New Gear Resolutions for 2015

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mackguyver

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#1
Does anyone else have any New Year's Gear Resolutions for 2015?

I've decided to make up some - I wonder how many I will stick with:

1. I will only buy a new lens if it covers a focal length (or lengths) that I don't already have covered unless it is a upgraded or special lens (i.e. TS-E 45L II)
2. I won't pre-order every new Canon EOS / EF product that is announced (again)
3. I will stop buying new memory cards - I'm starting to exceed my hard drive space with CF & SD cards ;)
4. I will keep using my beat up old aluminum tripod until it dies (or RRS finally has a genuine sale)
5. I will only order a full Lee Filters kit if I can find all of the required components from no more than 3 retailers (wish me luck)
6. I will wait for new camera bodies to go refurb before buying them

What are yours?
 
#2
Number 1 is pretty dangerous especially if you already have a lot of lenses (looking for upgrades of the 35L and 50L).

To cast the resolutions is a more positive light:

1. I will upgrade to the 100-400L II after the price has dropped 10% or more from its inital 2200 price.
2. I will only considering upgrading the 5DIII to the 5D(whatever) if I get to shoot a wedding gig this year.
3. I will not spend as much on computer hardware as 2014 (after having 3rd HDD failure in 5 years and having installed a NAS, and upgrading network switches in the house, etc.).
 
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#4
Random, I like your spin, but I made a permanent resolution to never shoot weddings...so I'll have to supplant that with the SI Swimsuit Issue (along with a good marriage counselor or divorce lawyer ;))

Dylan777 said:
Add fast 35mm. Will not pre-order 1DX II, unless, it has 1full stop more in high ISO.
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Or double the megapixels, or 16FPS, or built with carbon fiber at half the weight, and the list goes on ;)
 
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#5
No real resolutions needed, I am not a first adopter so it looks like 2015 might be quiet for Canon purchases. Having said that I did get the 16-35 f4 IS on the 1st of Jan.

But:-

  • I will get a 1DX MkII if it has more than 20 and less than 30 MP, don't care about anything else in that body.
  • I will get a 45TS-E and 90TS-E when they come out with a MkII version of either/both.
  • I'll probably get a 35 f2 IS at some time.

  • I probably won't get this mythical 11-24 if it is an f4.
  • My biggest equipment purchase this year will probably be the Profoto B1 travel kit.
  • I have absolutely have zero interest in a 50MP 135 format camera.
 
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#8
My new gear's resolution is the following:

Upgrade my EF-S 60 to the EF 100 2.8L macro
Add the 100-400L mk II to my kit
Add a 24-105L for a general zoom for my 5D.
Add another flash
Start making some spending money from my photography hobby

Enjoy shooting with everything I've collected so far :)
 
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#10
distant.star said:
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Watch and wait. My mind is already in the early stages of a full shift to Fujifilm. Fermentation continues. We'll see if Canon can do anything realistic in the mirrorless world this year.
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I've already made a partial shift to Fuji (& Olympus) from..., everything else, and pleased with the results. (tempered by realistic expectations)

I don't need any new gear this year. None.
but I would LIKE to pick up more native Fuji glass; 10-24mm, 50-140mm, and maybe whatever their anticipated "long" zoom will be, hopefully it'll replace my aging but crisp 100-400L. Another XT1 body would be nice but will also wait for an XT2... (or discounted XT1) as I suspect they'll be able to cram 20-24MP into it and still have good performance that compares with more MP from a bayer patterned sensor.
 
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#11
1. I will not upgrade my 5DIII unless the new version has the same DR as an EXMOR sensor
2. I will not buy a 50MP camera
3. I will not buy a $3000+ lens wider than 400mm. And I will only buy a long lens if I actually have a trip to a wildlife destination booked.

Every year I say I'm done buying gear. Last year was my best - I just replaced my 17-40. But I have nothing longer than 200mm and a 45mm TS-E II would be incredibly tempting.

But I keep buying cameras 2-3 years after the come out and wished I'd bought it earlier.
 
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#12
Cool thread. Mind if I join?

1. I will finally get a studio strobe or two and some big modifiers.
2. I will use my gear to earn back at least 50% of the money I spent to acquire said gear.
3. I will practice, practice, practice with the gear I have.
4. I will continue sliding down the slippery slope of printing at home...then framing...then...
5. I will make sure my gear, and the hobby it feeds, never gets a higher priority than my family.

Happy New Year!
 
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#15
I already have spent my photo gear quota for the new few years.
I just bought a second hand Phase One 645DF+ and P45+ with two lenses 80mm and 35mm.
Though I do have an Aquatech housing for it on order ... it's still part of the original kit I'm telling myself.
And late last year I did buy the new 100-400II and the 1.4xiii
So I'm stocked up just for the moment.
 
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#16
I am fully spent out.

In 2013 I started with a 6D and 50/1.8, soon added two cheap zooms and a 15/2.8 fisheye. In 2014 I spent out on a month long trip to Oz, a 24 IS to partly replace the wide zoom, and a 70-300L to replace the telephoto zoom, and a new Mac for all the photos.

Edit: 15/2.8 macro corrected to fisheye. My mind had raced....

I can't help having regrets, even though both 2014 lense purchases are wonderful. I bought the 24 in preference to the zooms available at the time, then the 16-35/4 came along. I bought the 70-300L in preference to the original 100-400L, and now I keep gazing at the 100-400L II.

In 2015 I must stop having buyers remorse, go and take more photos, and spend more time with them on the Mac. So no new gear in 2015.

Maybe in 2016, when I have done that, I can fill in the lens gaps with a 35 IS, 100L, something wider than 24, and a Speedlite of some kind. I would also be tempted by an upgrade to the 50 macro.
 
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#17
My 2015 resolution is 1920x1200px as it has been for the past four years :P

Apart from that - I really want to improve in luminosity masks, finally dive myself into D&B techniques, go out more (with an actual camera, that is), use my gear more, do not leave it catchin dust in the cabinet... The list goes on as it always does :)
 
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#18
I slipped a 100-400 II under the Christmas tree, and might actually have what I need for a while in terms of lenses and maybe even camera bodies.

So my resolutions go:

1 - I will drop fewer brand new 5D III + 16-35 f/4 combos in saltwater (and then not get covered by insurance)
2 - I will actually use my Fuji X-T1 + primes at work, and not just pretend that I do (especially now that it has the electronic shutter to fight the extremely bright spring and summer light here in Greenland without NDs or stopping down)
3 - I will not buy, then sell, then buy a crop body only to maybe sell it later on again, before regretting that and buying one again (got the 7DII in December to go with th 100-400 + 5DIII+70-200 setup)
4 - I will not go back and look at my 2015 resolutions at the end of the year.

:)
 
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#20
I resolve to not acquire as much new gear as I did in 2014, when I:
- upgraded my 70-200/2.8L IS to the Mark II version,
- replaced my 17-40 with the 16-35/4 and
- bought the new 100-400 II (purchased both the 16-35/4 and 100-400 II on 12/31!).

That said,
- I'll buy a 2nd 5D III at closeout prices, if its successor is released,
- I've been thinking about getting a 5th 600EX-RT and
- I've also been thinking about buying a Lee ND / grad ND filter kit ...
 
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