Photography is an expensive hobby

I'm not married yet..:D..... But I would be completely honest on the camera gear I get when I do... Cause fortunately I don't have incredibly expensive tastes!
 
raider2727 said:
Photography is an expensive hobby Ohhhh yes

we are our own worse enemies, here we are in the middle of a recession house prices falling, car prices falling, photographic prices rising, we seem to be buying more and more and finding money for our kit, while there is such a demand prices will keep rising, if we all stopped buying prices would fall.
simplessssss
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:clap::clap::clap: Power to the people, I have maintained that theory for a long time now. If for example evrybody boycotted the most expensive petrol station in their area they would soon bring the price down.
 
u8myufo said:
:clap::clap::clap: Power to the people, I have maintained that theory for a long time now. If for example evrybody boycotted the most expensive petrol station in their area they would soon bring the price down.
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I don't bother shopping around for petrol. There's never more than 3p or 4p variation where I live, which is about two quid on 50 litres at the most, not enough to make a lot of difference. The real killer is the massive tax/duty on fuel.
 
My photography kit is free i.e. its all paid for by the work it produces. Lots of effort involved but it pays off. It's always nice to do a job for £1000 or so and know you can put it towards a nice new L lens or whatever.
 
Tobers said:
My photography kit is free i.e. its all paid for by the work it produces. Lots of effort involved but it pays off. It's always nice to do a job for £1000 or so and know you can put it towards a nice new L lens or whatever.
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Lol, yeah I started like this but the buying habits soon outgrew the revenue stream (it's only a side-business) to the tune of many thousands.....doh....
 
On glass:
I have bought one decent piece of Nikon glass per year.
I bought a 105mm 2.8 VR this year.
I'd really like a 24-70 f2.8 but my own rules state I have to wait until 01/01/2010!
There you go. My system and it works nicely. Wife knows about it and she loves the pics (so do the rest of the family and friends).

Way i look at it - these pics are things that we hold as memories and will look back on in the years ahead - if i had some other hobby...such as going to the Casino or Real Ale or Whisky Collecting...then I wouldnt neccessarily have that and I certianly would have nowhere near any of the decent shots I have of family and friends....
 
darrenb said:
On glass:
I have bought one decent piece of Nikon glass per year.
I bought a 105mm 2.8 VR this year.
I'd really like a 24-70 f2.8 but my own rules state I have to wait until 01/01/2010!
There you go. My system and it works nicely. Wife knows about it and she loves the pics (so do the rest of the family and friends).

Way i look at it - these pics are things that we hold as memories and will look back on in the years ahead - if i had some other hobby...such as going to the Casino or Real Ale or Whisky Collecting...then I wouldnt neccessarily have that and I certianly would have nowhere near any of the decent shots I have of family and friends....
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Also gives you a while to intergrate your lenses - if you bought them all really quickly you probably wouldnt know them as well :)
 
I'm 18 and a student and I started in May when I bought a Sony A200 which I absolutely love, since then I've bought another 2 lenses, a couple other accesories such as a shutter release so my expenditure on equipment wasn't too bad, but a couple weeks ago I spent 450 on an A700 which wasn't planned, but I couldn't pass up that deal! Now I'm planning on thinning down my lenses a bit and selling my A200 which should streamline my collection a bit more :p

I pay for my photography stuff with money from my Saturday job at Morrisons :)
 
I remember being at Uni and getting my student loan............only to blow hundreds of it on 1.2MP Kodak Digital Camera! It was the dogs dodahs back then from a digital point of view. lol.
 
MartynK said:
I don't bother shopping around for petrol. There's never more than 3p or 4p variation where I live, which is about two quid...
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I think that's odd.

Such a relaxed approach in general might be costing you £000's each year.
 
I'm just experiencing how expensive things are. Recently purchased a Sony A200, then a memory card, bag.......

Now I'm looking for lenses which is where the real expense is. Just hope I use it enough to justify the expense :lol:
 
pearce_jj said:
I think that's odd.

Such a relaxed approach in general might be costing you £000's each year.
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I tend to agree with MartynK, I value my time over anything else; spending 10-15 minutes sodding around looking would add up to hours per year and I'd rather waste a few quid.
 
surely if it's your money then its got nothing to do with her! She'd just prefer you to spend it on her!
 
feeb said:
my partner Liam has been working overtime every week for the last two months to help me afford my D700 - he could not be more supportive, considerate and loving regarding my passion - its not a hobby though, definatly a career move :)

I think it helps that i have been getting more and more photographic paid jobs, he understands my needs and helps me whenever he can

cant fault him really!
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He sounds like a bit of a legend :p
 
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