Your photography investment isn't just the camera and lens!
Keep in mind that your investment in your equipment is not just the camera and lens!
Your camera bag, cleaning kit, laptop, hard drives, printer, mobile phone, various applications and even subscriptions, they all form part of the ecosystem to get your images from the camera’s memory card (film, if you’re into that too) to wherever you want to get them in your photography journey.
Make sure to allocate and account for each of those items too when you cost your purchases and upgrades, and making sure that they are fit for purpose insomuch that they can handle whatever you throw at them.
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