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What do you Splurge on?
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serendipidy said:I know I should splurge on my wife.....but I'm saving up for the 600L
I wanted to get a 1Dx for my wife.
No one wanted to make the trade.
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When on an already expensive holiday to the other side of the world, I hired a 70-300L. With Aus prices one third below the UK price, and a refund of the hire fee, I couldn't fail to buy it.
Warranty is with Canon Australia, so should there be a problem I can at least send it to my sister to take care of it there.
Warranty is with Canon Australia, so should there be a problem I can at least send it to my sister to take care of it there.
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Pro level video production can involve equipment commitments that would make your teeth curl. Depending on your viewpoint, Pablo's kit could be regarded as relatively modest. While it's often preferable to turn up to a job with grip hardware that will fit in your car or van, you don't have to look too far to see that productions that could also be scaled as modest that will require 2-3 large truck-loads of grip, and very frequently more.Besisika said:
Between projects, splurge on quality coffee and Belgian chocolate.
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Not quite camera related, but I recently splurged on a John Deere Z925M EFI commercial zero turn mower. I have 5 acres of land to maintain and I don't want to take all day to tend to it. I can cover the entire property in around 4 hours. 10 mph may not be fast, but on a mower that's like driving a race car.
All in all though, I'm somewhat conservative on my larger purchases. I guess the best part is that I'm also a patient buyer. I look for quality items at a good price and I don't go overboard on the quantity of items I purchase. I can afford a 5D MkIII, but I know my skillset isn't there yet, so a $460 60D is perfect for me, and I enjoy it and don't get caught up in the "which camera is better" debates. Don't get me wrong, I do have an "I want" list, but my "do I need" list is just as strong.
That said, I am holding on to some funds should this new camera announcement in August/September be of interest.
Not sure if this counts as splurging, but my perfect kit for me is the one I have:
60D, 10-22, 17-55, 60 Macro, 85 1.8, 70-200L 2.8 Mk II, 1.4 Mk III converter
The above has produced perfect results for me and what I do.
I'd like to add a 400mm lens as well and was ready to pull the trigger on the 400L 5.6, but the rumors for an updated 100-400L have me waiting to see. Other lenses I would love to have is the 200 F2 L and 35 IS F2.
sorry, I know this was a splurge list which ended up being my wish list.
Cheers
All in all though, I'm somewhat conservative on my larger purchases. I guess the best part is that I'm also a patient buyer. I look for quality items at a good price and I don't go overboard on the quantity of items I purchase. I can afford a 5D MkIII, but I know my skillset isn't there yet, so a $460 60D is perfect for me, and I enjoy it and don't get caught up in the "which camera is better" debates. Don't get me wrong, I do have an "I want" list, but my "do I need" list is just as strong.
That said, I am holding on to some funds should this new camera announcement in August/September be of interest.
Not sure if this counts as splurging, but my perfect kit for me is the one I have:
60D, 10-22, 17-55, 60 Macro, 85 1.8, 70-200L 2.8 Mk II, 1.4 Mk III converter
The above has produced perfect results for me and what I do.
I'd like to add a 400mm lens as well and was ready to pull the trigger on the 400L 5.6, but the rumors for an updated 100-400L have me waiting to see. Other lenses I would love to have is the 200 F2 L and 35 IS F2.
sorry, I know this was a splurge list which ended up being my wish list.
Cheers
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wsmith96 said:
That is the sign of a photographer with a mature attitude.
Maybe some day I will be at that level. ;D
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You'll get great pictures from a 60D, as I'm sure you would get great pictures from a 5D3. It's in the photographer to get the great pics. The difference between a 60D and a5D3 isn't as vast as the difference in attitudes, abilities. Some of the most boring work I've seen is by those with the very best of gear.
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pwp said:
This is the kit I have to hand. I can cover about 70% of jobs at an hours notice with this kind of gear. The other 30% usually involves a visit to the hire shop. It's a cost I pass on. As much as I would love to have a c500 in my cupboard at home, I don't use one often enough to anywhere near justify it. If a client comes to me and asks me to shoot on an f65 I don't go out and buy an f65.. video is different in that regard.
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The 60D is a far more capable camera than one would first think. Besides superior weather sealing to everything but the 7D and 1DX, the much maligned 18Mpixel sensor works surprisingly well, far better than the internet rumourmonging would have you agree.pablo said:
The picture is shot with a 60D at ISO12800. The only processing is in Lightroom by sliding the light balance slider left and the noise slider right... Everything else is "out of the camera"
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+1, I preferred it to the 7D when I owned both. The AF is simple, but very good, and the articulated screen and build quality is very nice. You can get them for a steal these days, too.Don Haines said:
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I used to live just down the road from the Zildjian factory and even had a chance to tour it with one of the Boys from Bostonslclick said:Sabian AAX and Zildjian A Customs...oops, wrong forum
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Acutance, there's a certain benefit to learning the nuts and bolts of a basic camera before going for the bells and whistles camera. I am the happy user of a four year old 60D, now used as a general use and wildlife camera. For astrophotography, landscape photography, other low light/high resolution photography, I am using the 6D. But that is basically a big-sensor version of the 60D - better low light performance but few gew-gaws. Because I am an old-timer who started out on an all manual film camera, I still tend to shoot manual exposure when not in a huge rush, and still shoot my landscapes and naturally the macros on manual focus.
I like tripods and have splurged to the extent that I have three, for three different situations (very heavy 8# tripod with geared head for architecture, astrophotography, and macro; general use 5.5# tripod with heavy-duty ball head, used for long lenses; very light 3# and somewhat short tripod with small ball head for lightweight kit and mid to wide focal length landscape work - this is the one I hike with when doing fast hikes. Also, each camera has its own L bracket and every lens that has a tripod ring has its own lens plate.
I like tripods and have splurged to the extent that I have three, for three different situations (very heavy 8# tripod with geared head for architecture, astrophotography, and macro; general use 5.5# tripod with heavy-duty ball head, used for long lenses; very light 3# and somewhat short tripod with small ball head for lightweight kit and mid to wide focal length landscape work - this is the one I hike with when doing fast hikes. Also, each camera has its own L bracket and every lens that has a tripod ring has its own lens plate.
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NancyP said:
Yikes, I bet that gets expensive. I am cheap. ;D Things like were specifically designed to be easily put on and taken off the camera/lens, so I use that functionality as much as I can.
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