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Justifying Buying New dSLR mirrorless Camera and Lenses for the MS Business
For Real:
Hey Folks,
My equipment is aging but how do I justify buying a new mirrorless dSLR and RF lenses that will set me back about $10,000 plus? Just a few years ago I would upgraded without a thought but today and the future it seems stupid to spend that kind of money.
I will keep my old camera and lenses for now...
marthamarks:
--- Quote from: For Real on August 15, 2021, 08:47 ---
I will keep my old camera and lenses for now...
--- End quote ---
Smart decision.
alexandersr:
--- Quote from: For Real on August 15, 2021, 08:47 ---Hey Folks,
My equipment is aging but how do I justify buying a new mirrorless dSLR and RF lenses that will set me back about $10,000 plus? Just a few years ago I would upgraded without a thought but today and the future it seems stupid to spend that kind of money.
I will keep my old camera and lenses for now...
--- End quote ---
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My newer camera is a Canon 60d 18 mp, i bought it about 2012 year. Besides i have a Canon XT 8.0 mp (bought on 2015) and an old Canon 5D 12,8 mp (bought on 2016). I will never buy a camera again. I don't have money for that. I'm selling some photography accessories for buying some food and paying bills. Microstock is not my main income. I would be nice if i have joined to microstock world in the beginning, because this going down hill.
marthamarks:
--- Quote from: alexandersr on August 15, 2021, 10:46 ---
--- Quote from: For Real on August 15, 2021, 08:47 ---Hey Folks,
My equipment is aging but how do I justify buying a new mirrorless dSLR and RF lenses that will set me back about $10,000 plus? Just a few years ago I would upgraded without a thought but today and the future it seems stupid to spend that kind of money.
I will keep my old camera and lenses for now...
--- End quote ---
.
My newer camera is a Canon 60d 18 mp, i bought it about 2012 year. Besides i have a Canon XT 8.0 mp (bought on 2015) and an old Canon 5D 12,8 mp (bought on 2016). I will never buy a camera again. I don't have money for that. I'm selling some photography accessories for buying some food and paying bills. Microstock is not my main income. I would be nice if i have joined to microstock world in the beginning, because this going down hill.
--- End quote ---
I suspect that most of us "regulars" on this forum will keep shooting with the camera gear we already have, because there's no longer any financial incentive to upgrade.
And the same is probably true with computers and processing software.
For Real:
Just to replace my main work lens 24-70 is $2,300!
https://www.adorama.com/car2470.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw9uKIBhA8EiwAYPUS3JsUjtSX9pX4a5opX7SBY2fpvn_IWYHDjw3Zn_kbdmDVsy-zmOtbxhoCh0UQAvD_BwE&gclid=CjwKCAjw9uKIBhA8EiwAYPUS3JsUjtSX9pX4a5opX7SBY2fpvn_IWYHDjw3Zn_kbdmDVsy-zmOtbxhoCh0UQAvD_BwE&utm_source=adl-gbase-p
Let's see $.02 to $.25 per image would take a lot of sales and that's not including the new body which is probably from $5,000 to $10,000 depending on which options.
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