Backing out of car purchase

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[quote=sphelps;727231]Lets not compare mechanics with photographers.... Ones a trade the other is nothing more than a hobby these days. Professional photography died with the release of digital SLRs.

Sorry but I personally think anyone can get lucky and come up with a few high quality photos with any camera. People pay professionals to document the whole day and produce over 1000 high quality photos. 50% of a wedding day is typically spent in dim lighting conditions and that requires at the very least a full frame camera with good high ISO performance and fast glass; 2.8 or faster.

I agree with the release of Digital cameras, I used to shoot Pro for 12 years, then decided to change profession, how many digital photographers out there can use a full manual camera, and then wait 1 week waiting for their film to get developed at a Pro Lab. I still own my Hasselblad medium format cameras, and I used to shoot a 4 location wedding with 2-3 Pro packs of VPS 120 film, (which is 120 to 180 shots). I have switch to Digital, a number of years ago. 2 - Nikon D200's (for use in my underwater camera housing), Nikon D700, and Nikon D800 (thinking about buying a new underwater housing for the D800 now)

I still shoot for friends and people I know only as a referral. Even with a digital camera, I still shoot only 250- 350 images for the whole day. When you are used to being a film photographer, you are more selective at what you shoot.

Fast Glass is great, in low light, but remember your depth of field is very shallow. So you have to bump your ISO up, in order to get you subject in focus.

Getting but to the OP and cars, its not the purchase of the car, it's the maintenance, my friend purchased a basic Toyota Echo, with free oil changes, every time he went in for a oil change, he ended paying for other thing, here's a good one, you need to have your calipers greased, also your brakes feel spongy, we need to bleed your brakes.