How much have you spent?

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Phate

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We all know Photography can be crazily expensive....

How much have you spent?

In no particular order...

Me:

350D with Kit lens - £450
40D body only - £500
17-40L - £475
50mm 1.8 - £50
55-200 - £120
Sigma 10-20 - £300
430ex - however much it was before the price rise - £175 ?
ST-E2 - £170
Bag - £70
Various memory cards, filters etc - £50?
Umbrella + bracket - £25
Studio lights + softboxes - £270
First Tripod - £40
Second Tripod with head - £60? (I think)

£2755 :eek:

And hopefully soon be buying backdrops and stands, that'll be another £120ish?

And I'm now saving for a 5dii and 24-70...thats gonna be another £2500ish :(

Ah well...can't say I regret it! :D
 
about £200s worth of film & dev paper prior to owning my own slr
Sigma SA7 28 - 80 & Sigma 70 - 300 £420
Canon 20D & 18-55 £1350
Canon BGE2 £140
Canon 50mm f1.8 £90
Canon 17 - 40 L F4 £620
Canon 100 - 400 L IS F5.6 £1350
Canon 30D & Canon BGE2 (insurance job)
Sigma 105mm Macro £360
Colorspyder 2 £190
Epson R1800 £460
Canon IP5000 £150
Canon 350D £330
Lifepixel Infrared R72 1.6x fit £140
Lowpro minitrecker £55
Manfrotto 055PROB £120
Manfrotto RC322 £80
Canon RS-80N3 remote £30
Canon Eyepiece exntender £27
Canon grip addon £25
Permajet CIS £300 for Epson R1800
Epson P2000 media device £400
Epson P2000 battery £55
Cokin P series filter system £20
Cokin P hood £20
Cokin ND 4 x2 £30
Cokin ND 6 x2 £30
Jessops CIR POLA £50
Sandisk Extreme III 4gig £30
Sandisk Ultra II 4 Gig £45
Sandisk 1Gig x2 £40
Canon Speedlight 580EX £380
Hoya R72 infrared 58mm £48
Rocket Blower £20
Canon 50mm F1.8 £75
Sensor cleaning pads £80
Hotshoe level £20
Optical fluid £16
3 hannel batteries £75
Jessops TTL sync £30
Cokin filter bag £20
Manfrotto monopod £35
Canon 70 - 300 £190
Sigma 70 - 300 Apo macro £160
Canon 40D £710
Interfit 500w tungsten, still life table, 60x60 softbox £370
And theres loads I will of missed but off top of my head

Total £9,466

That'll explain my £9000 student loan.. sweet jesus what id buy with that given the change again
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omg I can't believe I'm about to post this... ROFL

EDIT:

Erm.. i've just worked it out, everything i've spent over the last 4 years.. I actually feel sick... seriously.

Grrrrr... this is the first time i've done this, most of it has changed/been sold for other stuff over the years, but as for everything i've bought in my life:


Ok, from the very start as accuratley as I can:

Canon 350D plus kit lens: £500ish
Canon 55-200mm zoom: £200
Canon 1DMkIII: £2999
Canon 24-105: £700
Canon 17-40: £550
Canon 300mm F2.8: £3000
Canon 600mm F4: £5000
Canon 1DS MkIII: £5000
Canon 1.4x converter: £250
Canon 2x converter: £250
Gitzo 5541LS: £550
Wimberley head: £500
Canon M80 viewer: £300
Canon Speedlite 580EXII: £250
Wimberley flash bracket: £200
Wimberley plate big: £70
Wimberley plate small: £50
Arca-swiss ZP-DP fliplock ballhead: £428
Gitzo 3 way head: £180
Optech covers for 300 and 600: £300
Lowepro trekker bag: £180
Lowepro AWII super trekker: £280
Fuji GX617 panoramic camera + lens: £3200
Nikon D700 £1700
Nikon 24-70 £1100
Linhof Technikardan 5x4: £2500
Linhof Technikardan wide angle bellows: £280
Schneider super-angulon XL 72mm: £1300
Rodenstock APO symmar 210mm: £900
Rodenstock aspherical loupe: £90
Sekonic L508 spot meter: £200
Focussing cloth: £40
Epson 3800 printer: £950
Lee standard filter holder: £70
Lee push on filter holder: £70
Lee 0.75 hard grad: £50
Lee 1.2 hard grad: £50
Lee glass enhancer: £180
Lee 81a red filter: £50
Kasseman 105mm polariser: £250
Lee polariser rings x2: £60.
Fuji quickload holder £129
10x boxes Velvia 50 quickload: £700
About £100 on 120 rollfilme for the GX617


Jesus H christ. £34508
 
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Hmm, probably somewhere in the region of £100,000 :eek: At least most of that is for work. For my personal stuff I'm guessing somewhere in the region of £6000

Edit;

D300 - £1200
D40X - £350
300mm f2.8 - £900
150mm f2.8 - £350
70-200mm f2.8 VR - £950
30mm f1.4 - £300
10-20mm f4-5.6 - £300
Gitzo 3540XLS - £500
Manfrotto 190X ProB - £150
Manfrotto 393 - £100
Manfrotto 322RC2 - £70
Really Right Stuff BH55+ Plates - £600
Lee Filter Kit - £180
Lowepro Pro Trekker - £180
Lowepro Flipside - £50
Sandisk Extreme 3 4Gb x 4 - £80
+ load of other random bits that probably add another £1k

Total:
at least £6160
 
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Currently, around £450 on a D60, kit lens & 50mm 1.8

However, I have a shopping list ready and once purchased will be between £5-6K :S
 
its what most people spend on their hobbies

have a look at how much cash some people spend on their cars over the years. Yes some of it is required, but a lot of it is spent upgrading or modifying stuff, or simply buying extra petrol for driving around for pure enjoyment rather than computing

Some people have spent 10s of thousands modifying their cars, so you're not alone.
 
Canon 450D -€400 used
Canon 50mm 1.8 - €110
Canon 24-105 L - €900
Wacam Bamboo - € 50
Memory etc - €50ish
Total - €1510

Soon to add Sigma 30mm 1.4, Canon430EX II and maybe ST-E2 or Canon 10-22 so it'll be over the €2000 mark soon enough :(
 
Nikon D40 - £200
Tripod £35
Small Tripod - £15
UV Filter - £15
Soon to purchase 450D - £499
Soon to purchase Nifty Fifty - £100

Total - £865

Definately not as much as a LOT of you but i'm only just starting :)

MrLOL - couldn't agree more, say the exact same thing when people say about my PC, as i'm always changing bits and upgrading it..
 
MrLOL said:
its what most people spend on their hobbies

have a look at how much cash some people spend on their cars over the years. Yes some of it is required, but a lot of it is spent upgrading or modifying stuff, or simply buying extra petrol for driving around for pure enjoyment rather than computing

Some people have spent 10s of thousands modifying their cars, so you're not alone.
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I know, I wasn't saying it's a bad thing in the slightest. But no way would I have thought I've spent nearly 3k :p - Just something to pass the time :D
 
My kit is insured for £5.3k, not including a £1.5k iMac with Applecare...

When i get into my sister's polo, the value of her car doubles ! lol
 
I spent
Canon 20D - £200ish
18-55mm IS - £60
50mm f1.8 MK2 - £80
55-250mm IS - £190
Lowepro Fastpack 200 - £50

Olympus E420 + 25mm Pancake - £400
ZD 14-42mm - £90
Metz 48 AF-1 Flashgun - £150
Stofen - £15
Reflector (gold-silver) - £10

Olympus E620 + spare battery + grip - £460
ZD 14-54mm - £370
ZD 50mm - £320
Lightsphere - £27
Crumpler Messenger Backpack - £80

Net total: £2502
(minus £370 for selling on my Canon kit)
Grand total: £2132

I did give my E420 and 14-42mm to my little brother so not sure if that counts as what I've spent in grand total, even then it's still a lot of money invested. Since my last upgrade (E620, 14-54mm, 50mm), I am not seeing any upgrade in the near future till I further improve with what I've got!
 
I still can't believe I could buy a new BMW 5 series the cost of my kit.. and still have enough left to buy the new 1D MkIV
 
V-Spec said:
I still can't believe I could buy a new BMW 5 series the cost of my kit.. and still have enough left to buy the new 1D MkIV
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Yes but a BMW isn't going to make us go wow and wee over your Seal shots... along with many other epic wild life shots you've done.
 
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