How much has your gear spending dropped off?

[dlove5]

I have cut back primarily because I have more than I need/use and my wife says my stuff is taking up too much space. I have to admit, she is right. So I have been redirecting my attention to getting what I do have cleaned up and/or fixed.

 

[kbg32]

We have a baby on the way, so it is making me think more and more of cutting down on what I really don't use at all and selling it off. I have more than enough gear!

 

[Kent]

Well... I guess my bank account tells me that I do not need anythning at the moment. 😉

 

[micromontenegro]

In the last two months I've spent more on cameras than in the last five years. Prices are good!

 

[oftheherd]

Thank God I am still employeed and I still have a retirement check coming in. I am not really spending on gear as I have more than I really need. My need is time to get out and use it. Then I could decide if I was spending too much on film and processing.

 

[camera.bear]

Even though I just got a little bit of a raise, my spending has really fallen off. I am trying to hold on to more of my money as thing are uncertain. It is also an encouragement to finish the half rolls sitting in a few of my cameras and get out the ones that I haven't used yet, Minolta Freedom Escort and Canon AF35M II. My last purchase was a lens for my Argus C-44; a Cintagon 100mm 3.5 lens. I don't think 1.25 USD will break the bank. 😀

 

[jarski]

voted: some.

been lucky, and it has more todo of reaching the point where need to have more gear has died, rather than trouble with employment for instance.

well, 35/1.4 MC Nokton has been on my radar for a half year already though... 🙂

 

[JTK]

I'm a photographer, not a "gear head." Not similar.

I gave away a good Epson 2200 printer to make room for a new refurb 3800...to make better prints. I ordered a removable C-drive to improve workflow and backup. I need to order paper. That stuff's more important than cameras, since I actually do make worthwhile photos.

 

[Olsen]

Voted: None.

I am in a relatively strong financial position. Strong, compared to other phases of my life. There have been some ups and downs. No mortgage on my house any more, - a little on my car, just to keep my taxable fortune down, money in the bank and a safe job - and retirement within sight. But I have had very little time to use all my photo gear. Hopefully this will change. This year I am obliged to 6 weeks holiday. My wife and I are off to Singapore & Malaysia between Easter and the 3. of May.

Sure, my employer will be hit by the economical slump that we are facing. But I rather fear that this will get me more to do than less. - Well, we'll see how hefty it gets.

I bought my M8 & WATE in 2007 - and a Noctilux, the 1Ds III and a 2.hand Leica MP & 35 mm Summicron - and a VC 15 mm in 2008. I was planning to buy the new 21 mm Leica later this year and the Canon 24 mm 1,4L II. But if Leica should come up with a suprise M9 next week, I will be the first in line.

I am also planning to buy some more photo software. Like Lightroom. Or PO 4.0 Pro.

 

[Igor.Burshteyn]

Just picked up on ebay Bronica ETRSI outfit, but it was actually the only purchase in the last year 🙂

 

[pesphoto]

zero for me...too many bills to pay to keep the house going right now.

 

[Calzone]

New to Leica, but late last year put together a three lens kit: Wetzlar M6; 75/1.4 Lux; 35/2.0 V.1 Cron; and 50/2.8 Elmar.

This was a flurry of spending at good prices. I was lucky.

I'm satisfied for a long time, but eventually would like to get an MP. I'll probably have to wait a long time. This year I'll only be buying film and chemicals.

Cal

 

[migtex]

Stopped from now on!
Got broke due the crazyness with the low Pound this Xmas!
Only digital next months (that is after finish all the loaded cameras that I have).
Future does not look bright... an African say "Even the Elephants move to get fresh grass...."

 

[Austerby]

Wasn't really planning on getting anything so am somewhat surprised that this year I have already bought:
a) a s/hand 135mm Tele-Elmar (bargain price of £77)
b) new 50mm Summilux ASPH - pre-price increase level and less 15% refund mad it now or never
c) new 28mm Elmarit - seduced again by the 15% offer
I do hope it doesn't carry on like this...

 

[Chris101]

I agree with Derrick above. I've pretty much stopped buying equipment, because I don't see how one more camera and/or lens will help my photography.

 

[MartinP]

I voted other, because there is no economic pressure and I don't buy much gear anyway.

Or almost not - I found an Agfa Isoly IIa in a junkshop for 4 Euros last week. It seemed so unusual that I have sitting on the shelf looking pretty before I eventually see how it shoots . . . 4x4 negatives on 120 rollfilm, bizarre 🙂

Hmmm, also around 425 Euros on paper and chemicals in December, which I was forgetting. But that was a visit to a major Ilford stockist and will last a year (-ish).

 

[Olsen]

I must admit that it is one thing I have reduced drastically the last year; printing. Even though I am shooting all digital I have made prints on old photo paper. I have hardly had any paper prints made the last year.

 

[Bassism]

Considering I just bought an M2, the single most expensive photography purchase I've ever made.... Negatively?

Though to be fair, I'm selling off some lesser used gear to fund it.

 

[st3ph3nm]

This was a hard one to vote on. I ended up with "some".

I'd dearly love to buy an interchangeable lens RF (probably a Canon, I'm thinking), but recent engine and gearbox rebuild has sucked up well more funds than anticipated. Which means I'm back to very little liquidity. Having said that, I spent a bit recently getting a new scanner (Epson V350) so that I can share my stuff with you guys, and hopefully improve myself with feedback - which was more important than getting a camera that won't do anything I can't do already. Before all that, I hadn't spent anything on gear in ages, because I was saving up for this car spend.

cheers,
Steve

 

[runny]

I think the next few months will be interesting - the slowdown should have an effect on prices, and the lower prices might drive all of us to look for bargains. Come on - we all cannot resist a good price on something nice.