exposure

 
tonight i'm buying the camera of my dreams, the canon 5d mark ii. i'm excited because i've wanted one for so long, but also freaking out because i'm a tightwad and it's a lot of money.

 
i keep reminding myself that this is normal. lots of people drop large sums of money on their hobbies, or other nonessential, extravagant things. (like, check out this super classy bruce lee pen set, a steal at $290k. it's literally one of the things that come up when you google "expensive.")

in the scheme of things this splurge is not that big of a deal...like getting a haircut, it will grow back eventually (hopefully).

 
can you tell i'm still working on justifying this?

 it's going to be my first full-frame sensor, professional-grade camera. luckily i have two very nice lenses that will still work with it, including the 100mm f/2.8 macro i used for many of the shots in this post. my speedlite flash unit will still work, too, and a few other accessories. all in all about $1k worth of equipment that i won't have to replace. my old walking-around lens is an EF-S that won't fit, but it wouldn't perform very well on this camera anyway. the new multipurpose lens, which alone costs over $1k (*faint*), is L-series glass, another thing i've never had a taste of before.

 
are you treating yourself to anything special for xmas this year? and if so, how do you justify it--by googling bruce lee pens, or...?