How much do you have invested into photography?

[Nikon_Dude]

Probably around $1500.

 

[mishele]

Hubby and I have about 15k+ for a hobby that brings in no income.......hmmm....:crazy:

 

[ghache]

I never made the count but i quickly calculated big pieces and im at 8000 $ + alot of 30$ and 40$ here and there. good lord.

 

[naomita]

About $3000, I presume...
oh dear ))

 

[Destin]

Let's see.... strictly cameras, lenses, speedlights, tripods, etc, I'm sitting at about $2,000.

Add in editing software, hard drives, my laptop, books, website, etc, and I'm at about $3,500 or so...

And I still feel like I don't have much and my gear is limiting me. Heck I'm only 18. I'm scared to think about how much I'll have into it by the time I'm 30.

 

[Tbini87]

This thread got me thinking about my gear so I wrote it all out and added it up. Later that day the first assignment in a business class I am taking was to find out all the costs of running a business (I picked photography) and write them down. Looks like we are well above $5k since getting into more seriously. A few major upgrades and we could double that within a year.

 

[20civic04]

about $1200- nikon d5000, nikon fm10, 18-55mm, 70-200mm, sb600, a couple filters, tripod and backpack

 

[Nolan]

Well I am an american tax payer. So if you count the new James Webb telescope that is going into orbit to replace the Hubble... I have about three billion dollars in the hole.

Great... just adding the 14 trillion dollar deficit! YIPEEE!

 

[Josh66]

Just dropped another $200 in the bucket today...

Film, chems, supplies, etc...

 

[Josh66]

Well I am an american tax payer. So if you count the new James Webb telescope that is going into orbit to replace the Hubble... I have about three billion dollars in the hole.

Great... just adding the 14 trillion dollar deficit! YIPEEE!

But how much of that do you personaly pay? $5, $10 ... a year?

2010, I made just about 65k. Tax debt, right around 2k. I wonder how much of that went towards science? (Not enough.)

 

[JasonLambert]

I just went on a shopping spree this past month and spent $3999.10 on my first B&H order and 2790.70 on my second B&H order. I probably have close to $6000 in stuff that I either just replaced with these orders or added to. I told my wife that I only need about $10K more and I can stop buying for a few months! lol

~Jason

 

[co s13]

I think I'm around $1500 for the past couple months. I hate to say that because I could have done something cool to my car for that amount. I think I have too many expensive hobbies.

 

[thingsIsee]

as much time as I can spare and $$ too.

 

[kundalini]

Earlier I said I threw up a little in my mouth.... I just did a rough estimate on bodies, lenses and flashes..... I just sharted myself.

 

[bentcountershaft]

I won't admit to spending a single penny more than my wife already knows about.