Just out of curiosity, what is RG?
> >
> > 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
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