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(Painfully) Funny Look At The Realities Of Being A New DSLR Owner

Oct 28, 2014 by Tiffany Mueller 19 Comments

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expectation1Remember getting your first DSLR and all the grand illusions that came with it? Before you even bought the camera you were probably thinking about the illustrious career as a professional photographer your purchase of prosumer camera somehow magically entitled you to. Those were good old days, when naivety was still sorta blissful. Heck, they’re still good once you realize how much fun it is to look back on those experiences and laugh at our newbie selves.

Expectation vs Reality: Buying Your First DSLR

In Kai’s latest installment over on DRTV, he brings us back to those days, one hilarious reality after another….

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Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: camera buying guide, dslr, humor, kai

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About Tiffany Mueller

Tiffany Mueller is a photographer based in Hawi, Hawaii. You can follow her Twitter here and her personal life here.

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