Chip Louie wrote: 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------\ Hi Chip, I understand but I think this is where our philosophy differs. If I like a lens I buy it and use it whether it is Canon, Sigma, Tamron, etc. For me, if I need a lens and cannot afford the Canon version but can afford the Sigma or Tamron I buy it providing it is of equal optical quality. This is what I did when buying the SIGMA 70-200mm F2.8 EX HSM. I do not think about resale, but that is me. For me its getting the image now and not later. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
