Sticker shock, photography hobby is expensive, $20,000 lens??

More so for the uninitiated - I purchased my camera with 2 lenses about 3 years ago .. the 18-50 IS and the 70-300 non-is ... I mentioned that I'd like to have
the Stablilzed 70-300 and my wife asked me how much it was.... I said about $450 and she almost fell over..... "$450 ???? You only spent
about $800 for the whole package .... now you want ONE lens for $450 ??????? - What's it made of .. .Gold ??"

Little did she know - a couple of years later, and a homeowners rider for over $5K .... hehehehe

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Just remember. Photographers take awesome pictures, not the equipment.
 
One can spend $2,000 on gear and be a full-time professional, and one can spend $200,000 on gear and it's just a hobby.

How many people spend moo-koo bucks on a snowmobile, or a jet-ski, or a boat........ and they don't snowmobile, jet-ski or drive a boat for a living?
 
As expensive as the photography hobby can be, it's still much cheaper than my old drug habits used to be. If I knew then what I know now...........
 
As expensive as the photography hobby can be, it's still much cheaper than my old drug habits used to be. If I knew then what I know now...........

:er: Well....um...I'm glad you licked the drug habit for photography!
 
meh - cost is relative... All hobbies are expensive, that's why they're hobbies.

A lot of people I know fly as a hobby, or build race cars. Try that if you think photography is expensive.
 
manaheim said:
I'm 66.6% divine.

:lol:

:)

Lol I guess I just became divine ;) my 14-24 2.8 finally got here last week .... Now I have all three! Most if the pros i know rent when it comes to the lenses over $10 grand. I have been a pro for over 8 years and I can say the equipment doesn't make the difference. That said ..... It's an addiction! I always have another lens or body in my sights!
I learned to not let my students try my equip though... ;) Then they either fall in love and become obsessed with getting their own or give the equipment the credit not the photographer and turn into gear heads :(
 
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gee, have none of you guys clicked onto the link I provided? Your really missing out on a good laugh. Not to mention the reason we all spend so much money on a lens.

Go back up to the top of the page and click on the link, if you want the answer to all your photogaphy needs. It truly is hilarious stuff. It's just a link to amazon, if your a little scared of going to links. No harm, no virus, just the answers to your $20,000.00 lens.
 
Of course the more specialized the photography you get into, the greater the cost of the gear. Example: try photographing the eye of an ant or a grain of pollen with a kit lens. Can't be done.

And birding? Well, you know the rest.
 
gee, have none of you guys clicked onto the link I provided? Your really missing out on a good laugh. Not to mention the reason we all spend so much money on a lens.

Go back up to the top of the page and click on the link, if you want the answer to all your photogaphy needs. It truly is hilarious stuff. It's just a link to amazon, if your a little scared of going to links. No harm, no virus, just the answers to your $20,000.00 lens.

Will click on it now, thank you for the link.
 

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