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Well, I didn't really know how to title this thread, so I tried that.
The thing is: day after day, I keep noticing that a lot of people post asking about what to get (most of the times on Canon, by the way), and normally it is a set of things which amounts to serious money. And, also normally, the posts come from people who are getting their first (d)SLR.
I must say I'm surprised. I'm not old, so I couldn't say "this didn't happen before", but I really suspect it didn't. I guess that people just got some SLR (a cheap one, to start with) with a 50mm, and only after some (long) time and a lot of shots, they started getting more lenses, etc. At least that's how it worked with me, anyway.
So my questions, or simply my thoughts, are:
-why does people do that?
-is it a good idea?
to number 2 I definitely answer NO. I think it's crazy spending such money in a first camera. Specially considering that a first dSLR is already really expensive. But no, that's not all: people considers buying (and buy!) extra lenses, and all of great quality, if possible. Again, I think it's crazy!
to number 1, I just guess: and guess that it has to do with the bombardment of publicity of every kind, and that there are no cheap dSLR's, so since you have to spend money anyway, why not going for the best!
-and then, of course, that people have the (many) hundreds (even thousands) to spend -on something that, sometimes (and please, nobody be offended!) they just don't know how to use
The thing is: day after day, I keep noticing that a lot of people post asking about what to get (most of the times on Canon, by the way), and normally it is a set of things which amounts to serious money. And, also normally, the posts come from people who are getting their first (d)SLR.
I must say I'm surprised. I'm not old, so I couldn't say "this didn't happen before", but I really suspect it didn't. I guess that people just got some SLR (a cheap one, to start with) with a 50mm, and only after some (long) time and a lot of shots, they started getting more lenses, etc. At least that's how it worked with me, anyway.
So my questions, or simply my thoughts, are:
-why does people do that?
-is it a good idea?
to number 2 I definitely answer NO. I think it's crazy spending such money in a first camera. Specially considering that a first dSLR is already really expensive. But no, that's not all: people considers buying (and buy!) extra lenses, and all of great quality, if possible. Again, I think it's crazy!
to number 1, I just guess: and guess that it has to do with the bombardment of publicity of every kind, and that there are no cheap dSLR's, so since you have to spend money anyway, why not going for the best!
-and then, of course, that people have the (many) hundreds (even thousands) to spend -on something that, sometimes (and please, nobody be offended!) they just don't know how to use