> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kotsinadelis, > Peter (Peter) > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [inbox] EOS when you buy a Sigma... > > > Chip Louie wrote: > > Hi Bud, > > It's amazing that for Sigma buyers this is news. Go back five or six > years and read my old list messages, I've been saying this for a long > time. For a person that is in it for the long haul value and > reliability is more important than initial cost. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > Chip, > > With all due respect, 2 things. First, people may not have as large a > budget as you have. > Secondly, what Canon lenses are you using that are more than 10 years > old? > > Peter K > >
Hi Peter, I don't have a large budget for equipment, I'm very tight on money and only buy when I must have it for a shoot or if the lens or equipment in question offers an irresistible price that I know I can recover 100% after I use it. I look very long and very hard for the best prices on the used lenses and camera bodies I've bought, of this you can be sure. Nobody is as patient as I am when looking for a lens or body at a good price. But I'm a working photographer with other income streams so I have to justify the costs over long periods of time so I buy high value items that are likely o meet my needs for a long time and retain their value. Of course I suggest that people do the same even if they don't get paid to shoot, it just makes sense to me to find the best possible deal on the highest value equipment. I'm really pretty cheap but recognize the very high importance of total cost of ownership. This is how I've come to own so much good camera equipment over time. When I took a look at the production codes of the lenses I own I realized that I have a few older lenses in the bag and on the shelf. I have these older lenses: EF 15 2.8 fisheye, EF 20 2.8USM, EF 50 1.8 series I, EF 50 1.4USM, EF 28-70 2.8L, EF 28-105 3.5-4.5USM series I, EF 70-210 3.5-4.5, and an original EF 300 2.8L. All of my other lenses are somewhere between two and eight years old. My newest lens, an EF 70-200 2.8L IS, was purchased new from B&H a year and a half ago. Most of my older lenses were purchased used from camera swap meets, the good people on RG's and FM's sites with a few purchased through eBay. Most have worked fine on EOS 5/QD, 1, 1n, 1n/RS, D60, 10D, 20D, 1D and EOS 1Ds bodies. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
