OT: If you get $600, would you get a 50mm planar or an iphone?

[xabi]

Here's the question. The iphone looks good. My friend got one and I'm surprised how small it is, and how well it works. I think I'll get one in 6 months or so.

So if you've $600 to spend, what would you get? a planar or an iphone?

 

[HSI]

Planar.
FTW.

 

[ferider]

The Hexar RF in the classifieds. 🙂

 

[xabi]

Huh? If you have to ask you probably want that $600 iPod...

Yup. I'll surely get the iphone later this year (probably around christmas). But I think I'll get the $499 version, saving the $100 for 25 rolls of tri-x! 🙂

 

[al1966]

The lens of the two, But I would go for a fast Nikkor or two and the rest on bulk film and chemicals. Oh but theres always a couple of nights in another place.

 

[Matthew Allen]

The phone will be obselete in less than one year and probably dead within three. The lens will still work after 50 years.

I say this as the guy with the sexy red iPod Nano. What a hypocrite, eh?

Matthew

 

[haagen_dazs]

the iphone is really overated imo

 

[back alley]

i bet you'd get a completely different answer on a phone forum 😉

 

[Al Patterson]

Lets's see, for $600, I could get a Bessa of some sort, any number of digital cameras, and some M mount lenses. Why would I want to get rid of my $49 cell phone to get an overpriced toy that would only make Steve Jobs richer?

Now when the iPhone sells for $99, I'll think about it. especially if they lower the monthly plan to less than the $40 I'm paying now.

Some people seem to have more money than sense, but hey, as long as it's YOUR money, knock yourself out...

 

[jamesj]

is this a serious question?


its a frekin phone...


id buy the lens...


but thats my opinion

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Canon 7, 50/1.5, 35/2.8.

A Planar wouldn't make any sense since I don't have a camera to put it on.

 

[back alley]

Lets's see, for $600, I could get a Bessa of some sort, any number of digital cameras, and some M mount lenses. Why would I want to get rid of my $49 cell phone to get an overpriced toy that would only make Steve Jobs richer?

Now when the iPhone sells for $99, I'll think about it. especially if they lower the monthly plan to less than the $40 I'm paying now.

Some people seem to have more money than sense, but hey, as long as it's YOUR money, knock yourself out...

that's kinda funny al, some of my buds think i'm nuts to spend the $$ i do for a lens...
joe

 

[css9450]

Why would I want to get rid of my $49 cell phone to get an overpriced toy that would only make Steve Jobs richer?

Or in my case, the free phone provided by my employer. I don't make many personal calls, so any expenditure of my own money for phones seems like a waste to me.

On the news tonight, they showed a bunch of guys camped out waiting in line to get the new iphone; some had been there for days. I wonder - how do they afford a $600 phone when all they do is goof off and camp on the sidewalk for days?

 

[amateriat]

The Hexar RF in the classifieds. 🙂

There you go!

I think the iPhone is rather neat. Overpriced? Too mega-trendy? That's what they said about the RAZR. (And the original iPod: "That much money for a digital music player? Mr. Jobs needs to put that crack pipe down for keeps!") The only two things I have against the iPhone's current incarnation are, in order of importance, (1) AT&T as sole carrier, and (2) no Bluetooth; I'm a recent convert to BT earsets, and I like them. A lot.

But, really, I'd take the lens first. Not a 50, though...I love my M-Hex too much.


- Barrett

 

[colyn]

So if you've $600 to spend, what would you get? a planar or an iphone?

You forgot to mention the extra $2000 a year to use it. So that $600 camera/ipod/phone/etc will in reality cost you $2600+ for the first year..

So I'll stick with my Samsung phone that lets me check my email and talk for a lot less and spend the money on other things that I really need..

 

[nikon_sam]

I have a phone...I'd spend the cash on film...

 

[venchka]

Roland Rocks!

Roland Rocks!

The Hexar RF in the classifieds. 🙂

And/or a 50mm M-Hexanon lens to put on the Hexar RF body.

But that would put you over the $600 budget, Wayne. 😉

Yes, and your point is? 😎

You're asking the wrong folks.

 

[meat tooth paste]

Planar for sure

Planar for sure

A planar for sure man. I already have a Blackberry and an iPod.

 

[venchka]

Yup. I'll surely get the iphone later this year (probably around christmas). But I think I'll get the $499 version, saving the $100 for 25 rolls of tri-x! 🙂

P.T. Barnum was right.

 

[xabi]

Thanks for all your replies. I started this thread for fun, and I'm not surprised that most of you prefer to get the planar (or a lens).

still think i'll get the iphone later this year, though.