BEST FRIENDS
Here’s a little experiment for you. To work out whether or not something is good value, divide the price you paid for it by the number of times you use it.
Take these shoes for example. They are my all time favourites. They cost me an absolute fortune at Trickers of Jermyn Street in London. Proper English brogues. Beautiful handmade specimens. The most expensive shoes I have ever purchased. BUT…I bought them well over twenty years ago, and still wear them all year round. They have been all over the world with me. Wandered the streets of many a city, hiked up mountains, stayed warm, dry and supremely comfortable in rain, sleet and snow. They will, almost certainly last longer than I will…so, the most expensive shoes I’ve ever bought are, if you apply the above equation, also the cheapest! They cost me less than a penny every time I put them on and are amongst my best friends.
Now apply this to, for example your camera equipment, your kitchen appliances, your computer gadgetry…interesting?
I’m not sure exactly what the photographic equivalent of Tricker’s brogues is these days, I suspect most of todays digital cameras are mere flip-flops compared to the days of Hasselblads and their like, but, if I ever find it, I’ll let you know.
