I need a new camera. It’s become increasingly apparent to me that my current camera, which I’ve been using for more than three years, has run its artistic course. The rift in image quality between my point-and-shoot, not-bad-but-not-great Fujifilm and an SLR is just too big, and I need an upgrade. Now if only I had the money.
My dilemma, though, is my living situation. As VISTAs, our living stipend is deliberately set below the poverty line to best integrate us into our community, and to live a year of poverty. So VISTA volunteers aren’t supposed to buy newfangled material things, much less $2000 cameras. But I’ve only come to realize my camera-envy through photographing our projects at Grow Food, Grow Hope. I can’t help but think that most of what I’ve shot already would look markedly better with an SLR, and a new camera is more of an investment than a compulsive buy. And so I want one. So there.
My camera sells used for around $200, and I’ve already been perusing the interwebs for used camera bodies and lenses. Does anyone have an SLR they want to part with, or know someone who does? I’ve got no preference between Nikon or Canon, but it needs to be one of those two.
I might have to wait till I’m out of technical poverty to get a new camera, though I’d rather not; what’s the going rate for kidneys these days?
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August 3, 2010 at 6:45 pm
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