Are you happy with what you have?
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Me too! Exactly the way I feel. The thing that makes me happiest is using my equipment. It might as well be a rock if it's not making images.
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amateriat
We're all light!
And so...the last new camera gear I ever bought was my Hexar RF setup in 2002. Haven't bought any new gear since.
On the post-shoot side, I bought my Minolta DS 5400 film scanner new in 2004. It's been in more-or-less constant use since then, and hasn't left me wanting.
There have been bits of used gear here and there: on the camera side, the most significant bits have been a Konica Auto S3 from about two years back, and a wonderful Contax Tvs from a few months back, with an Evil SLR in between (Olympus OM-2n, but that was a gift from a friend); on the post-shoot end (again), I got a tabloid-size UMAX flatbed scanner with tranny adapter, which has been worth its weight in gold. Then there's the borrowed-on-extended-loan Olympus C-8080 digital.
I really do have mostly all I need/want: the only thing possibly on the horizon for me is Panasonic's GF-1, together with 20mm f/1.7 and short-zoom lens, and EVF. Hardly a necessity for me, but my first choice for replacing the C-8080, as I eventually must.
(Ah...forgot the Leica M2/1-gen 35 f/2 Summicron combo I have, also on extended loan, with hopeful option to eventually buy.)
In the main, I'm mighty satisfied with what I have. The only things I could want right now are (1) a dedicated film 'fridge (so galfriend can stop carping about the space I'm taking up in the kitchen refrigerator), and, far more important than any of this, time...to walk, poke around, ponder, and photograph, usually in that order. Without time, the rest is meaningless.
I'm working on it.
- Barrett
On the post-shoot side, I bought my Minolta DS 5400 film scanner new in 2004. It's been in more-or-less constant use since then, and hasn't left me wanting.
There have been bits of used gear here and there: on the camera side, the most significant bits have been a Konica Auto S3 from about two years back, and a wonderful Contax Tvs from a few months back, with an Evil SLR in between (Olympus OM-2n, but that was a gift from a friend); on the post-shoot end (again), I got a tabloid-size UMAX flatbed scanner with tranny adapter, which has been worth its weight in gold. Then there's the borrowed-on-extended-loan Olympus C-8080 digital.
I really do have mostly all I need/want: the only thing possibly on the horizon for me is Panasonic's GF-1, together with 20mm f/1.7 and short-zoom lens, and EVF. Hardly a necessity for me, but my first choice for replacing the C-8080, as I eventually must.
(Ah...forgot the Leica M2/1-gen 35 f/2 Summicron combo I have, also on extended loan, with hopeful option to eventually buy.)
In the main, I'm mighty satisfied with what I have. The only things I could want right now are (1) a dedicated film 'fridge (so galfriend can stop carping about the space I'm taking up in the kitchen refrigerator), and, far more important than any of this, time...to walk, poke around, ponder, and photograph, usually in that order. Without time, the rest is meaningless.
I'm working on it.
- Barrett
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flip
良かったね！
Photography, like all arts involving equipment, rides a tightrope. While I'm sure that Jimi could play a $5 pawnshop guitar in such a way as to blow me out of the water with a Fender, I'm also confident that most artists are more effective when they find the tool that allows them freest expression of intent.
The economy is in turmoil. Everyone's upgrading or downsizing. I just wish everyone luck in finding their happy place vis-a-vis personal expression and financial stability. If you're already there, you are the envy of many.
The economy is in turmoil. Everyone's upgrading or downsizing. I just wish everyone luck in finding their happy place vis-a-vis personal expression and financial stability. If you're already there, you are the envy of many.