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More than $10000
Between $5000 and $10000
Between $2000 and $5000
Between $1000 and $2000
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Darren
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about 30 odd k
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No surprise in these results for this poll for this community.
Most of us have been at it for many years, and the investment is spread over that time.
A better measure would be a per annum spend.
Investment ... yes! Because the return is the simple joy of it (which has great value) or the $$ if you are a 'pro' (and hopefully still have fun as well).
I tell Nel it's cheaper than a) a boat or b) golf
In fact Nel suggested I buy more camera gear for Fathers day - wonderful Lady she is!
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Digital & film, Bits of glass covering 10mm to 500mm, and other stuff
I would think the $$ would be proportional to length of time involved. It would also be expenentially related in that the amount spend grows expenentially with time.....maybe.....
Call me Roo......
Nikon D300s, Nikon 35mm 1.8 DX, Nikkor 50mm 1.4 Af-S, Nikon 18-200mm VR, Nikon 70-200VRII 2.8, Sigma 105 Macro, Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM, Tokina 12-24mm, Sb-600, D50, Nikon 1.7 T/C, Gitzo CF Monopod
Heh...well...I have yet to see a return on my investment :P. But I don't really care...photography is one of the things that has helped me get through the toughest year in my life and it makes me happy...so the money I save on the psychologists has been turned into assets and something useful .
Conservative valuation puts me somewhere like 15k. Only pretty much 3 more things I want though before I would say I'm done spending for a while: 70-200+1.4, a 105 and a decent tripod so i don't have anymore lens destroying accidents which consume funds. Other than that I could happily shoot without spending other than servicing my gear.
Oh and for Fun, Equipment I've broken total: 2.4k. (24-70 (tripod failure resulting in ground impact), 55-200 (snapped barrel at camera), 2x18-55 (unknown reasons))
John
Nikon D800, D700, Nikkor 14-24 F2.8, 24-70mm F2.8, 50mm F1.8D, 70-200mm F2.8 VRII, Manfrotto 190XB with Q5 PM Head,
SB-900,600, portable strobist setup & Editing on an Alienware M14x with LR4 and CS5 and a Samsung XL2370 Monitor.
Stormchasing isn't a hobby...its an obsession.
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In 6 years, I'm on my second body (Pentax *istd, now a K7), and only just started getting some prime/speciality lenses. So maybe $5K all up for me. I'm pretty frugal with my spending too.
I agree that there is an exponential growth to the spend. You start with a body and a kit lens, then all this other lens stuff starts becoming relevant as you figure out what you like taking photos of. Then you need a tripod, an external flash, filters, a bag to carry it in...
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Macro is very expensive I added my gear up one day and was shocked to find I could have bought a brand new car
But then I don't drive anymore so what good is a car to me .. This way I am keeping a little fitter
Walking around our garden for hours of a morning looking for Insects and Bugs gives me much pleasure.
Hubby says you are a long time dead and you cant take it with you so enjoy it while you can and for once *I Agree* with him
Plenty of Birds in our Garden Darren you can have them for free..
i agree, you can get top notch macro euiptment for relatively cheap, or you can also get away with using cheap reversed lenses and get the same result as the mpe65mm. If you need 400mm f/2.8, there is no way you are going to get that by taping a pvc pipe to the end of your camera
1DIII, 5DII, 15mm fish, 24mm ts-e, 35L,135L,200L,400L,mpe-65mm
Film: eos 300, pentax 6x7
Just last weekend I invested $4500 on a 60d and lenses, this was an upgrade to my $1200 400d and yucky kit lenses.
I'm wanting more lenses, so I can see this figure rise raipidly over the next year.
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X-Pro2 - X100F - 16 f1.4 - 23 f1.4 - 35 f1.4 - 56 f1.2 - 50-140 f2.8
'Investing' implies an expectation of appreciation of value and there fore an expectation of profit. I have never spent a cent expecting the equipment to appreciate in value.
JJ
"Investing" isn't necessarily defined as capital ($) growth. I see it as getting any kind of return. IE great photos. I picked up my new camera yesterday afternoon, and the photos I've already captured of my son having fun is worth way more than the $1500 odd I spent yesterday.
It is rather a scary thought but I for one love photography with a passion but I am hopeless. I do not plan to stay that way and like you say you have to have good glass.
If I added up all the magazines, books, computer software I am keeping very quiet about the true amount because I have lost touch with it. I try to buy secondhand when I can and look for the best prices. Great poll.
Well over $30K, closer to $40K, just need to find a few misplaced invoices for the total. On second thoughts, I will just leave it at what I have on my spreadsheet now...