sorry for the absence in posting, these days i seems just slightly behind on things, which is weird... but i'm back on the ball. i think it's cause i'm sleeping more than i probably normally do and the incremental hour of sleep comes at the cost of my blogging time. but we're back on track with plenty of content ready to go!
so there are a couple things in life that i love and at the same time consider to be a complete addiction. they are golf and camera equipment. while i've never had a lust of the newest golf gear (my friends back in LA definitely did, we'd go to the store to check out the newest and often biggest club and see if it was worth the markup) i've always been pretty happy with the hand me down clubs i've gotten from my dad. to be fair though, he did buy me a quality driver and a nice wedge.
but camera equipment gets me all crazy. like look that this new camera - the d5000... doesn't it look perfect for travelling around the world with a compact but powerful enough dSLR? so i can take amazing photos of all the cool things i'm going to see? and it's less than $800 new - that's a steal!
except this is just silly really - i have at least $5k worth of gear here not to mention what i have back in LA, but i never use it. my main dSLR is perfectly usable and should still be for probably another 12-18 months, before a real upgrade makes sense for personal use. but still i just use my $400 G7 and my refurbished $120 SD1000 more than i use my two dSLRs.
so while i drool over new gear, i always have to stop myself and stare at my bag of gear and remember that i need to use that more... or else i can't buy shiny new cameras. damnit.
so there are a couple things in life that i love and at the same time consider to be a complete addiction. they are golf and camera equipment. while i've never had a lust of the newest golf gear (my friends back in LA definitely did, we'd go to the store to check out the newest and often biggest club and see if it was worth the markup) i've always been pretty happy with the hand me down clubs i've gotten from my dad. to be fair though, he did buy me a quality driver and a nice wedge.
but camera equipment gets me all crazy. like look that this new camera - the d5000... doesn't it look perfect for travelling around the world with a compact but powerful enough dSLR? so i can take amazing photos of all the cool things i'm going to see? and it's less than $800 new - that's a steal!
except this is just silly really - i have at least $5k worth of gear here not to mention what i have back in LA, but i never use it. my main dSLR is perfectly usable and should still be for probably another 12-18 months, before a real upgrade makes sense for personal use. but still i just use my $400 G7 and my refurbished $120 SD1000 more than i use my two dSLRs.
so while i drool over new gear, i always have to stop myself and stare at my bag of gear and remember that i need to use that more... or else i can't buy shiny new cameras. damnit.
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