Comments on: Why I Bought A 4 Year Old Camera

By: Richard Nicholson

Richard Nicholson — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:26:00 +0000

True enough about not knowing how much he shoots. But it’s hard for me to understand how buying an external drive is much of a hassle. I go to the store, buy a drive for $140, plug it into my router, run a short setup program and good to go. My NAS will store about 15,000 RAWs in the 20Mb range. When it gets full, I’ll get another, and it’ll probably store 2x as much for the same price. Moore’s law affects DSLR’s and computer storage as well.
And I did read the article, I’m just questioning the author’s wisdom in totally changing brands, rather than changing his style of shooting, or making some other tweak. I’m not hurt about it in the least.

By: Deirdre Ryan Photography

Deirdre Ryan Photography — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:15:00 +0000

I own a 7D and still have a 20D. I plan on getting better glass and upgrading to a MKII. I’m saving my 20D for my daughter who at 6 is taking a real interest in photography. I used to sell film and digital cameras back when digital was in it’s infancy. I always heard which camera takes the best pictures and I said and still do, it’s not the camera taking the pictures it’s the person behind it.

By: Mike Stanway

Mike Stanway — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:19:00 +0000

Did the same thing and I don’t regret it for a second. Got a low count D700 and Nikon battery grip for $1,500 less than a D800, will use that money for glass. Have a brand new D7000, haven’t touched it since the day I got my new old camera…:)

By: Spy Black

Spy Black — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:47:00 +0000

Unfortunately those introduce additional glass elements which will degrade the image quality of the lens.

By: Donald Falls

Donald Falls — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:47:00 +0000

I bought Canon XT and 7D in 2010 as I begin learning DSLR. later, I just got better and better. I just recently bought the EOS 5D in January 2013 because i know 8 years from now 5D Mark III prices will go down pretty hard. Gears are gears, latest and greatest not going to make your photos better but make your job better when you wants something fast and simple but your skill is the heart of photography.

By: Donald Falls

Donald Falls — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:43:00 +0000

Well if you do gets DSLR, it doesn’t mean there is no way to use FD lens on EOS body, you can find adapters on eBay or amazon… FD to EOS adapter for under 30 to 20 bucks

By: Pawel Spolnicki

Pawel Spolnicki — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:31:00 +0000

Hey, Im using MK2 and Im really happy with it. Sure I would love to have MK3 but will never keep up with technology today. There is always something better coming up. I guess Ill wait till price drop a bit…

By: the_pro_amateur

the_pro_amateur — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:11:00 +0000

I just deleted my whole post after looking at the Apple store page. They made my point for me. You people are seriously fucking crazy for buying these. $2,500 for 3.2 ghz, 6GB RAM!!!, 1TB HD, a model lower than my video card that I put in… I don’t remember when, and whatever a “super drive” is. $2,500… Yea, great deal there. It’s either an idiot tax or weird cult. I don’t even know anymore. I spent less on a my grown up’s PC when everything in it was new! Keep drinking the kool-aid.

By: Andre Goulet

Andre Goulet — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:50:00 +0000

So now you are eliminating Ultrabooks and All-in-one PC’s from the Windows side. So, if you eliminate Airs and iMacs from the Apple side – the equivalents – that pretty much leaves you with Mac Pro’s, which are upgradable and easier to upgrade than most Windows PC’s.

You’ve just drilled down your own argument to the point of being silly. Apple’s products are no more or less than their Windows PC counterparts. You have to buy the right one for what you are doing. You just hate Apple so much that you threw out a carpet-bombing style statement that I’ve called you on and you keep defending it even though you have been proven wrong.

Just like the iMac, many PC’s can’t take just any amount of RAM. The chipset/mobo limits this, just like with the limitation you put on iMacs. This is nothing new, isn’t an artificial limit put on by Apple and has been an issue with all personal computers, mainframes, etc since inception.

I don’t care what anyone uses. I use a full combo of Windows, OSX, iOS, Linux and Android machines and like them all for the tool that they are.

If you don’t like Apple’s products, fine. But dishing out BS about them because YOU hate them is disingenuous.

By: the_pro_amateur

the_pro_amateur — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:15:00 +0000

Sorry, too busy enjoying my camera to keep up with all those spreadsheets for what electronics are selling over another :)
You’re mistaken anyway. The iMac’s have a “season” they were produced in and only supported a certain amount of RAM. They fill all the slots with the lowest amount per stick, so you have to take everything out, throw that away, and replace it. I know you thought you were smart by picking the only easy upgrade on the thing.

An “ultrabook” isn’t a PC and the “all-in-one” is the same as a Mac! You just made my point for me, so thank you. A company artificially limiting what I can do with my purchase. No thanks. As for people not upgrading… your argument is that people are stupid I guess? One good point.