy second hand at the right price, you can often get your money back or better.
 
I couldn’t even begin to give an estimate of the value of items I’ve bought and sold over the years to be honest. These days I like to keep the kit minimal, so if I tally up the things I currently use, body, lenses, drone, Go Pro, filters, tripods, flashes etc…a modest approximate would be £5k.
 
15-20k here, without considering things like fuel/food etc.

I'm happy with what I have now though, for a few years at least, so equipment wise, I won't be spending much for a while. I do fancy an R7 if it comes and I would love the 600 f4 but that is out of my league. There's possibly a 300 f2.8 in my future.

The R7 will be part, maybe even totally financed by some of the 15-20k I've invested so far via p/ex or private sales.
 
Over the years well over £20k.

I've owned 2 crop Nikon bodies - budget lenses though.

I've worked my way through 1x new D610, 1x new D800, 1x used D800, 2x new D810, 1x used D810. I've had 1x new 24-70 2.8. 1x new 70-200 F.2.8 1x new 16-35 F4, 1 used 20 F1.8, i used Sigma ART 24, 1 used Sigma Art 35, 1 used Sigma ART 50, 1 used Nikon PCE 24, 1x used 70-200 F4, 1x used 70-210 F4, oh and a a used 200-500

Now got 1x Canon 1ds (used) and new 100-400 L, 2x new Pentax 645z's, 1x new 28-45, 1x used 45-85, 1x used 80-160, 1x 200 F4. Through in the tripods, bags, filters well in excess of £20k, maybe closer to £30k. Don't want to know.
 
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Probably over £25k over the years, maybe £10k of gear still in my possession.
 
Not a great deal really. Somewhere between £3000-£3500 and that's rounding the figures up to the nearest £50.
I suppose I could add in the computer, laptop and Adobe subscription to make it look a little more impressive ;)
 
OMG.

I comfort myself by remembering I used to buy cars on a whim.

Photography isn't that expensive :D

I suppose it's cheaper than being married too :D
 
Come to think of it, I haven't actually spent that much. Most of my kit was bought used and I think the total spend comes to about £200. So, not too bad actually, Dear :D
 
While I have a full frame Canon DSLR and several lenses, I also have a small collection of old cameras that have cost very little indeed (and in some cases actually increased in value), and I've probably had just as much fun using the cheap ones.

1924 Kodak Brownie box camera, which cost me £1.50 in 1979 (and still works):

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1950s Ensign Selfix 820 medium format folding camera, which cost me £50 a couple of years ago:

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2001 Canon EOS 30 35mm SLR (featuring eye-controlled AF point selection), which cost me £32 a couple of years ago (using a 40mm EF lens from my DSLR kit)

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So why are so many amateur (hobby) photographers willing to part with £1,000s for the latest kit? Yes, in certain circumstances, such as low light and/or action type photography, the latest technology can make the difference between getting the shot and not, but for a lot of subjects could the alternative really be as cheap as chips?
 
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Mr Badger said:
1924 Kodak Brownie box camera, which cost me £1.50 in 1979 (and still works):
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I like the Civil War picture, you've got them set up just like the real thing! (y)
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
I like the Civil War picture, you've got them set up just like the real thing! (y)
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Thanks Andrew, it was a case of deliberately matching the 'look' that old box camera gives to the subject to maximise the effect. It was an 'off the cuff' type photo taken at a local village fete; I explained to one of the re-enactors that I'd like to reproduce the 'slightly imperfect' look of a period American Civil War group portrait, complete with battle weary expressions, and they very kindly grouped up and posed for me. I doubt I'd have been met by quite the same degree of enthusiastic co-operation had I been using a modern digital camera. So perhaps a case of a £1.50 camera paying off in more ways than one,
 
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I don't think about it, it's the safest way for me.

I can think about the value of lenses "just sitting". Other than MF lenses all my DSLR kit has been with me for over five years, some over ten years. I've watched the value of a bought new 5D MkII plummet to broadly the same value of the s/h 5DI which it succeeded in my affections.

I do seem to keep adding vintage rangefinders and OM single-digit kit to a well-built shelf. The problem with Soviet rangefinders is that the cost of a few rolls of film passes the value of the camera and lens.
 
I’ve spent £5k in the last 2 months, so I’d hate to add up 25 years worth!
 
Since 1972 when I became serious about photography? A lot more than I am happy with, particularly if you adjust for inflation.

My first SLR was £45 but that was 1.5 weeks pre-tax pay at a fairly well paid job - around £1,000 at todays values? A bulk roll of film lasted about a month plus the colour film I used.

If we ignore my camera collection (around 200 cameras) that is six cameras over the years, a lot of film, paper, mounting board, frames, bits, bobs, petrol, B&B, tripods, camera bags . . . I am not going to add that lot up, thank you.
 
Well, more than I should have and less than I'd like to have. Like Mr Badger above though, I probably get more fun from my old film cameras than my digital ones, but I do enjoy both, it just depends on my particular motivation. I'd love to buy a medium format digital kit, but only when my other digital photography proves to justify it which it is a long way from doing at present. On the other hand, I would very much like a nice TLR and kick myself for selling my dad's old Rolleiflex and Yashica ones 10 years or so ago for a lot less than they cost now.
 
Over the years around 50K gross but I buy and sell so net is probably around 30k. If I went to buy the Sony Kit I have in wex today and also the tripods and flashes it would be around £35K. I don't drink, don't do foreign holidays and don't smoke. I rarely even buy Costa coffees etc. Cameras and lenses are my poison of choice and they are better for your health and also can be sold for not a huge amount of loss if you shop around. Trying to justify a £5K A1 as I write
 
A lot, too much but my biggest concern is if I die, my wife sells it for what I told her it cost.

right now I have about £12k gear but over the years I’ve bought, sold and upgraded so overall spend is probably quite a bit more.
 
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More than I’ve spent on furniture, about the same as I’ve spent on hi-fi, less than I’ve spent on motorbikes......
 
Wow I feel poor, hopefully the red cross aid that is due to drop in Birmingham will include a full frame camera and lens with my name on it. :D
 
I dread to think
 
Less than I have on other vices and got something material to show for it.
 
Mr Badger said:
While I have a full frame Canon DSLR and several lenses, I also have a small collection of old cameras that have cost very little indeed (and in some cases actually increased in value), and I've probably had just as much fun using the cheap ones.

1924 Kodak Brownie box camera, which cost me £1.50 in 1979 (and still works):

35612063696_4477321853_b.jpg



1950s Ensign Selfix 820 medium format folding camera, which cost me £50 a couple of years ago:

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2001 Canon EOS 30 35mm SLR (featuring eye-controlled AF point selection), which cost me £32 a couple of years ago (using a 40mm EF lens from my DSLR kit)

30625286657_9cdbd81d90_c.jpg


So why are so many amateur (hobby) photographers willing to part with £1,000s for the latest kit? Yes, in certain circumstances, such as low light and/or action type photography, the latest technology can make the difference between getting the shot and not, but for a lot of subjects could the alternative really be as cheap as chips?
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I inherited my Ensign selfish 820. I need to put roll of 120 I have through it.

I spent £105 on a Olympus XA in oxfam yesterday.
 
Well I reckon I have spent a lot less than many as avoid buying new or I go grey. I am a M4/3 user which is cheaper than bigger stuff too.
 
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