[HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
- From: "Franc Flipsen" <fujifan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:20:08 -0600
Hey, I'm married and have house payments, car payments, insurance payments. As
a self-employed working Pro my sales last year were jusy over $44K after raw
expenses (equipment not included) I netted $27K before taxes. I have yet to
make enough money in photography to use the tax write-offs I have, but I spend
$6-7K per year on new to me equipment and it's all leased mostly 1year term.
If you want the best you'll need to pay for it, but if you want to have good
decent useable equipment it can be done for a whole lot less.
Franc
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Filippone
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 3:29 PM
Subject: [HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
And just who do you think can afford a $5K to $8K camera body, other than
pros that can write it off? A few rich amateurs? Very Few?
Some of us have financial obligations. like house payments, car payments,
medical payments or insurance payments, child support payments, or ( heaven
forbid) alimony payments.
The world really is NOT flush with disposable income magnates..much as the
world marketing organizations want you to believe otherwise......
Frank Filippone
red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm not sure what being married has to do with it, I am And if you want the
latest and greatest all the time it's gona cost you. IMO it'll be a few years
to out grow this back and if I need more megapixels I know I'll need newer
lenses. This will probably be the biggest back I put on the V system, after
this I think I'll need to move to the H system. BTW a new CFV goes for $9000,
A new H3DII 31MP kit can now be had for $17,000 and the Used H3D 39MP Kit's go
for about $18,000. These can be had on a lease/purchase so it's not out of
reach for most people, it's no different than a D3 at $5000 or a 1DsMkIII at
$8000. As for output I'm printing 16bit on a Canon IPF6100 it's far superior
to lightjet output.
Franc
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