Hypothetical #1 - inheritance

[kiwi]

I have to break some bad news, your long lost great Aunt Maud has died. In her will though she has left you $10,000 with the stipulation that you must spend the money on something photography related.......


What would you do ?

[Art Vandelay]

Are you sure you're from kiwi land and not Nigeria ?


Oh, and my 10K would be spent on an African Safari.:D

[Crazy Horse]

Did she live in an African country where a lot of rich people die and leave me all their loot? (for a fee of course)

[Crazy Horse]

@ Art Vandelay
You're too fast for me... :)

[kiwi]

No, no scam, the lawyer hands you 10,000 cash, no hooks.:)

[Tannin]

400/2.8L IS for rainforest work

Next question please.

[geoffsta]

I'd but a couple of decent lenses. But I wouldn't tell the ball and chain. I'd tell here that Aunt Maud had just past her military fitnes test. :D

[kiwi]

Read your signatur Geoff :D

[Scotty72]

No, no scam, the lawyer hands you 10,000 cash, no hooks.:)

Even then, I would check to see that they were not sequentially numbered, marked bills :lol:

[Crazy Horse]

Note to self... check on surviving great Aunts, get on their good side for a larger inheritance...

[colinbm]

I would not buy a Sigma SD1 or would I :confused013
Col

[geoffsta]

Read your signatur Geoff :D

That doesn't count when it come to the wife.:D If I was honest with her I wouldn't have a camera :(

[fabian628]

1ds mk3, 50L, 200L, sell 5dmk2 and 1dmk3 and buy 1dmk 4 (all second hand :D ). If anything is left buy some rolls of film.

[Jules]

Canon 35 1.4 L, Canon 400 5.6 L, Canon 70-200 2.8 II L and Canon 7D. Done.

[Wandapics]

Pentax K-5, Macro lens, wide angle lens & a few others :) Same for my daughter also.

[Lance B]

Nikon 500 f4 VRII.

[Xenedis]

I have to break some bad news, your long lost great Aunt Maud has died. In her will though she has left you $10,000 with the stipulation that you must spend the money on something photography related.......

What would you do ?

I would unhesitatingly adhere to her wishes.

[Paul G]

Good to see you know the difference between hyperthetical and hypothetical Kiwi :D.

Money wise I'd have a nice new D3S and a 24 - 70 to go with it!

[old dog]

haaaaa....what a quandary Darren. :confused013 I`d probably go full frame with some nice lenses...:D

[ricktas]

With my luck the $10K would be on her facebook, in some game like FarmVille, where I could only buy non-existant cows, pigs etc.

Seriously, I would probably look at buying at auction a photo from the past, that would increase in value. I am happy with my gear.

[Mark L]

Good to see you know the difference between hyperthetical and hypothetical Kiwi :D.


At least it wasn't hypoethical :D

[Paul G]

^ Touche

[geoffsta]

I suppose this is a hyperthetical 100 posts thingy again.

[Kym]

SMC Pentax-FA* 250-600mm f/5.6 ED [IF] (~$7,000)

http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/SMC-Pentax-FA-Star-250-600mm-F5.6-Power-Zoom-Lens.html

http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/showfull.php?product=202&bigimage=SMC_Pentax_FA-star_250-600mm.jpg << Pic


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SMC Pentax-FA* 600mm f/4 ED [IF] (~$6000)

http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/SMC-Pentax-FA-Star-600mm-F4-Lens.html

http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/showfull.php?product=180&bigimage=SMC_Pentax-FA-star_600mm_F4.JPG << Pic

:th3:

[kiwi]

personally id go on a tour

kia ora from Auckland by the way

[mikew09]

I would explain explain to the cook that a persons wishes should be adhered to out of respect and then leave her to respond to the cloud of dust left as I bolt of to the camera store. It just wouldnt be right to disrespect someone's wishes I think.

[flame70]

Canon 400mm 2.8 is II fund

and if said aunt comes thru will you make up the shortfall D :)

[Analog6]

HC 35mm, HC 300mm, HC 1.7x teleconverter. That should eat up $10,000 very nicely! Then I would go and have FUN with my new goodies!

[William]

What happens if it's $160,000 :eek: Still , Full Frame and lens to suit , All of them !! :)

[Xebadir]

Well first up I'd never get extremely excited about a possible situation :lol: (if anyone else notices it pipe up :P)

But hypothetically I would probably use it for the combination of another US stormchasing/national park trip, a new D4, and a 70-200 F2.8 with TC-17.

And I reckon I would be rather happy :P.

[Dylan & Marianne]

1dsmkIV and possibly a wide angle prime and a long prime - new tripod if budget allows!

[gerry]

Donate it to anyone of the suitable children's charities so they can do something photography related. 10K worth of cheap cameras to lots sick or disadvantaged kids out there on the beach/park or whatever enjoying themselves is priceless.

[neil70]

first i would get a secondhand 1ds mk3 or a 1d mk4, a 70-200 2.8L. I would then spend the rest to go to the USA and shoot AMA motoX till the money ran out.:th3:

[Scotty72]

I am happy with my gear.

Wow! A refreshing attitude in amongst the consumerist frenzy :th3:

[bushbikie]

Decisions, decisions! Take the 10K, max out the CC, and then do BC, Alberta, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Tetons. Hmmmm.....on second thoughts I'll also have to put a second mortgage on the house...

[James T]

Probably use it to fund some documentary work. Possibly tie it in with taking my girlfriend to Vietnam and finding her family who didn't leave after the war. :confused013

[Rattus79]

a Pentax 645D with 40MP back and lenses costs a little bit more then 10k .... :(

[TOM]

For me, it would be a darkroom.

[MegHenry]

@ Rick - :lol::lol:
That'd be me, too. Lol! :)

Flashes....Lenses....take me forever to pick :p Then trips :) Like Bill's idea though haha $160,000 should probably cover everything ;)

[Wilky]

Jump on the bike and see how many coffee shops I could photograph before the money ran out:D

[ricktas]

woohoo. Won $14.25 in lotto. So let's see...maybe a new microfibre lens cleaning cloth. :)