{"id":1440,"date":"2022-06-01T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T12:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=1440"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:13:57","slug":"serious-photography-on-the-cheap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/serious-photography-on-the-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious photography on the cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GX7-web-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"Panasonic GX7 front\" class=\"wp-image-1496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GX7-web-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GX7-web-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GX7-web-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GX7-web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photography has never been a cheap hobby.  And now a contracting market has forced manufacturers to increase prices and move upmarket in search of profit. For many people state of the art new equipment is out of reach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This occasional series looking at low cost gear offers an antidote. The used market, budget and older \u201cobsolete\u201d models can offer astonishing quality and value for money. Low priced equipment doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean poor quality photographs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick look reviews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2556 review type-review status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry review_category-cheap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/review\/adapting-old-film-lenses-to-micro-4-3-cameras-using-shift-adaptors\/\" target=\"_self\" >Adapting old film lenses to micro 4\/3 cameras using shift adaptors<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1535 review type-review status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry review_category-cheap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/review\/medium-format-on-the-cheap-with-the-rhinocam-vertex-rotary-stitch-adaptor\/\" target=\"_self\" >Medium format on the cheap with the Rhinocam Vertex rotary stitch adaptor<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1494 review type-review status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry review_category-cheap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/review\/serious-photography-on-the-cheap-panasonic-lumix-gx7-from-119\/\" target=\"_self\" >Serious photography on the cheap &#8211; Panasonic Lumix GX7 (from \u00a3119)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photography has never been a cheap hobby. And now a contracting market has forced manufacturers to increase prices and move upmarket in search of profit. For many people state of the art new equipment is out of reach. This occasional series looking at low cost gear offers an antidote. The used market, budget and older [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5851,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1440","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5901,"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1440\/revisions\/5901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisperingcat.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}