Photography == Money pit

Diddlbiker discovers that the more money you pour into your photography gear, the more you'll need. The never ending spiral of more! more! better! faster! bigger! seems to be feeding on the stuff that you throw in it, and as the Monster is getting bigger, so does its appetite.

When recently going through some pictures, I discovered how much better RAW is than JPEG. One would think that the difference wouldn't be that big, and if only Rawshooter would handle JPEG as well and everything, but the pictures in Rawshooter really do come out better than the JPEG's straight from the camera - at least the ones that need some post processing, since there is a lot more room (bits) to play with. When the light is good, the problem isn't that big, but in bad light, when a lot of curving and levelling is needed, RAW is sooo much better.
So, where does the money pit part come into this story? Well, there is of course a price to be paid for all that RAW goodness. I wasn't shooting the Five borough tour in JPEG just for the hell of it - 8MB per RAW picture versus 2MB per JPEG means that you can fit a lot more on your memory card! "So? Get a bigger memory card!", and there is the money pit part. I also need a sensor cleaner, but that is an entirely different story...