Freddy wants to know if he's going to get rainbows and unicorns if he spends five times as much on his next monolight flash. There are reasons to hand over the platinum card, but they may not be what you think.

Next up, Molly's friend is selling a used dSLR and some of the potential buyers are asking about it's shutter actuation count. Is that really something to think about?

Paul C. Buff

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