Hey guys, we have a budget of about $10,000 and are looking to make a purchase of another body and some lenses. My question is, where is the best place to buy with the best financing? I really like best buy with 24 month financing but they don't have much in lens selection. Thoughts?
Best buy's selection is nothing but low-end consumer products. They don't have any of the good stuff. You might want to look at "buyitlater" as an option. I've never used them, but I've seen lots of ads for their financing options.
They're available at most major online retailers (B&H, Adorama, etc.)
Jamesbjenkins wrote:
Best buy's selection is nothing but low-end consumer products. They don't have any of the good stuff. You might want to look at "buyitlater" as an option. I've never used them, but I've seen lots of ads for their financing options.
They're available at most major online retailers (B&H, Adorama, etc.)
The problem is they only offer 6 months no interest. We have enough weddings booked to pay off $10,000 within 18 months, but not 6
I gotta say this is not the "right start in photography"... See what I did there?
For real though, you don't need whatever all that 10k will get you.
There's no way that it will make you that much more money (if ANYMORE at all).
This is a business decision and not a personal one and thus emotions need to be left out of it.
Black and white; it's a bad move to take debt on like that.
Rent if you must.
What is your current setup?
I'm willing you'r fine where you are for now.
ghdarnell wrote:
The problem is they only offer 6 months no interest. We have enough weddings booked to pay off $10,000 within 18 months, but not 6
First, you need to be charging a lot more than you are to even hope to make a profit.
Second, someone charging $950 for a wedding should literally have nothing but a single camera and one or two lenses, IMO. That's because I wouldn't consider that above amateur-level.
amonline wrote:
Agreed. Rent additional needed gear to get the job done. Build capital. Buy in cash.
Bad advice there. Rental = wasted money. You'd "spend" less money if you simply buy used gear and eventually sell it later if you don't want to keep it, as opposed to spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars on temporary gear usage.
Buying = long term rental, in my view. Lenses are practically like gold, they hold their value extremely well.
Yup, buy used if you can't afford it new in cash. If it's full frame you're after, you can get that for under 1k Canon, under 2k Nikon. If it's lenses, you can get several primes for under a grand. Ditto with flashes. Don't go in the hole for a D800/5D3/lots of f/1.4 primes; get creative, buy used, save up.
Equipment doesn't make photographs, light does. Buying a 5D3 with an 85 1.2 is helpful, but I built a career on a 50D and 5D2 with a 24-105 and a few 580ex's with radio poppers. Now I have all that fun stuff, but going into debt for any reason, is never a good idea.
TTLKurtis wrote:
Bad advice there. Rental = wasted money. You'd "spend" less money if you simply buy used gear and eventually sell it later if you don't want to keep it, as opposed to spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars on temporary gear usage.
Buying = long term rental, in my view. Lenses are practically like gold, they hold their value extremely well.
Truth. One wedding with out a 35L won't kill you, you'll do just fine.
