How Much Have You Spent on your Equipment?

[Sion]

How Much Have You Spent on your Equipment?

CK, why do you want to know? Planning a break in or what?

I'll be away with my wife to HK in the first week of May. Naturally I'll be bringing my camera along. But you can steal the fish tank.

Regards,
Sion

 

[SniperD]

heh heh ... I have stopped calculating ever since I got my DSLR....... too much.. dun want to die of heartache........:cry:

ANyone doing the MO for the Rat poison?

 

[chriszzz]

Eh, who is the one who spent > $15K? SO RICH AR!?

Regards
CK

well, if its a matter of spending over several years, 15K isn't so bad. I mean, you spend 80K on a car or 800K for a condo without even batting an eyelid.
What's 15K in comparison ?

I've been dabbling in photography since 1992, and in total I'm pretty sure I've spend over 15K too - 2 SLRs, bunch of lenses, several flashes, tons of slide film and processing, point & shoots, camera bags, DSLR and a prosumer digicam, XSDrive, CF cards, etc. The digital stuff alone is already at least 4K.

But I'm afraid to calculate the actual amount... I might want to kill myself

 

[chriszzz]

Ah...to some, it's no longer an issue on how much we have spent but rather how much more are we going to spend!

Ooohhh...thats too painful to comtemplate.

 

[yamcake]

i'm okay lah...

just about 2k in total...

digital good what, you no need pay for the film and just shoot shoot shoot... and you can choose the things you wanna develop... save cost..

 

[OzOn3]

Wha.. the figures i see are horrific! And i'm only 19 this year!! Many more years to slide deeper into the deadly trap of never-ending BUY BUY BUY!!

 

[y0ngcheng]

hehehe i spent around 5k- for this hobby.

 

[fuzzyduck]

205 in total... so far... vs 2k or maybe 20k:what:?!?

 

[stroma]

Can anyone tell me how many singapore $ = £1 then I can respond to this Poll???

 

[AJ23]

The exchange rate as of 20 Apr 2003, GMT+8 is £1=S$3.028

 

[Amfibius]

Let's see ...

Canon 10D: $3000
Canon S40: $1100
Canon 300N: $500
Canon Ixus II: $1000 (back in '99!)
17-40 F/4L: $1400
28-135 IS: $800
100 F/2.8 macro: $1100
550EX flash: $700
Gitzo 1227: $900
Acratech UB +plates: $700
Monopod: $280
CF cards: $400
RS-80N3: $100
X-drive: $250
Other widgets (sto-fen, bags, filters): $500

... adds up to about AU$12k. And that's not including cost of computer + legit copy of Photoshop.

 

[Ian]

have taken at least 2500 rolls of film since 1996 but film cost not considered right?

film is not considered, if it was I'd be literally in the million dollar range.

 

[stroma]

The exchange rate as of 20 Apr 2003, GMT+8 is £1=S$3.028

Thanks for the info... That puts me in $3000 - $5000 range on equipment and about $10,000,000,000 on replacement ink cartridges !!

 

[arikevin]

I already spent around 4K liao. haha.

 

[nightbreed]

Too damned much, I reckon. I can't even remember what I paid for most my equipment. Too bad money spent not = quality of pictures...or photographer. :bsmilie:

 

[CPA Jahir]

Counting out of curiosity to know my damage over 18 years only on equipment.

1986 - Konika POP - S$100 - Given Away
1988 - Nikon FE - S$700(Salvage S$300)
1992 - Russian SLR - S$80 ( Dont Know Where now)
1993 - Minolta XG300 - S$250 (Salvage S$150)
1994 - Nikon FG20 - S$350 (Salvage S$200)
1996- Nikon F601M - S$350 (Salvage S$250)
1996 - Nikon FE - S$300 (Salvage $200)
1997 - Nikon FM2 - S$450 (Salvage S$300)
2000 - Canon EOS500 - S$350 (Given free to Uncle)
2001 - Leica Minilux - S$900 (Given free to a good friend)
2002 - Minolta Riva Zoom 70- S$125 (Stll have)
2002 - Fuji Film Digital A201 S$428 (Given to Sister in Law)
2003 - Canon Digital A20 S$100 (Given to Sister)
2003 - HP 4R Printer P130 S$199 (Still Have)
2003 - Minolta Digital F100 S$400 (Salvage $300)
2004 - Minlota Digital 7i S$720 (Salvage $600)
2004 - Olympus Digital E20 S$1150 (Still Have)
2004 - Nikon F80D Set S$500 (Still Have)

Total Damage over 18 years is S$5050. (Plus Accrued Interest Say Total S$7500.) plus a lots of scoldings from parents, and now wife.

Jahir

 

[NikLeica]

Guess I have spent enough to buy a second hand 2002 Toyota Corolla?

 

[tuglaq]

Just hobby..taking too much off toll & nagging from wife as well..so far 6.5K

 

[Belle&Sebastain]

11k for digital for the last 12 months + a laptop :sweat:

 

[Echo22]

hahaz.. so much money.. using equipments not of my owns.. =P
so now is still $0.. hope i wun spend too much when the time comes..