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08-15-2013, 01:30 PM   #1
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11 Reasons why you DON'T need a new camera

Saw this article and thought y'all might be interested...as the preface says

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11 Reasons why you DON'T need a new camera!

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Great comment about pens.
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Thanks, I'm trying to resist an amazing deal on a D600.
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It's simple math - 10000 reasons I do need a new camera minus 11 reasons I don't = 9989 reasons I do need a camera

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Interesting,i really dont want to offend somebody but i will add one more, i know nobady can tell you what to do with your money, you earn it and you can choose to use it in whatever you want, but i live in a third word country and altough our economy is improving there's still A LOT of poor people, young children dying in the mountains(in spanish is "sierra" and im not sure how to translate it), just in my way to the supermarket (wich is only 10 blocks from my house) i see at least 10 persons asking for money in the street (blind people, sick people,retarded people, old people, 6 year old kids getting their hands dirty trying to do tricks in the traffic lights for some coins (of course inhaling the smoke from the cars all day) ) and i just can't ignore all that. I dont mean that you shouldn't buy cool staff but i think there is a limit and from time to time one should hold himself from buying something really expensive he doesnt even need (like changing from iphone 4 to iphone 5) and consider charity, helping somebody who needs it, don't let yourself be caught by consumerism, one knows when he is being selfish.

Reason 12: There are some people who might need that money more than you need a new camera.


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I like the tenth reason - I think I should try that for a while (until the new pentax models come out)
10. Investments in lenses are wiser

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Great comment about pens.
Thought your were talking about the olympus

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Reason 12: There are some people who might need that money more than you need a new camera.
Point taken

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I want a new camera.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Reliant K1000 Quote
11 Reasons why you DON'T need a new camera
But these don't apply to Pentax users, only to Canon and Nikon users.
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I want a new camera.
I just want all the cameras.
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Capitalism would die if everyone only bought what they needed and not what they wanted.

After all: "Man does not live on bread alone"...sometimes he needs some butter too!
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Confusion

I want the camera they show in the picture! But I can't find a listing for NIKnon. It's really nice.
Under 'Buy a lens instead' It's not listed, either. The only lenses you can buy are Nikon, Canon and Sigma. Do you think they'll fit?
None of this can possibly apply to Pentax, right?
Right. I thought so!
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I keep meaning to buy a new camera every time I take a below par photo - so pretty much all the time
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