Money Money Everywhere

One of the worst things about getting into music, photography, or any other moderately costly pursuit is that you just don't know what is going to work for you until you try.

If it is guitar you will quickly discover that there are electric, semi-hollow, and accoustic options as well as long scale and short scale. Will you shred on a metal guitar with strings barely hovering over the fret board? Will you strum and sing like a cowboy on a parlor guitar? Unfortunately you will not know until you try.

Consequently, you go through a few guitars finding you and what works for you.

I'm discovering this applies to photography as well.

I could not know until this moment that I do not give a hang about IBIS, 40mp sensors, autofocus speed, etc. As it turns out I just want something that I can strap vintage glass and inexpensive wide lenses on. I want to zone focus and set my exposure manually. I want to print at up to 8 x 10, and even that would be rare.

In summary, if I'd known then what I know now I probably would have bought a lot less when it comes to a digital camera.

Is He Okie Dokie Then

Then there is the problem of worrying over the expensive digital camera.

I can't even set my camera bag down next to me in a mall food court without casting my eyes in every direction like Gollum protecting 'Precious.' It bugs me.

With a less expensive camera you just aren't worried about it. You aren't afraid to take it into weird situations. Weird situations are the best situations.

Never Going Pro Yo YO YO

Yeah. I hear you telling me that a ten year old camera will never hold up for professional photography. Bruh. I'm not going to take pictures of your labradoodle's wedding to the bulldog next door.

Nobody will ever care about, let alone pay for anything you, I, or anybody else does in photography. Someone may care some day, likely long after I've left this world. That's just the way that it works.

Lets Try This Again

So I'm ordering an old mirrorless camera and trying again. Let's see what happens then.