A trust fund of lenses sounds the way to go. I wish my grandparents had the foresight!
But imagine this. The wee Grace turns 16 and shows a keen photographic eye. As such you give her the key to a safety deposit box in some downtown bank, to which she opens it to find an an A15 3.5, an F 28 2.8, a shift 28 3.5, an F 50 1.4, an F 50 2.8 macro, an A 85 1.4, a 135 2.5, and some other stuff- say a black ME Super, an MZ-s, and an ist D (now that we're at ist DX mkII). A week later you ask if she's taken any pics, to which she tells you that she scored a massive deal downtown on the day she withdrew her birthday equipment. She tells you some sucker offered to pay 2500 for the lot of 'obsolete' equipment, and shows you her 20D and a 70-200 2.8L IS. "Pops! Don't tell anyone, but I tried flirting with the guy, and managed to even get a free SLIK tripod!!" ;-) Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Loveday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Grandpa Stenquist > > So you're now tasked with spoiling the wee Grace with fast food, outings > to > > the fairground, parental subversion and toys. And the definition of > > 'toys' -isn't- the one we use on the list. ;-) > > I dunno, I figure that you really have the obligation to start building a > 'trust fund' of lenses for her. Of course, you'll have to take care of them > until she comes of age, but these are the sacrifices you must become used to > making as a grandparent, after all :) > > Love, Light and Peace, > - Peter Loveday > Director of Development, eyeon Software > >
