I did not buy a lens today.

[BF Hammer]

I finally paid off my car loan 10 days ago, and I have my home equity line of credit down to where I will pay off in days. But I came very close to extending that loan out 2-3 more months.

For the holiday weekend, my local camera store was having big promotions and another "Cash 4 Cameras" trade-in event. For fun I loaded up the listing of used gear as I do weekly. I find: Used Nikon Z 180-600mm F/5.6-6.3 VR NIKONZ $1,499.99 . OK, I want to be a rock and stick to the financial plan this year. But I can trade in the Sigma 150-600mm, and I'm oh-so-close I can touch it.

The short story, I hurried up after work today and gathered up all the bits for my Sigma. Knowing full well the lens could already be snapped up. I arrived, and it was sold. I think the used list is updated on Tuesdays. It is possible to give a sigh of sadness and relief at the same time. So I brought my lens back home and I will have that upgrade in some months on my own schedule. Disappointed the sales staff a lot.

 

[Needa]

Had to purchase a car as our meet an untimely demise. Certainly could do without the payments. Haven't had house or car payment for years it's nice, can almost afford to eat. No photo equipment in the near future.

 

[BF Hammer]

One day later, I still have not bought a lens. But I did just buy a PC.

A refurbished Lenovo tiny desktop from Woot (a deal of the day site) so I do have to act if the deal is right. And I really do need to update my photo editing PC desperately. The CPU in my 16 year old Asus PC is so outdated that pretty much any software released today can crash trying to call functions that do not exist on the hardware. My recent adventure in pixel-shift image editing just hammered that point home very hard to me.