Originally posted by JohnBee Okay...
How about two K200D's...
You'll get one for each hand?
ahhh. Another dreamer. Given that I have not yet been able to find a local K200 I am going to take the advice of many, and just get out there and play. Perhaps that is the issue. We already know its not the camera, but how much of what I am experiencing is a strange kind of negativity about photography in general.
In the last couple of days I have been thinking about why I take photographs. Its not for money, I dont ever sell (I would, but my stuff clearly isn't appealing to many), and I'm not going to go pro for reasons I already said. And yet, I still want to shoot. The one thing that has changed in the last few months is that I began going to a local camera club. I was really keen at first, but as time and the months have worn on, I am less inclined to bother. Why is this? It (my photography) has become *all* about the competition. The club is all about competition. and on the off weeks there are tutorials (usually about photoshop or how to make silk purses from sows ears). Occasionally theres a photowalk but it always has a challenge,... another competition. And I am probably one of the least competitive people on the planet. I just don't enjoy it. So I have decided to leave the club, stop competing (or trying to) and just do what I like, not what some club guru says I ought to do.
So.. for now... I'm putting the negativity away, and putting away the notion that I ought to sell the K5, and I am just going to take photographs for their own sake, which is what I was doing before.
I'll still be looking for another K200D though