Off Topic...Feel like you're being nickle and dimed to death???

**Jarhead5811** · 05-13-2010, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

I have a different problem. My wife knows most of that list... perhaps not ND filters and gels, nor does it have to be a zoom (she loves the nifty fifty). I need to somehow convince her that money can go towards other things than new lenses (she's currently dreaming of the 100-400mm).

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Originally Posted by Keith B

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Originally Posted by alex_sb

IMO, it should not be a problem to convince a woman you need to spend 2-3-5 k$ on lighting equipment to make HER looking much better on the picture.

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Originally Posted by neuroanatomist

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Originally Posted by Brian Kreitman

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Originally Posted by realityinabox

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Originally Posted by Keith B

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