The Sad (but true) State of the Photography Industry: A Long Overdue Opine

The Sad (but true) State of the Photography Industry: A Long Overdue Opine

November 5th, Carl Garrard

So, I was on ebay the other day. Saw this listing of a D300s and two lenses for about $425.00. It's brand new, 600 shots on the camera, lenses hardly used. It's such a good deal, I grab it. And then I start to reflect. The more I dig into it, the more I see the picture, a picture and story I've seen a thousand times or more since I got into digital photography...

A photographer buys a brand new D300S, throws away the box, buys two new lenses, puts 600 shots on the camera puts it down and lets the kit sit in a closet for who knows how long, never to be touched again. Years later he or she sells it to a retailer at some point. The camera was neglected so long that the original battery goes bad. The seller adds a third party battery to the kit out of his own pocket and puts it up on ebay for a profit. Sellers take a 10% hit automatically from Ebay, and with free shipping they pay that expense too. 

DSLR's Still Rule: The Affordable Nikon D610 Part II

DSLR's Still Rule: The Affordable Nikon D610 Part II

October 2024, Carl Garrard

Near five years later and part II of  my original review is complete, ta-da! Over the years I have put a lot of miles on a couple of D610's since my first article, and I've learned a lot more small details about this camera I wanted to share. I've also been very busy shooting with other Nikon DSLR's so I'm also able to do a few apples to apples comparisons to other bodies available on the used market. Today the D610 still manages to be a pretty affordable option but used prices on a good condition body are starting to increase quite a bit. I won't do a spoiler, but what I will say right off the bat is that this review is going to be positive considering I still own the D610 today and you can bet it's not gathering dust.

Shout Out to Andrew Reid: "Let's Just Be Honest About it"

I don't normally post articles linking to other sites, so this is a rare moment on the blog. The reason for that is because I have always maintained my complete independence with this blog. Sharing links to my favorites wouldn't seem genuine to me (or you). Unless of course the message was such an important point for the photographic community that I just had to make an exception. So here is the exception, and, it comes from a site that I hardly ever visited over the last decade or so (my impression was that it was a video-centric site only, as opposed to photographic centric). Hats off to Andrew for both of these two videos. One so ahead of it's time, and the other just so on point. I completely relate to both and have been saying the same for sometime myself. Amen Andrew, great job on these.

The Gerald Undone Challenge

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