I started to write a humorous look at this called "Godfrey's Guide To Buying Cameras or How I Spent A Lot Of Money Selling Camera Equipment", but it got too complicated.
When asked "what camera should I buy?" nowadays, I usually ask what camera someone has and why they want to buy a new camera. In most cases, they don't need a camera, they need kicker to make photographs again. The buying disease spread by marketing and tech reviews and specification websites has done its job ... everyone believes a new camera will make their photographs great. I tell them to take the money they'd spend for a new camera and buy a plane ticket to Tibet instead. Sell everything but whatever camera they have now and one lens, then spend two months taking 10,000 photos with it. When they get home, they'll either know exactly what camera they should buy or they'll realize they don't need a new camera at all. Few take me up on my advice. ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
