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kiwi
24-07-2011, 4:16pm
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
24-07-2011, 4:19pm
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
24-07-2011, 4:22pm
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
24-07-2011, 4:24pm
@ Art Vandelay
You're too fast for me... :)

kiwi
24-07-2011, 4:25pm
No, no scam, the lawyer hands you 10,000 cash, no hooks.:)

Tannin
24-07-2011, 4:27pm
400/2.8L IS for rainforest work

Next question please.

geoffsta
24-07-2011, 4:27pm
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
24-07-2011, 4:29pm
Read your signatur Geoff :D

Scotty72
24-07-2011, 4:30pm
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
24-07-2011, 4:42pm
Note to self... check on surviving great Aunts, get on their good side for a larger inheritance...

colinbm
24-07-2011, 4:54pm
I would not buy a Sigma SD1 or would I :confused013
Col

geoffsta
24-07-2011, 4:59pm
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
24-07-2011, 5:03pm
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
24-07-2011, 5:47pm
Canon 35 1.4 L, Canon 400 5.6 L, Canon 70-200 2.8 II L and Canon 7D. Done.

Wandapics
24-07-2011, 5:59pm
Pentax K-5, Macro lens, wide angle lens & a few others :) Same for my daughter also.

Lance B
24-07-2011, 6:10pm
Nikon 500 f4 VRII.

Xenedis
24-07-2011, 6:28pm
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
24-07-2011, 7:11pm
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
24-07-2011, 7:26pm
haaaaa....what a quandary Darren. :confused013 I`d probably go full frame with some nice lenses...:D

ricktas
24-07-2011, 7:30pm
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
24-07-2011, 7:34pm
Good to see you know the difference between hyperthetical and hypothetical Kiwi :D.


At least it wasn't hypoethical :D

Paul G
24-07-2011, 7:42pm
^ Touche

geoffsta
24-07-2011, 7:52pm
I suppose this is a hyperthetical 100 posts thingy again.

Kym
24-07-2011, 7:56pm
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


--- OR ---


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
25-07-2011, 6:17am
personally id go on a tour

kia ora from Auckland by the way

mikew09
25-07-2011, 6:29am
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
25-07-2011, 10:19am
Canon 400mm 2.8 is II fund

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

Analog6
25-07-2011, 10:23am
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
25-07-2011, 10:30am
What happens if it's $160,000 :eek: Still , Full Frame and lens to suit , All of them !! :)

Xebadir
25-07-2011, 10:46am
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
25-07-2011, 10:53am
1dsmkIV and possibly a wide angle prime and a long prime - new tripod if budget allows!

gerry
25-07-2011, 1:04pm
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
26-07-2011, 8:21pm
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
26-07-2011, 8:35pm
I am happy with my gear.

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

bushbikie
27-07-2011, 11:48pm
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
28-07-2011, 8:20am
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
28-07-2011, 9:53am
a Pentax 645D with 40MP back and lenses costs a little bit more then 10k .... :(

TOM
29-07-2011, 3:28pm
For me, it would be a darkroom.

MegHenry
29-07-2011, 4:37pm
@ 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
29-07-2011, 5:30pm
Jump on the bike and see how many coffee shops I could photograph before the money ran out:D

ricktas
29-07-2011, 5:46pm
woohoo. Won $14.25 in lotto. So let's see...maybe a new microfibre lens cleaning cloth. :)