Expensive camera gear...

[Sherlock77]

It is discounted, relatively speaking, I still can't even think of affording it

https://thecamerastore.com/products...d=120206062409260695&ad_id=120206062409290695

 

[jsilver256]

If you had it - what would you do with it? How would it become worth that money?

 

[Outdated]

For people that are happy to pay for a name to show off. Leica grew a name for quality lenses that were made in a factory in Ukraine, not sure what they're doing about that these days. The same factory also made the Rubinar lenses.

 

[Sherlock77]

If you had it - what would you do with it? How would it become worth that money?

My thoughts exactly... I've always thought the modern Leica digital cameras are priced high just based on the legend of the name, even if I had that much money I don't think I would buy one... Happy enough with my Fujifilm mirrorless digital, Fuji is sometimes called the "poor mans Leica", for good reason...

 

[Outdated]

I got a Canon myself, one of the last of the SLRs because they were going out cheap when the mirrorless ones came in. Perfectly good camera, I'm happy with it, and less than US$1000.

 

[FayetheAspie]

My camera is a Canon EOS Rebel T6.

 

[Judge]

Happy enough with my Fujifilm mirrorless digital, Fuji is sometimes called the "poor mans Leica", for good reason...

It's a nice camera, no doubt. Though I suspect many of us will agree that the best tool in your photography arsenal is you and your sense of composition.

Would having that Leica be any better? I doubt it.

 

[Sherlock77]

It's a nice camera, no doubt. Though I suspect many of us will agree that the best tool in your photography arsenal is you and your sense of composition.

Would having that Leica be any better? I doubt it.

Photography is very much a hobby for the wealthy, with how expensive some camera gear is...

I've never been very wealthy, just fortunate in various ways over the years, ie. the ability to acquire some nice gear...

 

[Judge]

Photography is very much a hobby for the wealthy, with how expensive some camera gear is...

I've never been very wealthy, just fortunate in various ways over the years, ie. the ability to acquire some nice gear...

I have what probably is the lowest tier of Canon digital SLRs. The EOS 1000D Rebel XS. But it gets the job done. But then I don't have your sense of composition. To make up the difference I often resort to the "digital darkroom" in Photoshop. But for me this is where the fun is.

I once had a brief relationship with a woman who had an amazing sense of photographic composition. She could see so much where in real time most of it would just go right past me. And she had some of the best equipment back in the 80s.

No jealousy mind you. Just a sense of awe with a wry smile to give to her on occasion.

 

[Sherlock77]

I have what probably is the lowest tier of Canon digital SLRs. The EOS 1000D Rebel XS. But it gets the job done. But then I don't have your sense of composition. To make up the difference I often resort to the "digital darkroom" in Photoshop. But for me this is where the fun is.

I once had a brief relationship with a woman who had an amazing sense of photographic composition. She could see so much where in real time most of it would just go right past me. And she had some of the best equipment back in the 80s.

No jealousy mind you. Just a sense of awe with a wry smile to give to her on occasion.

I'm running the Fuji X-T1, about a ten year old camera, they are onto 5 by now, but works fine for me

 

[Judge]

I'm running the Fuji X-T1, about a ten year old camera, they are onto 5 by now, but works fine for me

Mine is over 15 years old. Still works great as far as I see. I wouldn't mind one with twice the megapixel capacity, but in the meantime I'm still good. Truth is even with 10 megapixel capacity it's just fine to print anything no more than 8.5 x 11 (letter size).

 

[Outdated]

I've only owned 2 digital cameras, both Canon. What they call Entry Level professional cameras. The first one was back in 2007, a 400D with dual lenses. I loved that camera and took a lot of photos with it. The lenses it came with, 18-55 and 75-300 were both macro lenses and I loved taking closeups of tiny things. Living in the bush killed that in the end, heat, high humidity and dust, mould grew inside everything. It was like the camera developed cataracts in it's old age.

The second one I bought in 2022, the 2000D. No chance of getting mould in things where I live now, too dry. I went for the same lenses again too, but this time around they're not macro lenses which is disappointing. I just looked though my invoices, I ordered a 32 gig memory card with it as well and got the lot for Australian $1300, that works out to around US$900.

 

[FilterFreq]

I have what probably is the lowest tier of Canon digital SLRs. The EOS 1000D Rebel XS. But it gets the job done. But then I don't have your sense of composition. To make up the difference I often resort to the "digital darkroom" in Photoshop. But for me this is where the fun is.

I'm the same as you. I was so happy to get a Rebel T7 a few years ago and it's probably all I'll ever need because I can do so much to the images in post. The macro lens is tempting, but costs about as much as the camera did .

I don't even know if I'd be able to tell the difference with much more expensive gear, either

 

[Judge]

I'm the same as you. I was so happy to get a Rebel T7 a few years ago and it's probably all I'll ever need because I can do so much to the images in post. The macro lens is tempting, but costs about as much as the camera did .

I don't even know if I'd be able to tell the difference with much more expensive gear, either

LOL....I'd still love to get a macro lens. I miss them as I had them with my Canon FD lens film cameras.

 

[velociraptor]

It is discounted, relatively speaking, I still can't even think of affording it

Horribly noisy sensor. Wouldn't be caught dead owning one.

I don't even know if I'd be able to tell the difference with much more expensive gear, either

You can tell the difference between the RAW file of a Canon EOS 7D and a RAW file from a Canon EOS R5 when you need to pull something out of the shadows or recover a blown highlight. The end viewer probably won't notice a difference when the post is done well.