Camera & Audio Gear Porn
May 1, 2012 01:33:07 #
The mailman delivered the latest B&H Catalog to me today. For someone into photography and creative audio (voice overs for radio & TV), the catalog is like waving a bottle of beer in front of an alcoholic. There's so much I want, some of it I actually need. :lol:
Anyone else have the same experience today?!! :-o :lol:
Anyone else have the same experience today?!! :-o :lol:
May 1, 2012 02:01:58 #
Did not get the B&H today. Perhaps tomorrow. Chicago mail is slow. I did go looking for a Craigslist large darkroom sink. I rejected the sink and I said, 'what else do have photographic.' I obviously meant pornographic and this very nice woman pointed at some large cases and told me to take a look. Pandoras box! To make a long story short I bought everything but the sinks. Big money, great deal. I am now a Sinar guy ...
I also left lusting after this very pretty woman that has got to be 10 years older. I go nuts for European accents. I bet I see her again. She is moving to my neighborhood.
I pick up the cameras tomorrow. I just hope I have not been dreaming!
I also left lusting after this very pretty woman that has got to be 10 years older. I go nuts for European accents. I bet I see her again. She is moving to my neighborhood.
I pick up the cameras tomorrow. I just hope I have not been dreaming!
BigDaveMT wrote:
The mailman delivered the latest B&H Catalog to me today. For someone into photography and creative audio (voice overs for radio & TV), the catalog is like waving a bottle of beer in front of an alcoholic. There's so much I want, some of it I actually need. :lol:
Anyone else have the same experience today?!! :-o :lol:
Anyone else have the same experience today?!! :-o :lol:
May 1, 2012 02:15:03 #
Same with me and the Harbor Freight Super Tool Sale they have good sale on screwdrivers LMAO
B&H is sooooooo far out of my comprehension & price range
B&H is sooooooo far out of my comprehension & price range
May 1, 2012 05:40:38 #
I found some real nice affordable caster wheels for my camera stand in Northern Tools. I read catalogs like books, cover to cover. I imagine all the ways I could take advantage of the items. So sick!
Harvey wrote:
Same with me and the Harbor Freight Super Tool Sale they have good sale on screwdrivers LMAO
B&H is sooooooo far out of my comprehension & price range
B&H is sooooooo far out of my comprehension & price range
May 1, 2012 08:31:56 #
They really need to deliver this thing in a plain wrapper my wife is ready to leave me! I tell her "their just pictures"! She tells me to shut up and wipe the drool off my face :roll:
May 2, 2012 06:36:40 #
Xantoz
Loc: Delaware
BigDaveMT wrote:
The mailman delivered the latest B&H Catalog to me today. For someone into photography and creative audio (voice overs for radio & TV), the catalog is like waving a bottle of beer in front of an alcoholic. There's so much I want, some of it I actually need. :lol:
Anyone else have the same experience today?!! :-o :lol:
Anyone else have the same experience today?!! :-o :lol:
Yes!! Followed by the Neiman Marcus catalogue. Mmmmmm tossed Neimans!
May 2, 2012 10:02:23 #
BigDaveMT wrote:
The mailman delivered the latest B&H Catalog to me today. For someone into photography and creative audio (voice overs for radio & TV), the catalog is like waving a bottle of beer in front of an alcoholic. There's so much I want, some of it I actually need. :lol:
Anyone else have the same experience today?!! :-o :lol:
Anyone else have the same experience today?!! :-o :lol:
I know what you are talking about, but I just got a major fix the day befor yesturday. On craigs list I found a complete studio lighting setup left behind by a pro photoghraper when she retired. I thought it was to good to be true at $1800.00 but then I talked there into taking $1300.00. Ive got that warm fuzzy feiling and today I get to play with all that stuff. soft boxes, booms, 3 1500ws lights w/control boxes, backdrop stands, reflector stands,light stand in all different sizes, sun shades and defusers. The seller even gave me a tutoral on the setup. Know I get to study my but off on how to properly use all that stuff. I cant wait!
May 2, 2012 11:03:31 #
Eventually, many people reach a point where the money is there but they have come to understand that sooo much of the candy is just...filler...
I now ask myself a series of questions...starting with...
Do I really need this?
Will it pay for itself?
How long will it take to show real returns?
What is the least expensive way to place it in my hands?
Should I borrow on it or pay cash?
And finally the flip side of the coin...
If I buy a piece of equipment...and find it sits in the studio for more than six months without being used or with very, very little use (i.e., I made a mistake...) then I send it down the river...I sell it or trade it for something that makes me money...
Too many people buy stuff they "just have to own" and then watch it collect dust and take up space............
I now ask myself a series of questions...starting with...
Do I really need this?
Will it pay for itself?
How long will it take to show real returns?
What is the least expensive way to place it in my hands?
Should I borrow on it or pay cash?
And finally the flip side of the coin...
If I buy a piece of equipment...and find it sits in the studio for more than six months without being used or with very, very little use (i.e., I made a mistake...) then I send it down the river...I sell it or trade it for something that makes me money...
Too many people buy stuff they "just have to own" and then watch it collect dust and take up space............
May 2, 2012 11:12:09 #
Brad
Loc: Middletown, Pennsylvania
I get that catalog in the mail periodically. I don't actually buy anything, I just like looking at all the neat stuff. I use a pen or a highlighter to mark the items I'd like to buy if I had the money. Yeah! Like that's going to happen. I'll keep an eye out for the newest catalog.
May 2, 2012 11:27:25 #
I might add...there's nothing like that early morning sit...on the throne...dreaming through a Cabela's catalog...especially spring fishing catalogs in the winter........
May 2, 2012 11:44:09 #
I love those $1000 fish!
Mudshark wrote:
I might add...there's nothing like that early morning sit...on the throne...dreaming through a Cabela's catalog...especially spring fishing catalogs in the winter........
May 2, 2012 11:51:39 #
"Friends" are always telling me to clear out stuff. I never do. 6 months and get rid of it. No way. I am often fishing out something 10 years old I am very glad to have.
Hell, I lost 30 lbs in the last year and now my old leather jackets fit again. I am sure glad I do not need to buy them again.
Same goes for tools, cameras, guns and all the little bins of parts I have. I just used my tap and die set to fix a camera, first usage of the set in 3 years.
With your criteria I would be starting over every 7 months.
Each to their own. I say.
Hell, I lost 30 lbs in the last year and now my old leather jackets fit again. I am sure glad I do not need to buy them again.
Same goes for tools, cameras, guns and all the little bins of parts I have. I just used my tap and die set to fix a camera, first usage of the set in 3 years.
With your criteria I would be starting over every 7 months.
Each to their own. I say.
Mudshark wrote:
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May 2, 2012 12:16:03 #
randymoe wrote:
I am now a Sinar guy ...
Congrats on the Sinar! Get any lenses with it?
May 2, 2012 13:07:12 #
2 Sinar, 4x5 and 8x10. 6 excellent German lenses 90 to 480 mm all in Copal.
The lenses were the deal. The cameras were free. Also 3 Manfrotto booms and 2 heavy duty tripods. Assorted other stuff. Even full sandbags... Big fitted cases, good umbrellas, big round case for light stands. The only junk is the old Balcor flash heads without power supply. I may retrofit the Balcor for the retro look.
The lenses were the deal. The cameras were free. Also 3 Manfrotto booms and 2 heavy duty tripods. Assorted other stuff. Even full sandbags... Big fitted cases, good umbrellas, big round case for light stands. The only junk is the old Balcor flash heads without power supply. I may retrofit the Balcor for the retro look.
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Congrats on the Sinar! Get any lenses with it?
randymoe wrote:
I am now a Sinar guy ...
Congrats on the Sinar! Get any lenses with it?
May 2, 2012 13:24:00 #
randymoe wrote:
2 Sinar, 4x5 and 8x10. 6 excellent German lenses 90 to 480 mm all in Copal.
The lenses were the deal. The cameras were free. Also 3 Manfrotto booms and 2 heavy duty tripods. Assorted other stuff. Even full sandbags... Big fitted cases, good umbrellas, big round case for light stands. The only junk is the old Balcor flash heads without power supply. I may retrofit the Balcor for the retro look.
The lenses were the deal. The cameras were free. Also 3 Manfrotto booms and 2 heavy duty tripods. Assorted other stuff. Even full sandbags... Big fitted cases, good umbrellas, big round case for light stands. The only junk is the old Balcor flash heads without power supply. I may retrofit the Balcor for the retro look.
I don't even want to know what you paid for it.
Great find! Can you buy me some lottery tickets?
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