Oh for heaven's sake, get the camera! You wouldn't think twice about buying a cheap ten thousand dollar car. And a car doesn't make you money and it isn't half as much fun as a new camera. So what's the problem... have fun! Renate On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Herschel <herschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am about to spend my life savings and my children's inheritance on a Nikon > D3X. Just to keep up with the Jones's who are in opposition to me here. > > I have a Mamiya ZD back on a 645AF but it's way too slow for me when it > comes to shooting people. Also I don't have a range of lenses for the > Mamiya. > > I want something that will recycle as fast as the studio flash packs so I > can shoot around 1-1.5 fps for about four or five frames ...at least plus I > want to do interiors etc., > > I just can't justify the price of a new Hasselblad and the new ZD back, > which is apparently a little faster, is also $7500. > > Actually I can't really justify the D3X and at around $1000 a day which is > what I charge now, it would take 8 full days of shooting... in a bad month > that could be 2 months of work, to pay for it - In any case most of those > jobs could easily be done with the D3 I already have. > > Should I be sneaky and just Up-res the D3 images to 25MP? > > Please give me some sensible reasons to not buy this thing which calls me > from the depths of B'nH and whispers my name... > > Herschel > >
