This is meant to be a thread to share your experience and there shouldn't be any unhealthy debates.. it certainly is not a pessimistic perspective..
I was intending to pick up the knowledge of DSLRs and will be getting my first DSLR soon.. I am keen to try out the various effects it can produces, with the different combination of lens and etc and that is why I consider DSLR... but as a newbie, there has been a suggestion for me to try prosumer camera instead, as the opinion is that I may not necessary need a DSLR (or that I will not appreciate the level of functions found in DSLRs)..
I take this suggestion well and have been thinking much about it.. as much as I am sure that I am for DSLR now (have been using nikon F4 a decade back) and not a prosumer.. but I start to wonder, that as a hobbyist, whether if this high cost and non-profitable hobby will go that far for me... will I felt drain out of $$$ after 1-2 years, after the initial fever has died down and being stucked in that buy buy buy virus of DSLR hobbyists..
that brings me to ask fellow hobbyist (NOT professionals) about their own expereince and situation.. say you are one new hobbyist who spends $2-4k a year ago, got yourself nice lens and equipment, and proceed to go around shooting on every conceable subjects and later having done a few travel trips recently...
the questions are from random thoughts
1) do you think your passion has gone up, as compare about a year ago when you first started on the hobby, since you have pick up more knowledge and make more friends in the process?
2) Is the whole DSLR concept and lifestyle the same as you would have imagined when you first started off?
3) for both technology and the whole effort of going out to shoot... Is DSLR much easier (or tougher) thing to pick up than you would have imagine?
4) is it easy (or difficult) to mantain your lifestyle as a DSLR non-profit hobbyist photograher
5) are you stuff in that buy buy buy situation?
6) as a non-profit hobbyist photographer, how do you continue to fiance your hobby.
7) where do you see yourself, as far as this hobby is concerned, in 2-3 years to come..
(there is no need to put up an answer to each of my questions.. you may want to give a general broad reply that says something about your opinion on this hobby)
I was intending to pick up the knowledge of DSLRs and will be getting my first DSLR soon.. I am keen to try out the various effects it can produces, with the different combination of lens and etc and that is why I consider DSLR... but as a newbie, there has been a suggestion for me to try prosumer camera instead, as the opinion is that I may not necessary need a DSLR (or that I will not appreciate the level of functions found in DSLRs)..
I take this suggestion well and have been thinking much about it.. as much as I am sure that I am for DSLR now (have been using nikon F4 a decade back) and not a prosumer.. but I start to wonder, that as a hobbyist, whether if this high cost and non-profitable hobby will go that far for me... will I felt drain out of $$$ after 1-2 years, after the initial fever has died down and being stucked in that buy buy buy virus of DSLR hobbyists..
that brings me to ask fellow hobbyist (NOT professionals) about their own expereince and situation.. say you are one new hobbyist who spends $2-4k a year ago, got yourself nice lens and equipment, and proceed to go around shooting on every conceable subjects and later having done a few travel trips recently...
the questions are from random thoughts
1) do you think your passion has gone up, as compare about a year ago when you first started on the hobby, since you have pick up more knowledge and make more friends in the process?
2) Is the whole DSLR concept and lifestyle the same as you would have imagined when you first started off?
3) for both technology and the whole effort of going out to shoot... Is DSLR much easier (or tougher) thing to pick up than you would have imagine?
4) is it easy (or difficult) to mantain your lifestyle as a DSLR non-profit hobbyist photograher
5) are you stuff in that buy buy buy situation?
6) as a non-profit hobbyist photographer, how do you continue to fiance your hobby.
7) where do you see yourself, as far as this hobby is concerned, in 2-3 years to come..
(there is no need to put up an answer to each of my questions.. you may want to give a general broad reply that says something about your opinion on this hobby)