I had a friend who was going to Christmas Island once tell me one lens was $5000 he was just buying for the trip.
I guess you could spend $5000 to $10,000 real fast on a good digital SLR system today.
I have not really gotten into it but see how cool it can be though.
Andy Guibord at the shop has a Canon 20D with lens, Photoshop for PC and an good Epson 11x17 ink-jet printer. He is putting out some interesting stuff.
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