Ok! I am here almost eight months now and today I am really happy and excited to show you what those months have brought me...
Ta daaaa!!
A dream came true yesterday, as I ordered my first camera with Steem (well, euros, but they came from Steem money)!
So, how it feels to know that with zeros and units you can actually buy real stuff like my new girl? Awesome!! I have wanted to get my hands on a piece like this for years, but never done so because I could not afford it or even if I could, I'd rather spend that 500-600 euros on something I needed more (save for a car, for example). But then Steemit came into my life (well, first it was the man who introduced me to it and pushed me to try - Thank you!) and then came the rewards and a great pump in Steem price, which felt like the best time to withdraw some coins and finally get the camera I wanted but never managed to get with "real" money.
For the ones who want to know more about what I bought
The camera is a DSLR Nikon D3400. It came with two lenses (18-55 and 55-200), a tripod and a bag and the whole kit costed 550 euros. It was a great deal, since I was quick to get it, I ordered it and the next day the price had risen another 100 euros. The only downside was that they had no available items at the shop where I ordered it and had to wait like more than 2 weeks to get it, but hey... it's finally here!
I cannot express my gratitude to the platform for making a difference in my life! I know, this is an extra "toy" I could live without. But if Steemit brought me this unnecessary thing, imagine what wonders it can work with people in developing countries where 1 Steem could buy a day's, if not a week's lunch!
Once again, Thank you Steemit and thanks to all of you who have helped me making a dream come true!
I am @ruth-girl's fat cat and I thank you too!! Meow!
You deserve this 100 %. You poured your soul and time to make this place better.
Thank you!! You know it's partly your fault :P
Your posts are routinely great so you deserve that camera. Enjoy it and post some nice photos when you can.
Thank you @tking77798!! I really wanted to get it!
You know what I said to myself after buying it? Even if cryptos fail and worth almost nothing at least I'll have my camera :P
Nice. Happy for your success! Nikon D3400 is exactly the camera I am thinking about buying myself. Hope you like your camera. Perhaps a little present is warranted after the recent Steem jump:)
Thank you!!! You have a share on this present, as many more in here do!
Well, it is not bad to reward yourself for the good job you're doing, I believe you should take advantage of the pump and spoil yourself a bit...
Decentralize everything. Fellow dolphin warrior.
decentralize sex too!
Exactly how do you do THAT xD xD
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!!! :D
Καλορίζικη!!!
Τώρα περιμένουμε εντυπωσιακότερες λήψεις!
Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!! Έχω να τραβήξω πολύ πράγμα τώρα!! :Ρ
Way to go! I've actually used my steemit profits on a project of my own- can't give out any details just yet, but it's super exciting. Feels really good, too.
I will tell everyone about it !
Farting noises.
Thank you!! Now you got me intrigued of what it could be... Will you post about it once it's ready?
Definitely, though it may be a while before its done!
I'm a Canon person. I wanted to flag you but I upvoted accidentally by habit.
To be honest, I got my first Canon DSRL (years ago) cos it could shoot better video, but the debate about which brand can shoot better photos is still on, and probably Nikon is better at that, so if you're mostly interested in photos then you chose wisely. Also, the kit looks like a sweet deal, I thought from the pic that you purchased all those items separately and the price was just for the camera!
So enjoy your purchase, start posting some of your pics here, and don't fat-shame your cat, he/she looks perfectly fine to me!
I am a photography-person, that's why I went with Nikon.
Flag me huh? Where is the tolerance to difference? :P Haha, just kidding...
Thank you very much @alexander.alexis! As for the cat, she has become double in size ever since we took her in. Don't let the shot fool you...
Well, somebody's feeding her too many cookies then!
Congratulations, I own a Nikon DSLR too but a D3300. The camera is awesome, maybe I'd consider buying a tripod stand as a serious photographer which I planned to be :)
Thank you!! If you do buy one, just make sure it's well-balanced and steady. I heard about people's cameras getting crashed from tripods that were blown away. I know I'm not leaving my new baby on it unattended! ;)
That is my worst fear; I always carry mine with straps on as a safeguard just on the off chance it fell off my hand. Now that you mentioned this I'd be more careful with the tripod.
Συγχαρητηρια . Την αξιζεις περα για περα.
Και γω αυτη πηρα πριν κανα δυο βδομαδες. Ακομα μαθαινω τα κουμπακια.
Απο περιεργεια. Μεσα στο πακετο ειχε ενα σαν σκουφο-κασκολ ???
Ευχαριστώ πολύ!! Η αλήθεια είναι το σκεφτόμουν σοβαρά να μην την πάρω, αλλά μετά λέω ,δε βαριέσαι, αν δεν το κάνω τώρα δεν θα το κάνω ποτέ. Κι είναι απίστευτο το συναίσθημα να ξέρεις ότι όλο αυτό έγινε χάρη στο steemit, κάτι που πολλοί εκ πρώτης όψεως το κατακρίνουν...
Είχε το σκούφο που βρωμάει πετρέλαιο :Ρ
Θα αλλαξουν γνωμη μολις δουν την καμερα και μαθουν πως την πηρες. ;)
Μπορει καποιος να μου εξηγησει με ποια λογικη βαλαν ενα σκουφο δωρεαν μεσα σε πακετο καμερας ??? Τεσπαααα
Καλες ληψεις . :)
Κι εγώ αυτό σκεφτόμουν, χάθηκε να έχουν κανένα t-shirt?
Ευχαριστώ... επίσης!! :)
@ruth-girl, @iliasdiamantis 🕵️ παρακολουθώ με ενδιαφέρον την ιστορία του σκούφου και μέχρι προχθές απορούσα κι εγώ, παρόλο που ήξερα θεωρητικά την απάντηση! 😎
Τώρα όμως την έχω βιωματική οπότε την μοιράζομαι... Στη νυχτερινή φωτογράφιση είναι σημαντικό να είσαι ζεστός λόγω του ότι κάθεσαι ώρες στο κρύο, οπότε σκούφος και γάντια είναι απαραίτητα. Στην photo που ποστάρω από τη φωτογράφιση του προχθεσινού supermoon, έχω δύο amateurs και έναν επαγγελματία, που έχει λάβει τα μέτρα του (κασκόλ - καπέλο) παρά τον καλό καιρό της προχθεσινής ημέρας... είκοσι λεπτά μετά τη δύση του ηλίου το κρύο ήταν αρκετά έντονο, πόσο μάλλον αν καθόμασταν μέχρι αργά το βράδυ! Φανταστείτε πόσο χρήσιμος είναι λοιπόν σε πιο κρύες χώρες!
Φορέστε το σκούφο σας λοιπόν και let's shoot!
Άρα το σκουφί χρησιμεύει απλά ως... σκουφί! :P
Πρέπει να περάσατε ωραία στην πανσέληνο! Πόσο ζηλεύω! Δούλευα την ώρα που έβγαινε και την έχασα :(
Ευχαριστώ για το σχόλιο Βασίλη!! :)
όχι μόνο ήταν ωραία αλλά με τη βοήθεια του φωτογράφου έβγαλα και μία τέλεια photo που είμαι πολύ περήφανος!...will be on my next post soon!
Good use of your earnings :) A better camera is always a good investment. Have a look at Adobe Lightroom for basic image editing and colour correction- it looks complicated but its pretty simple.
Oh thanks for the advice! :)
I have to read the camera manual first... boring, boring, boring
Then, I'll start expperimenting with editing :D
Welcome to my family!!!
Nikon rulez :p
If you want any tip just ask.
Thanks!!!!
I will! First I need to go through the manual... this weekend has a lot of studying ;)
yeees! i am so happy for you and i think you well deserve this. You started out of 0 and build this success around you! also except the fact that you work hard for your posts you also work hard for the community and growth of it so once again congrats !
Thank you @filotasriza3!! Your encouragement means a lot! :)
Congratulations for this great tool of observing and conserving the events of your life!
I am happy for you as I know how that feels to have made a purchase through cryptocurrency:-) And even if I wouldn't I would be encouraged as some one who stumbles over your post and think to myself: Could this be true! If it is true for her, it could also be true for me.
What this currency can mean for people elsewhere I cannot imagine. But I hope that money can buy what is needed the most.
Thank you so much!! I know you can understand exactly how I feel, 'cause you got your first crypto-purchase a few days ago!!
I like that line:
Wow... This is so cool. Steemit is a wonderful platform. Thank God i am opportune to join this community.
I know! Isn't it?
Thanks for reading
I am so happy for you and I can feel what you feel right now is a beautiful feeling when you buy somthing by your own effort, Steemit platform give us the opportunity to improve our material life and educational aspect too because we benefit from us and we help each other here like a brothers , So thank you steemit.
Thank you!! I hope you get to feel the excitement I did soon!
Thank you so much, I hope that😍😍
Congratulations @ruth-girl... You can now freeze every beautiful moment into beautiful photographs Now.
Thank you!! I was looking forward to it! :)
You're welcome...
Hahahah your fat cat is just suuuuper enthusiasticly waiting until your new camera will give him a snap :D
Congrats on the milestone where letters turned into a physical reward!
Thank you so very much! It is an amazing feeling to get a real camera with crypto-money! Something that many of my friends still find strange...
People really dont understand it, Im noticing that as well..
'So why are you blogging then??'
'I like to write and I get cash out of it'
'Really?? Do you have a publisher or so??'
'nehh, its online and I get payed in crypto'
'oke..sure...oke...cool'
...they walk away...
Yeah, just like that.
Oh! And there are some who think it's a scam and I 'm trying to get them into something illegal or make them give money or whatever... The open-minded will follow, the rest may keep up with their lives
Enjoy your new camera!!!We are waiting new beautiful shots!!!
Thank you @anna!! :)
Δηλαδή θα αφήσεις τα άρθρα και θα το ρίξεις στις φωτογραφίες τώρα; χαχα Καλορίζικη!!!
Όχι βρε!! Εννοείται πως το γράψιμο δεν σταματά! Ευχαριστώ! :)
Congratulations Ruth! From what I see, you have worked way too hard and you deserve to spoil yourself!!!! I look up to you! For real ;)
Thank you @tkappa! I must say I have sweated my ass for this and I intend to work harder. This is just a spirit-booster!! :)
Congrats @ruth-girl on Nikon D3400
its awesome . . .. you will love it
Thank you!
Congrats!
Nikon D3400 is an excellent camera. The picture quality is unmatchable in this price range.
Thank you!!
It is a best seller for noobs :)
I hope you enjoy it as much as possible @ruth-girl .In fact,I had the same camera but decided to give it to my gf as I knew she would take a better care of it.It is a great camera and very easy to use but in case you face any problems here is a video that really helped me a lot in the beginning.
Ooooh! Thank you!
I'll bookmark the video straight away and watch it tonight ;)
Congratulations, @ruth-girl. So nice to know that from steemit, your dreams came true.
Thank you!!
Cool... Soon I buy too new camera, and I use steem for this :)
I hope you get more things soon :)
Thank you!! I hope you can get more than a camera with your steem! :)
Thank you!! And I try :) I see we all try :)
The camera can be considered an investment too. There are people here who just post photos and do really well. I hope to drop a few hundred on a decent camera this year so I can stop using my phone.
From that point of view, yes, it is an investment!
I hope you get one soon! Thank you for reading! :)
Now save some more so that you can get Canon 80D or its successor at that time in future. Not saying that this one isn't good, but you should have a target to achieve & that camera is the best for video & one of the better choices for pics.
Very good idea at the end with your cat, brought a smile to everyone's face.
Oh yes! This is my first! If I get any good and want to keep doing it I will go for something better!!
Thank you for reading!
That's what steemit is about right?To grow.And you did.
So these are the fruits of your efforts..Nice piece you bought there.Hope to take very nice pics to share with us. Steem on @ruth-girl
Growing, right! Investing time and grey matter rewards you by having fun with benefits!
Thank you for reading!
Αλιμονο να μην το διαβαζα.Διαβαζω ολα τα ελληνικα ποστ.Μπορει να μη σε ξερω προσωπικα(που ξερεις ισως σε καποιο meeting να βρεθουμε) αλλα πανω απ ολα στο μυαλο μου ειναι να στηριζει ο ενας τον αλλο..
ετσι μεγαλωνουμε ολοι...
Την καλημερα μου
He he! Congrats, @Ruth-girl! Though the cat seems that she wasn't getting anything from the "cake"... Maybe a new toy?
The cat is on a diet, no toys for her until she loses a few pounds :P
Thanks for reading!
WOW congratulations!!! First @mobbs now you!! SteemSTEM FTW!!!
Haha! We are working hard and from time time it's good to get a "cookie" for that :P
Thank you!!! :)
Haha true that!! A cookie never hurt nodody xD xD
;)
Love the inspiration you give and the possibilities and profit with steem!
Congratulations on the camera!
Thank you!! :)
This is inspirational, you said you have been herw 8 months, its my eight day here. Thanks to your new camera, i can see the light at the other side of the tunnel. I just have to put in more work and i will maybe be able afford my self a toy :) . Thanks for this inspirational posts. I hope you will capture your experiences for us to see
When I first joined last summer, I saw a post of a user thanking the platform for helping her buy a car (it was a second-hand, but still A CAR).
So imagine what it feels like being in this positiin right now!
I hope you get to taste the miracle of steemit. Just remember, it takes time, persistence and good work. Spamming and plagiarising will only do you harm. Take for example a few other comments under this post ;)
Steem on! Thank you for reading! :)
Good post @ruth-girl
Thanks!
congratulation .. and best wishes for you an your camera @ruth-girl
thanks
Wooow! its Amazing dear keep it up its all due to your hard work and good communication with this family i follow you
Thank you!
Wow dear congratulation many best wishes
Thanks
Congratulations @ ruth-girl ,,, hope its achievement success always. Hopefully my hope is also achieved in this steemit
Thank you!
avote my posting
It doesn't work that way...
It's really great to hear and nice feelings that you got something because of steemit. I am not here for money i am here to increase my followers, Can you help me out? I am traveling Queen...
It's my 4th day on steemit please help me to grow here i am traveling Queen.
A GUIDE TO VISITING BANFF NATIONAL PARK IN WINTER Part #4
Thank you for taking the time to read!
Just some friendly advice, it is not polite to spam your posts in other people's comments threads, unless of course a post asks to :)
All the best, enjoy your steemit experience and learn how the plaform works one step at a time.
Oh... is it spam? i just wanted to make my fans here, How can i increase my fans?
Just engage and comment on things you like. If you are giving good content in your posts the rest will... follow ;)
Alright friend, Is not it good content? I am not english girl but i am good at english ...!
wow that is amazing i am here for like very short time and i expect to gat the same hope for god
Thanks
Wow cool camera, nice one! I hope I cash out like that too
Thank you!
It is a very cool platform. :)
Of course it is!
I really want to be able to realize my dream, just as you can achieve it @ruth_girl
Ι hope you will soon @fikar22! :)
Yes, please help me if there is time @ruth-girl
Congratulations my friend @ruth-girl. Indeed, am happy for you, your efforts here on steemit can never be quantified, I could remember your first comment on my blog about copyright image issue which I have looked into. No doubt, you will use your camera to promote steemit. How i wish I also get one. Keep on steeming friend.
Thank you so much for you comment! It is hard work paying off and I really needed to make that dream come true, now thanks to steemit I made it!!
As for that comment, it was just to be on the safe side. I remember how I felt when I received such comments from older users in my first posts and then I tried to do things right :P
Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ! Να 'σαι καλά!