Pay Yourself for Each Shot
Sounds crazy, right? Bear with me …
I have been spending a lot of time in a few Nikon groups over at Flickr (take a look at my profile and you can see all of the groups that I have joined so far). I have picked up a few things here and there, especially in one of the groups dedicated to the D80.
One thing that caught my attention was the notion that all shutters have a lifespan. This was something that I had not previously considered. With a little digging, I found out that the D80′s shutter is tested by Nikon up to 50,000 clicks. What surprised me was that when I looked at the last few shots that I had taken, the last one was shot number 8,085!! I have only had the camera for a five months!!
Something else that struck me in this discussion, was the suggestion that people put a penny in a jar for every shot that they take, so that they are prepared for their next camera purchase/upgrade. While this would have only netted me $80.85 to date, I really like the idea.
I decided to up the ante, so to speak, for myself and “pay” myself a dime for every click that I make. This should provide a nice little pot for an upgrade to a much nicer Nikon one of these days (and maybe a really fast Nikkor lens while I am at it).
I have already started a spreadsheet to track my usage and I have already put away a whopping $27.30 so far. D3, here I come !!!
