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HELP! Christmas... (Photographers..)

FocusAndEarnIt

FocusAndEarnIt

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I love music. Love it love love it! I also love photography. :) Love it, too. Equally.

My parents want to know what I want for Christmas, I've narrowed it down to these 2 things:
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OR
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lens = f/2.8 60mm Macro lens.

Which one?

iPod Hifi = $350
Lens = $425

They're giving me choices.

BTW, I say photographers, because the average person on here who is a photographer knows what I'm talking about with lens, and since there on a Mac board, they know what a HiFi is.

Comments please!
 
A difficult choice indeed. I to love music and an ardent photographer!

With the lens you will be a an active creative hopefully artistic participant in life. With the iPod you will be able to passively enjoy and appreciate the artistic creation of another.

In the end I would choose creativity over passivity. Go for the lens
 
Deputy-Dawg said:
A difficult choice indeed. I to love music and an ardent photographer!

With the lens you will be a an active creative hopefully artistic participant in life. With the iPod you will be able to passively enjoy and appreciate the artistic creation of another.

In the end I would choose creativity over passivity. Go for the lens
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nicely put! :)
 
Argh...

And how do you suppose I trick my mom into that? She's now saying, I don't think you'll use it (she's kinda right, I've been REALLY busy, hence I'm rarely active here now :)().. I just haven't been able to go out in the fields for some photo shoots). She's also saying, it's really expensive, and I don't wanna throw that money away... you'll use the HiFi more, it'll be during the winter, you'll be inside more, not outside (aka not using the lens - I'm mostly a nature photographer) and be able to use the Hifi.
 
This might help, too.

I have 2 lens, currently.

I have a f/3.5-5.6 18-55mm Nikkor lens & a f/4-5.6 75-300 Tamron lens.

Hmmm.
 
lilstewart said:
This might help, too.

I have 2 lens, currently.

I have a f/3.5-5.6 18-55mm Nikkor lens & a f/4-5.6 75-300 Tamron lens.

Hmmm.
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Neither of those are very fast though.

I say get a good 50mm prime or something before anything else. Does nikon make anything like the Canon 50mm 1.8? That is an amazing lens and is only about $70 :eek: . Might be able to get a similar steal.

Even if you don't care what I just said, I suggest the lens.
 
lilstewart said:
you'll use the HiFi more, it'll be during the winter, you'll be inside more, not outside (aka not using the lens - I'm mostly a nature photographer) and be able to use the Hifi.
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But you can still use the lens/camera during the winter. You know how many great things in nature you can capture during the winter? :)

With that said, I would say the lens does sound nice. I'm sure the iPod HiFi is nice, but the lens just seems like a better choice.
 
Without a doubt, the lens! The iPod Hi-Fi will get old over time. With the lens, however, you can continue to use and get new photos out of it.
 
lilstewart said:
I love music. Love it love love it! I also love photography. :) Love it, too. Equally.

My parents want to know what I want for Christmas, I've narrowed it down to these 2 things:
ipod%20hifi%20revision-thumb.jpg

OR
134587232_fa0a3bfa4d_m.jpg
.
​
lens = f/2.8 60mm Macro lens.

Which one?

iPod Hifi = $350
Lens = $425

They're giving me choices.

BTW, I say photographers, because the average person on here who is a photographer knows what I'm talking about with lens, and since there on a Mac board, they know what a HiFi is.

Comments please!
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Personally, I would say the lens. The iPod HiFi isn't the best speaker system for the iPod at all and is actually a bit overpriced.

However, at the end of the day, what would you like most?

Thats what matters.

David
 
Lens definitely. You can get something much better than the iPod HiFi for the same price anyways. It's cool, but not that cool...
 
Go for the lens. If you're going to get a nice speaker system (which you can for 350) don't get something like the hifi.
 
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