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posting cause i just finished tracking my budget

TOTAL COST: $3972AUD / 2550USD

CAMERA: $2534AUD
>lumix G85 $500
>lumix 14-140mm $330
>Lumix 100-400mm $1292
>7artisians 60mm II $260
>Olympus 75-300mm $526 | SOLD for $374 (-$152 loss)

ACCESSORIES: $892AUD
>SanDisk 128GB $44
>SD card reader $15
>2 battery charger pack $40
>tight macro diffuser $51
>eyepiece $28 (x2)
>portrait reflector $11
>cleaning kit $19
>arca lens mount $41
>lens pouch $19
>tripod arca adapter $21
>RGB Video Light $35
>lens camo $60
>niceyrig camera cage $90
>better beamer $62
>battery grip $90
>godox TT685II flash $192
>tripod $46

SHIT I NEVER USED: $546AUD
>no brand camera cage $45
>macro extension tubes $17
>spirt level hot shoe cover $11
>lowepro bag $40
>camera harness $60
>Tripod harness Adapter $35
>polar filter $18
>uv filter $15
>monopod $39
>tripod ball head $27
>double sided 1/4 screw $16
>pistol grip tripod $14
>olight torch holder $11
>loose macro diffuser $10
>paper popup diffuser $9
>bounce diffuser $12
>plastic popup diffuser $8
>Deity V-Mic D4 Duo $85
>quick mount for tripod $12
>dummy battery $27
>neck sling strap $10
>flexible tripod $25

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uhhh

digital:
camera: $1650
lens i use: $1000
lens i don't use: $250
flash: $50
Spare chinesium batteries: $50?
memory cards: bought with amazon gift cards

film:
camera: $50
lens: $50
lens: $50
lens: $50
the film itself: dear god

>>4305081
all that money and the pics look like cheap p9000 :(

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idk lol

>>4305118
basado

>>4305078
based on price I actually paid, of what i actually use regularly
bodies (6x) ~ $15k, lenses ~ (20x) $14k
then another 4-5k across lighting, video accessories, other accessories, batteries & storage
i take mostly pictures of toilets >>4301808 and then sometimes animals like >>4298865 or >>4303209, sometimes people too, but rarely post those

>>4305118
Did you get the E series working?
I can't figure out how to open the battery to repack the cells.

>>4305129
my friend is rebuilding the battery with a lipo, voltage regulator and usb charging for me but it's on the backburner for now
i opened the pack myself with a dremel tool, thing is completely glued together.

>>4305134
>i opened the pack myself with a dremel tool, thing is completely glued together
Have any photos of it?
I kept thinking you could lift the steel latch tab and pull off the end cap.

>>4305135
>>4305134
get a room faggots

>>4305135
nah, its all glued together, the metal tab can be bent outwards but that would just break it and not help with disassembly at all.
sorry no pics

>>4305136
no im an exhibitionist

uhh
Nikon 105mm micro (to use on free Nikon D40 I had) $400
OM System OM-5 with 40-150 f4-5.6 $1000
Oly 60mm macro $200
Oly 75-300mm $200
Oly 12-45mm $300
Voigt 42.5mm f/0.95 $400
Flashes and transmitter about $150
Diffuser about $5
Tripod and head like $500 jesus christ these can be expensive if you don't want a heavy piece of shit
Prices are very approximate. If I were to start from scratch with about $3200 I'd probably invest in a different system, but otoh it's just a hobby, I am not an artist and I have plenty of disposable income. It gets the job done. I kinda miss the D40 though, I'm not sure what it is about it exactly (lenses?). I think the low DR looks nice.

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>>4305140
Photo taken with gear so this isn't just another sad gear thread

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>>4305085
>>4305118
>>4305141
>Photo taken with gear so this isn't just another sad gear thread
good rule post a pic with your total $$ too

im >>4305081

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>>4305137
So the case is ultrasonically welded?

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>>4305144
naw man its glued

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>>4305145
Can't I just heat it then?

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>>4305147
idk try it

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in usd including tax and shipping
m262 with hexanon 28mm - 3k
x100t - 660
xe4 - 900
xpro2 - 966
xpro3 - 1600
xt3 with kit lens - 1500
50r - 2.1k
d700 - 300
fa - 150
122 - 55
e-pl7 with kit lens - 260
coolpix a - 460
s95 - 100
optio s - 35
x mount lenses - 420, 400, 440, 550, 550, 340, 580 for a pair, 65, 40
mitakon 65/1.4 - 700
m42-gfx adapter - 111
mir 1н - 150
nikkor 50/1.8 af - 90
nokton 35/1.4 vm - 450
m42 lenses - 70, 120, 60, 80, 80
tripod - 220
backpack - 250
flashes - 350
something like that. i've sold some of it too. not sure about batteries and filters and stuff. i got a 10-pack of memory cards on ebay for $55

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>>4305085
>>4305126
>>4305140
>>4305152
do you retards know what a "total" is?
your meant to add it all up don't make us do the math for you

>>4305078
about tree fiddy

>How much have YOU spent
More than you! Poorfag cope and seethe!!

D7000 350€
Nikon 35 /1.8 150€
Nikon 70-210 /4 90€
Sigma 10-20 /4-5.6 200€
Samyang 28-70 /3.5-4.5 15€
Tokina 50-135 /2.8 150€
Casio Exz110 40€
Nikon coolpix S2600 30€
Panasonic Lumix Gx850 250€
Bunch of filters, adapter rings and such ~100€
Both compact cameras were technically second hand but they had the precinct, they were unsold stock from a shop that closed. The rest was second hand in good/mint condition during the last 10 years. I didn't count a lumix LX100, D3300 and a couple film cameras because I sold them for the same as I paid.

>>4305179
Also 20mm 1.7 170€

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I won't list absolutely everything because over nearly two decades there's been a lot of shit I've bought that I don't use anymore and I could have sold. So this is basically my current line up, although the manual lenses are rarely used and could conceivably be sold and I also have a couple others knocking around somewhere that I could use but probably never will (28mm Nikon shift lens and a CZJ 135mm). I also don't really need a second body.

A7 Classic - £500 with the L bracket
A7R III - £900 with the L bracket
RX100 IV - £425 with the grip

55mm f/1.8 - £260
16-35mm f/4 - £350
Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro - £130
Sigma 150-500mm - £260
Pentax 50mm f/1.2 - around £300 I think, it was so long ago I don't have a record of it
Samyang 14mm f/2.8 - £225

LA-EA4 with monster adapter - £330
LA-EA3 - £145
Godox TT350S - £70
Amaran HC100 ring flash - £60 or so
Bluetooth remote - £30
Wired remote - £20
Giottos 9361B and Triopo NB-3S - probably around £150
Manfrotto Pixi Evo - £40
Memory cards, batteries, filters, and maybe some other small bits - say £150

So that all totals to £2520. I think I've done alright for the money, a lot of it was used off Ebay that I got good deals on. If I was to get rid of the A7 and the two manual lenses I could probably get back around £750. I have considered getting rid of the Tamron 90mm and LA-EA4 and getting the Sony 90mm instead for not much more money, but I like having the option of screw drive A mount lenses in the future.

>>4305158
only posted totals, here's the advanced math you'd need for a grand total
>15 + 14 + 5 = 34

>>4305140
This guy had a z6ii right?
had
it couldnt handle the toddler

>>4305078
There's something uncanny about that model's eyes.

A lot, but also much less than many people think. Maybe like 10 grand in total.

Canon 1000d: got some kind of discount so it was 350 euros i think, back in 2008 or 9.
M6 mkii with evf and kitlens, 22, 32 and 56 mm lens: around 2000 euros.

>>4305078
Snoy a7c 1k used
35mm GM 1.2k used
20mm G 700 used
tammy 70-180 750 used
tripod 300
sd cards and accessories 250

I don't remember the exact values but somewhat north of 4k eurobucks

I have no idea.

Probably in the $20-40k range over almost two decades.

>>4305322
Based. Favorite pieces of gear?

>>4305322
Professional or hobby, and what sort of stuff? The fact your estimate varies by such a significant amount makes me think it's many lower priced items as opposed to say $5k+ tele primes, more like you've upgraded your body every other year.

Over $4k but under $5k. Still need a flash for indoor and lowlight photography.

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Slightly under $9000 currently without extra batteries and bags and such

>>4305345
Damn the RF L lenses are so expensive

>>4305359
yeah. I've got three of those listed for sale currently, going to change it up. thinking: 14-35 f/4, ef85/1.2, and my 100-500 + 2x should be plenty of coverage. I'll keep the nifty fifty too

>>4305078
'bout tree fiddy

camera $840(with extra battery and charger)
glass ~$3320 over 6 lenses(one of them cost $40 though)
filters ~$250
camera tripods ~$120
bags ~$225
straps ~$40
flash + flash transmitter + accessories: $293
lighting accessories: ~$120
I don't remember what I paid for the SD cards and reader.
So a bit over $5k in total.
Future purchases:
>standard zoom around $1000 as I still don't own one
>new body for $1500-2000 depending on what I can find second hand
and some accessories like a macro slider maybe
beyond this I'll have all I could need and might think about replacing some lenses

>>4305078
nice try fed

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Nikon D500 1600€ new
Nikon D700 300€ used

Nikkor 500mm f5.6 PF 2800~€? used
Zeiss Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8 ZF.2 669€ used
Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZF.2 675€ used
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZF.2 559€ used
Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZF.2 400~€? used
Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 ZF.2 495€ used
Zeiss Macro-Planar T* 100mm f/2 ZF.2 500~€? used
Zeiss APO Sonnar T* 135mm f/2 ZF.2 1200~€? used
Voigtländer Color Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SL-II 399 € used
Voigtländer Ultron 40mm f/2 SL-II S 489 € new
Voigtländer Nokton 58mm f/1.4 SL-II S 550€ new
Voigtländer APO-Skopar 90mm f/2.8 SL-II S 475€ used

Total: 11 111~€

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>>4306129
Congratulations, I think you may have the most illogical purchases in this thread

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Z7II: $1650
24-120 F4: $900
40 F2: $250
Godox TT350N: $50

OM-2: $300 (bought and repaired, least responsible purchase here)
OM 24 F2.8: $75
OM 50 F1.8: $50
OM 135 F2.8: $50

= $3025

Film shot: dios mio
D200+35 F1.8 DX: Free.

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>>4306152
Thanks, how so though?

>>4306198
Because you have two shit bodies and you've spent thousands of Euros on redundant and overpriced lenses

>>4306212
Sour grapes

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Started in 2020 about a week after COVID
I'm maybe €1.5k in if you also consider the lens caps, SD cards, etc
I'm a penny pinching scrooge though so all of these were bought 5th hand

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>>4306216
what is the point of 3 camera bodys all on the same system

i can understand 2 but any more is just ???

>>4306218
The XF10 isn't an X-mount camera. It's a compact with an integrated lens.

>>4306218
XF10 isn't interchangeable but uses the same type of output + controls as my interchangeable bodies making it much, much easier to switch between these.
X-T100 was my first camera and I got the X-T2 after 3 years of use because I wanted to try the real deal. Also WR.

>>4306216
>covid trendster has fooljifilm
sasuga

>>4306230
>foolji
>wr
lol

sell that crap and buy a good camera (leica)

>>4306218
this time last year, i had six bodies for one mount, down to four now (and two more bodies for other mounts):
>too old, used, sentimental to be worth selling and is mostly my extreme beater
>general purpose or jack of all trades, mostly used by my partner
>mostly for video, occasionally fast stuff
>mostly for fun snapshots
but i also do a lot of photo work with my partner, and we usually bring 4 bodies so we can each dual shoot

>>4306234
>my partner
what do you guys also each use one while he fucks you in the ass or na?

>>4306234
>covid foolji trendster is a lesbo with impulse buying issues
Can we see your photos

>>4306162
>$2850 in mirrorless
>posts a photo from a free DSLR with more THREE DIMENSION/\L POP and SOVL than 99% of photos outside of /fgt/ and /dst/
Sell your niggon zdicks and buy a CCD leica.

>>4306277
>Leica pros over d200: me ga pickle?
>Leica cons: rangefinder lol

>>4306247
>assuming its a woman
anon, please. is this your first day on the internet?

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>>4306337
Photography is actually a 50% female hobby (or more if you lower the standards for what is photography)

Why do you think so many people on /p/ like retro cameras, especially reflex? Women love OVFs. Men have a tool-like relationship with cameras so they prefer modern mirrorless bodies that just get out of their way.

>women prefer reflex
God dammit bros I love women so much it's unreal. Just when I thought they couldn't get any better.

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>>4306339
>men prefer mirrorless
guess im a woman now, where are my hedge clippers...

>>4306358
metrosexual cameras

>>4306361
thats honestly worse than being called a fag

>>4306339
We have literal /p/urse threads and a gorillion wine drinking cat owners, and people still dont realize half this board is 30 year old women?

>>4306365
>He'd rather chop off his nuts and take it up the butt than just be an unusually stylish straight man
Leica users never cease to disappoint

>>4306371
Nigga thats not what i said can u even read? Do you understand a word im saying? Do i need to dumb it down for you? The statement that men dont prefer optical viewfinders was a blatantly wrong one, hence the sarcastic remark. Do i need to put it in a language you understand?? Gogo gaga wahh wahh. Is that better? Baby want the bottle too? Maybe give you a little bounce and a pat to help you burp? Maybe its bedtime for you.

>>4306371
They’re just salty metrosexuals

>>4306372
Cool it fabio

>>4306373
I am cool. I'm ice. I'm permafrost.
I have not moved in 100 thousand years.

>>4306374
Based and chill pilled.

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>>4305078
Total: 6.991€

Cameras: 3350€
>Sony A7iv 2600€
>Sony A6000 750€

Lenses: 3190€
>Sony 24-70mm f2,8 GMii 2.400€
>Sony 16-50mm f3,5-5,6 PZ 320€
>Sony 35mm f1,8 470€

Accessories: 451€
>Sony NP-FW50 Battery 80€
>SanDisk Extreme Pro 300MB/s 64GB 81€
>SanDisk Extreme Pro 90MB/s 64GB 40€
>Godox TT685ii 110€
>Wotancraft Pilot 3.5L 110€
>Mantona Bag 30€

Bought that A6000 back in 2014 and recently upgraded to an A7iv.

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I always forget I’m the only one here with a LLC

I bought a Herman Miller Aeron to complain from which made me feel very mid-30s. I like complaining about taxi fares (I can't afford them) and how people won't get vaccinated for covid.

This chair is probably my biggest accomplishment in life. I'll never get married or have kids or own a house but I'll always have my Herman Miller chair! :)

>>4306468
You should get a monochrome leica and only use it from your herman miller chair.

>>4306376
>LARPer bag
ewww

>>4305338
>>4305339

It’s my profession yes, but also my hobby. Just an all consuming passion.


Yeah it’s many many lower priced items over the years. Buy, sell, trade up, trade down. One year my apartment got robbed, some cash of my girlfriend’s was taken, but I had my equipment insured so I claimed it (even though it had been on the trip I was away on while getting burgled), and was paranoid about keeping it all, so I sold the lot and bought new kit.

Favorite gear of all time? My D700 was a trooper. Put about 600-700k frames on it over 10ish years, even replaced the shutter both times it failed. Eventually gave it up because the files were just too small and I wanted a backup card slot. Ricoh GR, every incarnation has been great. Lens wise I’ve had so many favorites. The Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AI-S is great, I’ve had two of them. First one was burned in a fire. The Voigtlander 40 f/2 ultron is a supremely nice feeling lens, small, produces great results, I used it throughout Asia and loved the results. I use lots of different focal lengths but gun to my head, I could probably downsize to just a 28 and 50 and be totally content.


I’d say my current kit is my favorite ever, 2 Z9s, the 14-30, 50 1.2 GM, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8 and a 2X teleconverter. It all fits in one case, gives me everything from ultrawide to supertele, I can even fit a MBP and two speedlights and a variety of filters. Feels like a very versatile powerful package.

>>4306598
I'm waiting for nikon to release a TC compatible 70-300 f4 or f2.8-4 before going in on Z teles

Other than the 400mm f4.5 and 180-600 i'm not very impressed

>>4306532
What's wrong with it?

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>Tallied up ebay sales and profits with shipping and tax included, tried to get a basic idea of film costs based on the number of negatives and scans I have
I have paid $1503 as punishment for being an indecisive retard trying to save money and only disappointing and frustrating myself to end up with a $3603 camera setup, $772 of which I do not really need or even use unless I force myself to.

I have spent roughly $1000 on film and processing alone and roughly $500 on film gear in the past year, and have probably 40 rolls before that chilling with 4x6s in a shoebox. Cost unknown.

Total idiot fee:
$6606

How much I would have spent if I simply bought one very good full frame camera and a 24-70:
~$3000

>>4306614
Middle class raised by poors neurosis btw, the wasted sum is <10% of my yearly disposable income

Just don't do what I did and make yourself settle for less than you can actually afford to be "responsible" because going back on that is as irresponsible if not more

>>4306618
Buy once, cry once.

>>4306622
Never crop cope, just go top shelf FF and keep it for 20 years like the boomers still using their 1d for tourism photography

>>4305227
Nope that's someone else. I avoid posting about my gear, or these days posting almost at all.
>no one responds to anything in rpt anymore
>catalog is almost entirely gearthreads
>any thread can get derailed at any time because someone mentioned a crop sensor, or sony, or canon, or anything at all

>>4305078
it happened 2 years ago and i spent around 16-17 grand total (i think) - and that was also my first ever experience with a camera (i didnt even own a digishit before)
i think i even made a post about it
>a7iv
>35mm GM
>55mm 1.8
>85mm GM
>135mm GM
>a big aluminum hard case for those 4 lenses and cam
>gitzo bag
>gitzo wrist strap
>random expensive carbon fiber tripod
>random cheap chinese strobe set (3 stands+3 strobs+3softboxes)
>3 extra sony z batteries
>some random expensive as shit cards for the camera
>camera and lens cleaning and maintenance set
>battery powered bi-LED light
>the grey thing sheet for testing white balance
>some expensive as shit tricolor cotton backdrop
>sd card reader
>battery charger

the idea was me getting everything i needed to start doing portraiture/fashion/editorials
the reality was my country being so shit that nothing except weddings and commercial bullshit is worth doing
the conclusion was; photography is not worth shit in my country and now its just me selling all of my gear for almost 50% of the price i bought it for, in hopes i can at least get some of my money back

moral of the story is; always triple check the current state and worth of photography and photographers in your country, before spending a single penny on photo gear

>>4306686
oh yeah, i also bought an asus proart laptop for the whole GREATEST IDEA EVER autismo spree, i completely forgot about that one
so add another 3.2k to the total money spend

>>4306686
That's every country. Actually, my sister's wedding photographer went on to shoot fashion. If you're good and you can handle the bs it's not a bad way to start doing portraits.

>>4306690
thing is i wanted to (and still do want to) avoid doing weddings by any means possible
have a bunch of friends who quit photography altogether, after 1 or 2 or many years of doing it, because of wedding related bullshit and stress

>>4306686
Give me the 35mm gm (for free)

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II: $189
Canon BG-E6: $28
Canon Speedlite 580EX: $35
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM: $80
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L: $214
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L: $350
Canon total: $896

Nikon D3: $250
Nikon SB-80DX: $25
Nikon 28mm f/2.8 D: $100
Nikon 50mm f/1.4 D: $139
Nikon 85mm f/1.8 AF: $120
Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 D: $143
Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 D: $200
Tokina 28-70mm f/2.6-2.8: $100
Old Nikon total: $1,077

Nikon D800: $477
Nikon MB-D12: $59
Nikon SB-600: $37
Tamron 45mm f/1.8 VC: $100
Tamron 45mm f/1.8 VC: $150
New Nikon total: $823

Grand total: $2,871

All this to take snapshits of my family and frens.

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Scene Capture Type	Standard

All Australian dollars:
Leica M2 - $2.2k ish
Fuji 690 - $1.1k ish
Lenses - $3k ish
OVF and other accessories - $300
Photo books and art books - $1k ish
Add in hundreds for dev equipment, other misc stuff (not including film itself)

>>4307438
Typo: the second Tamron lens is an 85mm f/1.8.

>>4306686
Wow no one saw that coming

>>4307438
>All this to take snapshits of my family and frens.
based and loves their family and frens pilled.

>>4305078
497 euros