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Originally Posted by codemonkey
I'm not getting much use out of my equipment these days. My last image was 2 months ago; and that was 2 months after the one before that. Got a few in September, but that was after a 4 month hiatus.
The forecast had been looking good for tonight and tomorrow night, but once again has changed for the worse. Soon winter will be here and with it the fog that rolls in from about 9pm.
Looking back at the 5yrs, 7months I've been into this hobby (which I have enjoyed greatly for the most part), I've averaged about 1 "keeper" image every 2.5 months.
Thing is, I'm getting to the point where I don't really miss it any more...
I could just put all my equipment in storage and wait until I catch the bug again, but I'd estimate there's about 20k worth of equipment there... I could sell most of it off and put it towards other endeavours, maybe get back into "normal" photography. It's a lot of money to leave in storage for a 37yo with a mortgage. I don't mind spending some money, but I need to be getting value out of it...
If I do sell the gear off it'll be at a loss... most of it was purchased new from overseas; it's not like I purchased it second-hand here and I could sell it with minimal loss. If I did want to get back into the hobby it'd be pretty much impossible to convince the wife to let me buy another Mach 1.
I had thought maybe there's a compromise; sell my current gear and get a D810a and chuck it on Star Adventurer or similar for super wide-field stuff but  it doesn't look like there's any filters that could be used to make the D810a suitable for daylight photography. Anyone have any suggestions on that front? |
Sorry to hear this Lee. We’ve been IIS members for about the same time I guess, tho not sure if we’ve spoken.
Perhaps I could help...I will personally mind all your equipment for you here and return it to you when you’re ready to get back into things. And to make sure it’s always in good condition I’ll ALSO regularly use your equipment.
All this for you my IIS buddy... FREE. OF. CHARGE.