There is a lot of truth in this!

I absolutely loved reading that. Thanks.
 
Very good and so very true :|
 
My God! That could almost have been written about me (apart from taking 25 years to get to what I've got now). :D

Shame the poor b****r went and bought a N... Ni.. Nik... Damn... Can't seem to utter that word (sorry) ;)

Si
 
I reckon I'm on step 12, Although I was very close to buying a D700 on credit afew months ago. I'm glad I didn't... No really me and my dusty old S3 are perfectly happy. I never think of the D700. not ever.
 
Although i havnt actually done most of those steps, i know i quite easily could
Great read, thanks for posting that
 
Grrr, now that brings back memories of the Sony DSC-W50 my ex-girlfriend broke recently. €240 down the drain. Should have gotten a dSLR straight away.

edit: btw. good thing the D40 kit lens is actually very useable.
 
:lol: What a great read. This doesn't mirror my experience closely so far but I'm definately on some sort of upgrade path.

Three years ago I had a Casio Exilim :eek: and before I read the article I was having a mental arguement about getting a fast prime.

It certainly gets a hold of you this photography stuff dunnit ;)
 
An interesting read, but still pretty poor advice.

Whenever someone thinks "Oh, I might try my hand at [insert hobby here]" it doesn't mean that they should jump to the top-of-the-line equipment for that hobby, because they might want to upgrade later.

I don't know of too many 17 year-olds being advised to get 911s as their first car, despite the fact that they will undoubtedly, at some point, replace the old banger they do buy as their first car.
 
Now I know why I felt like I was being watched!

............. but the D700 was worth it!
 
great link................. fortunately being a penty user my "goal" isn't too far away and could have been far far closer last week.......... had I not been "hmm wonder if it's too good to be true"........
 
Hmmm, I'd think it should be in at least 3 steps -

The cheapy (under £100) point and shoot, as 90% of the people i know with an interest in photography have soon relegated it to the odd memory shoot for a birthday/day out/holiday, once a month.

If after a few months/a year you're still enjoying it, a decent multi-setting digital/entry level DSLR to see if you're going to ever take it off auto and do more.

Then if you have a half decent eye for it (let's be honest, some people never do) and will make use of it, then is the time to buy a decent DSLR and slowly build up a collection of lenses/filters or whatever you need.
 
Spooky reading, that - I've gone down a very similar path myself:

Canon A60 -> S3 IS -> G9 -> Nikon D90 -> D300s -> D700 -> ?

I do rather miss the simplicity and compactness of the Canon days, may well pick up another Canon compact at some point... hang on... the bit about missing 'shopping' is bang on! Aaargh! :bonk:
 
Reminds me a little of this piece about tripods :)

My personal Odyssey over the last 30-odd years... items in bold are my main camera at any time, those in italics are secondary shooters

Kodak 110 p/s
Praktica Nova (first SLR)
Canon AV-1
Lubitel 166

I bypassed autofocus for 15 years...

$150 HP digicam circa 2002 to dip my toe in digital waters - awful, but I knew it
Canon 300D
Canon A-1 acquired about the same time
Canon 5D
Yashica 124 G
Canon EOS 3
Mamiya 35 EE Super Merit
Fed 5B
Canonet GIII QL17
Yashica J-3
 
Damn I have managed to miss out a few steps, like buying the dreaded kit lens. 100mm macro was my first one and still a favourite. I also seem to build my strength for those heavy lenses :love:.

I would also note, that majority of people stop as far as Nikon D40 and get completely overwhelmed by the complete lack of basic knowledge (i.e. things have to be in focus, lit properly and not underexposed by 3 stops). Only some people get down that whole route.

He also didn't mention brand swaps. Canon 85mm f/1.2L and 35mm f/1.4L is surely a nicer lens combo.
 
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