Time flies! It’s been just over a year since I bought the D300, and I thought it’d be fun to do a short post on what’s happened to it over the first year I’ve owned and used it.:)
Cost $2,450 then. Now it’s $2,150. Not too bad price depreciation – whew!
Had my first dust bunny in one month, but fortunately Ling could make time to send it to Nikon Service Center for cleaning.
Bought six new lenses for it, and in addition to my venerable 70-210mm f4-5.6, that’s seven lenses.
Bought a Manfrotto CF tripod and a Manfrotto monopod.
Used the 18-55mm lens more than any other lens (no surprises there). Next lens was the Sigma 10-20mm.
Bought nine filters.
Bought two Tamrac Adventure bags and one Lowepro bag.
Bought nine photographic items from eBay.
Bought the MB-D10 vertical grip for it.
Finished two Blurb photobooks.
Frame counter on the D300: 10,857.
Went on trips in Bali, Phuket and San Francisco.
Went on two fireworks shoots.
Hasn’t been dropped (yet). Whew.:)
Bookmarked 12 camera equipment and photography sites that I check every other day.
Total expenditure $7,747.00 in total on camera equipment. I’m still thinking of a just one or two more peripheral items (no not the 70-200mm f2.8 LOL). E.g. a light tent. But these are comparatively low cost items, so no the second year’s expenditure isn’t going to be anywhere like last year’s – thankfully! :)
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