Ah, the sound of logic. I looked at my 645 lenses that get used once every Preston Guild (look it up) the other day and was thinking about selling them, but then I again, I might buy a 645D which I will never be able to afford, but then again I might…..
We are driven by our emotions and at times I wish I wasn't. I have an M 85mm f/2 which go on eBay now for about 3 times what I paid for it, and I never use it, but can't bring myself around to selling it. Peter On 11 Oct 2012, at 19:48, Boris Liberman wrote: > 2 - sell it and buy something you'd use more often. > > > Sent with AquaMail for Android > http://www.aqua-mail.com > > > On October 11, 2012 8:08:29 PM John Celio <[email protected]> > wrote: >> So I've got this SMC K 500mm f4.5 lens that I use roughly twice a >> year. Most years, I would lug it over to San Francisco to shoot the >> Fleet Week airshow. Last year I shot the airshow with my M* 300, >> because I figured the K-5 has enough resolution now that I could crop >> to make up for the shorter focal length. This year I shot with the 500 >> again. >> >> It turns out the 300mm is quite a bit better for this. It's a lot >> sharper than the 500, has less purple fringing on highlights, weighs a >> lot less and is quite a bit smaller. >> >> I'm beginning to think I don't really need this lens. The only other >> things I've used the 500 for is shooting the moon and the (very >> infrequent) bird shot. I have come up with three courses of action I >> could take, and I'm hoping you guys can help me decide. >> >> 1. Find a company that can clean the lens inside & out, to see if that >> improves sharpness. >> - I kinda doubt this would help much, plus it would be super >> expensive to ship such a big & heavy lens. >> >> 2. Sell or trade it for something I'd use more often. >> - Maybe I could afford a used DA 12-24mm or something else more useful. >> >> 3. Keep it "just in case." >> >> My packrat tendencies are making me lean towards #3, but I'm really >> conflicted about this. What would you do? >> >> Thanks, >> John >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
