I'm having a fit of sorts over here. See the thing is, I've really, reeeeeeeeeally wanted to get back in to photography, semi-seriously for a long time. The problem is, the whole "film" thing is really expensive and I'm a digital person anyway. I have A digital camera, but it was cheap and is a piece of junk. What I really want is a nice digital camera, and I'm at odds about this for a few reasons...
1) Money. The root of everyone's problems, right? I have stringent criteria for a camera and, well, it's not gonna be cheap. Pay off credit card vs. new camera. BAH!
2) The camera has to take gorgeous pictures. Even if I don't photoshop the image or change any of the default camera settings, I expect a crisp, clear, gorgeous shot.
3) The camera has to take shots when I tell it to - not 3 seconds later. Dooce felt similarly, but apparently she and her husband can afford a $1,200.00 camera. Yeeeeeeaaaaah, not so much me.
4) I want options. All kinds of options. Shutterspeed, macros, lenses, filters, fish-eyes... I want to experiment and play.
What's a libran to do? Does anyone have any good suggestions?
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How to buy an expensive camera:
1. If you have the cash, pay off your credit card debt immediately
2. Set aside the money you currently pay each month for your CC into a savings account
3. Take some photography classes to fine tune your skills
4. Watch the price of the Canon Digital Rebel fall
5. Periodically check your account balance and compare with the price of the camera.
6. When they match, go to shop and purchase camera!
Enjoy !!
Ps. Your web creations are very cool ... keep up the good work.
So.. in the meantime, do I bust out the old-school film camera? Do I continue to photoshop each of my digital images taken with said, shitty digital camera (it's starting to get real old)? Do I continue to wash my new car every week or two even though it's only going to get messy again?
SO MANY QUESTIONS!!! ;-)
I'd suggest my new camera as a camera to look at but it doesn't do any of those fancy-shmancy manual F-stops, lense adapters and what-not
But it does take great photos. And it's really little.
p.s. Have you tried eBay for cheap deals?
To quote a famous little guy: "A virtue patience is"
You must go digital. It's the only way.
A cunning ruse would be to do what I did and tell your boss that you NEED a digital camera for your job and it MUST be a really expensive one as you're cutting edge.
Worked for me...