{"id":460,"date":"2010-04-30T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knuetter.com\/christian\/?p=460"},"modified":"2010-04-30T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T16:29:56","slug":"a-photo-spending-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knuetter.com\/christian\/2010\/04\/30\/a-photo-spending-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Photo spending year"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year is looking like an expensive one for my photo habit.<\/p>\n

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Just this morning I downloaded the newest version of Adobe’s Photoshop CS5<\/a>\"\". I skipped the last version and have been happily running CS3 since 2007 but between no support for the later camera raw updates and a few compelling features (like their revised HDR engine) and I decided it was time to update.<\/p>\n

And yesterday I finally bit the bullet and ordered a 50mm f\/1.4 lens<\/a>\"\".\u00a0 I’ve been wanting this lens for quite a while now but have had other financial obligations that kept me from putting down the money.\u00a0 On my D300 this will give me a really nice short telephoto angle of view which should make for a good portrait\/street lens.\u00a0 In fact, with my 20mm, 50mm and 105 mm lenses I might abandon zooms for a while.<\/p>\n

Next up will be Adobe’s update to their Lightroom product.\u00a0 I’ve been a big fan ever since it was announced and I plan on keeping up with the latest versions since, unlike the 20 year old Photoshop, this young product offers pretty significant changes in every release.<\/p>\n

But My real expected expense this year will be in the form of a new camera.\u00a0 The rumors are swirling about a new offering from Nikon and I hope that what they announce will match what I’m targeting.\u00a0 I’m really interested in a D700 + video.\u00a0 To me the D300\/D700 offer the perfect product falling between the more consumer-oriented cameras and the big professional tanks.\u00a0 The newer Nikon D300s<\/a>\"\" (the replacement to my D300) is a great camera but the D700 provides the full frame sensor and better low-light performance from the larger pro cameras.\u00a0 I’m hoping that the new release will provide some updates to the image sensor for even better low-light performance and nice HD video.\u00a0 I suspect they might restrict the video to 720 (rather than 1080) but I’m fine with that (heck, my tv at home is only 720 and it looks pretty darn good).<\/p>\n

I’ve had a few other minor purchases, which I’ll write about some day, including some neutral density filters that I’ve only had a little opportunity to play around with but these costs are pretty minor compared to those already listed on the page.<\/p>\n

And then there’s the 4\/3 camera platform .. if the right one were to be released this year… hmm..<\/p>\n

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