self control is for wussies
May. 5th, 2014 12:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarea
In this next installment of "As the Credit Card Swipes" we have my biggest ticket purchase of not just this recent insane shopping tear, but probably ever, in terms of something that wasn't a practical item, but was just something I wanted rather than needed:
Nikon D800 with 36.3 Megapixel, FX Format, Full HD 1080p Video
AND
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G AF-S VR II Nikkor ED-IF Lens
At the time, I'd been talking with a new coworker of mine who has a great passion for photography and video. He has many side projects, including making his own documentaries, which he is really good at. He's self taught in video editing, and seems to have boundless energy. His other projects include certain popular podcasts, interviews/videos with Hollywood directors and actors, film reviews, etc., and all this has made him quasi-famous.
Anyway. All this is not to say that I have ambitions toward even a fraction of that. But it did inspire me to want to take my own high-quality photos and maybe make an amateur vid or two of my eating adventures, or whatever.
What was shocking (at least to me, in retrospect) was that I barely gave any thought to the purchases. Usually when I buy things, I spend a lot of time hemming and hawing over whether I should get it, whether it's for a good price, etc. I don't remember going through that thought process with this purchase at all. That right there should have given me a hint that perhaps all was not right in Sarea Brain Land.
Now that I've had a few months to cool off, I rather regret getting the D800. I'm totally unused to its controls, so I haven't even used it much, and besides, I had gotten a D5100 not that long ago, which for my purposes probably would have sufficed. All I really "needed" was the lens, but oh well, what's done is done.
By the way? Both items are incredibly heavy. The two together weigh over 5.5lbs!
Nikon D800 with 36.3 Megapixel, FX Format, Full HD 1080p Video
AND
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G AF-S VR II Nikkor ED-IF Lens
At the time, I'd been talking with a new coworker of mine who has a great passion for photography and video. He has many side projects, including making his own documentaries, which he is really good at. He's self taught in video editing, and seems to have boundless energy. His other projects include certain popular podcasts, interviews/videos with Hollywood directors and actors, film reviews, etc., and all this has made him quasi-famous.
Anyway. All this is not to say that I have ambitions toward even a fraction of that. But it did inspire me to want to take my own high-quality photos and maybe make an amateur vid or two of my eating adventures, or whatever.
What was shocking (at least to me, in retrospect) was that I barely gave any thought to the purchases. Usually when I buy things, I spend a lot of time hemming and hawing over whether I should get it, whether it's for a good price, etc. I don't remember going through that thought process with this purchase at all. That right there should have given me a hint that perhaps all was not right in Sarea Brain Land.
Now that I've had a few months to cool off, I rather regret getting the D800. I'm totally unused to its controls, so I haven't even used it much, and besides, I had gotten a D5100 not that long ago, which for my purposes probably would have sufficed. All I really "needed" was the lens, but oh well, what's done is done.
By the way? Both items are incredibly heavy. The two together weigh over 5.5lbs!
