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April 17, 2010
I've taken the big plunge.
I've bought a 27 inch iMac (2.8GHz Intel Core i5) an Epson v700 flatbed film scanner, ordered a custom built bellows for my old monorail Cambo 8 x 10 which I plan to to use in the field for landscapes, bought a packet of 8x10 black and white Ilford film, enrolled in a course to learn how to produce photographic books, and joined the queue for the next Lecia M9 digital rangefinder with a 35mm Summicron lens that is shipped to Adelaide from the Leica dealers in Australia.
The big plunge-- this kind of financial investment with limited income--- means a transition from being an amateur to a professional photographer. This means that photography is the centre of my life, with everything else structured around it.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, drought, Victor Harbor, 2010
I've (h)ummed and (h)arrd about making this kind of financial investment for most of the year. Will I or wont I? Should I? Do I really need to do it? Shouldn't I put the money in stock and shares rather than even more camera gear and a new desktop computer. The former opens up possibilities to make some money, the latter will keep me poor.
Alas, a good computer, post processing, quality software, and excellent backup equipment is a necessary part of my photographic workflow these days, given my intense dislike of chemicals and the darkroom. Is the next stop Photoshop? Now that would be a very step learning curve indeed, for someone like me.
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Wow, big moves afoot, if you need any 'Mac support' I'm more than happy to help.