Definition of lens lust...

Great analogy, Sandy. In my opinion, it is a disease and it is truly hard to overcome. You enter the Cafe, you open a magazine, a newspaper, a brochure, look at friend's snapshots...images everywhere and the photographical monster within forces you to consider what it will take to capture similar images yourself. Close-ups, landscapes, fast glass, fish-eye, extenders...there is no end to the possibilities, just the limitations of your budget. Five years ago, I would have never guessed that I would have invested this kind of money and time into photography... I have been aflicted by LLD...Is there no cure??? :roll:

 

hi sandi-

my car is seven years old and i'm overdue for a new one, but i keep on thinking that the money i'd spend on a new car would be better off on a d2x, or more lenses (12-24mm, 400mm, 200mm macro, etc.), or some studio lights and backdrops....the list goes on and on.

i feel your pain :wink:

ricky

 

Great follow-up Sandi. If there is a true positive to the disease, many people in this world go about their normal day not "seeing the world around them". Through photography, we are taking our best opportunity to see the world around us. Whether shooting macro or landscape...sports, portraits in a park...we are seeing what the world has to offer. The ones who really take advantage of the opportunity are those that love shooting street photography...much to witness in this world!!!

 

I lust in my heart only...

Sandi :

Funny how this works. I don't have that transference of cost allocation going through my head. I recently broke down and joined the 20th century (note that this reference is correct) and brought an LPG grill to cook with in my backyard. No thoughts about how many lenses I could have purchased with that money.

OTOH, I do occasionally compare the relative costs of lenses and bodies with what other ones are available. I've weighed out the 200-400mm against a D2X once or twice over the last few months. I'm looking at moving a couple of (other) lenses along because I don't use them and/or have acquired better lenses for those roles. I know a couple of people like Jim Fenton who move lenses as they've experimented/used them much more rapidly than I do, however (and that's no slap at Jim - he's getting a breadth of lens testing that few of us ever manage, a laudable accomplishment).

I don't have terribly much LLD, actually, given that I don't think I'm using my existing lenses to anything close to their full potential. I have some active curiosity about several macro-nikkors for some extreme close-up work, but that's actually in support of my day-job so that I could do better forensic photography in accident investigations. I wouldn't turn down a great deal on a lens - I'm not intellectually challenged about great opportunities - but I can say with truth that I'm not even close to obsessed, even strongly motivated, to pore over eBay constantly, or work through many stores.

My lust (photographically, at least, as I won't detail any others here :twisted: ) is to have enough time to go out and do the best photography that I can with the lenses I already own. I'll let other, much more worthy people like you lead me to alternatives for the future. {tip o' the hat towards the lady}


John P.

P.S. The paraphrase used in the title won't be as familiar to Canadians - it's taken from Jimmy Carter's famous Playboy interview back in '76.

 

Sandi,
I would have opted for a new 12-24f4 and a 48qt coleman. just a thought.

 

I can relate Sandi. A bit earlier this spring we had to get a new washer and dryer, and now this past week I had to spring almost $900 for new tires for my car. Needless to say I haven't been able to put much into my D2X fund lately...

Spending money on other fun stuff is one thing, but spending big money on boring stuff like appliances and such just isn't the same. (Although my wife might disagree as she really likes the new washer and dryer).

 

Sandi :

Well, yes, people read Playboy in T.O. I personally may have seen a page or two when I lived there. :wink: But the Carter quote isn't quite as major up there... Maybe I should reference strippers and the Martin government or something like that !!! :twisted: :shock: :twisted:

I do keep up on things in El Grande Blanco Norte (a bit). Given that I worked for the Crown for some time, that's probably not surprising.

As for your being a "bad girl", well, if I make it up to T.O. this summer, you can show me the photos... :lol: :twisted: :roll: :lol: :twisted:


John P.

 

Thats why I eat at burger king. lololol

Let them cook and buy the frig.

 

The worst is when you agree to help out a relative to earn a little $$$ for that new glass...and then spend the day "seeing things" and wishing you would've brought your gear!!

 

No, in it's purest form, LLD is about coveting beautiful chunks of glass, and has nothing to do with using them.

From your comments, you haven't caught it yet. I'd recommend you stay away from this forum, because LLD is highly contagious, and the Lens Lust forum is a veritable Petri Dish for the virus.

 

I still have, and take out to look at sometimes, lenses that fit a camera that I have not had for 20 years. And they're nice lenses - I could sell 'em for a good bit, but then I'd miss them.

Oh, and don't even get me started on prisms.

 

Aha! Someone who understands. We could make you the Poster Child for LLD, but you'd have to come up with a less intimidating avatar 8).

Speaking of LLD, did you ever see what Bjorn packs in the trunk of his car? I'll bet it drops his gas mileage by 20% :lol:.

 

Chris :

It sounds almost like you're physically surrounded by all this stuff - don't wall yourself in with these sorts of things !

After all, four walls does not a prism make... {ducking quickly}


John P.

 

Check out this thread before you form a firm conclusion, Jacki:

https://www.nikoncafe.com//forums/viewtopic.php?t=6543&highlight=