On 1/11/2014 9:51 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
Have you ever noticed that the more money someone has invested in photo
gear, the more likely they are to say "It's not the camera, it's the
photographer"?
I wish you had of told me that a few years ago. I was under this more
is better spell for some time, and bought over 16K of DSLR's between
2001 and 2011. These are now worth a combined $1800.00.:-) (and thats
all i can do is just smile about it.)
Dave
That makes me feel much better about the Kodak DC260 that I paid $800
for in 1993 or 94. I think it was worth about $20 when I gave it away
to a friend (with the original box), five years ago. It was probably
the worst photographic investment I ever made.
So, if it's not the camera, now that K-3 prices have dropped a bit,
why do I want a K-3 so badly? It's not like I'll get any better photos.
Seriously though, I really am planning on waiting to see what the next
thing they have in store is before committing.
On the subject of spending money on gear, I ended up returning my 13"
macbook pro. It turns out that the screen was just too small for
comfortably editing photos. It turns out that there are three versions
of the 15" available (at least refurbbed).
1) The retina screen is the only one available at stores. You lose a
firewire port, but gain a second thunderbolt port. You lose the
optical drive and get an HDMI port.
The big drawback, other than cost, is that the memory is soldered in,
so you pay the apple tax on RAM, since you can't upgrade on your own.
2) Low res 1440x900 pixels
3) High res 1680x1050, this seems to be the one to get, but the
inexpensive ones seem to be gone from the apple store as of today,
all of the ones left charge the apple tax on memory and drive.
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