What would you do?
Apr 22, 2023 09:56:55 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Not if you use your Payboo, Jerry. 
Yes, I've often wondered about that. Is there a limit on how much the card would pay?
Apr 22, 2023 09:58:48 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I know this was a joke post, the OP. I wouldn't have seen it until moved to the Main section. My responses drip with sarcasm as one of my favorite UHH windmills turns with another gust of GAS.
I understand the GAS but if someone has gas why doesn't he just buy it. Why make a post asking other UHH members. How can others feel how bad the GAS hits you?
Apr 22, 2023 10:00:23 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I like to buy things, but I do draw a line. I drive a Honda Fit, not a Ferrari. My lenses cost less than any car I've ever bought. I look for used and refurbished first, and I've never been disappointed. If I had more money than I knew what to do with, or I was going to make a lot of money shooting with a $10,000 lens, I might buy one.
The sales tax on that would be $760, and I'd have to think twice about spending even that much on a lens.
The sales tax on that would be $760, and I'd have to think twice about spending even that much on a lens.
A friend of mine drove a Honda Fit and had 3 Ferraris at the same time for weekends!
Apr 22, 2023 10:00:32 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes, I've often wondered about that. Is there a limit on how much the card would pay?
There is a credit limit on the card. I guess that's also the limit for the free tax.
Apr 22, 2023 10:01:47 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I understand the GAS but if someone has gas why doesn't he just buy it. Why make a post asking other UHH members. How can others feel how bad the GAS hits you?
As far as I'm concerned, this forum is as much about socializing as it is about photography. If there were no Internet, people would still buy cameras, but they wouldn't have the variety of interaction we can get here - most of it positive.
Apr 22, 2023 10:02:11 #
BebuLamar wrote:
There is a credit limit on the card. I guess that's also the limit for the free tax.
Ah, right!
My limit is $3,600 x 8% = $288 sales tax.
Apr 22, 2023 10:08:32 #
That is a drop in the bucket compared to this lens I saw yesterday. If you had 2 million dollars, then I bet Leica might make another one?
https://fstoppers.com/gear/leica-1600mm-lens-costs-2-million-dollars-5417
https://fstoppers.com/gear/leica-1600mm-lens-costs-2-million-dollars-5417
Apr 22, 2023 10:20:08 #
Loved this post! I had a 70 to 200 2.8L II USM for when my granddaughter (Gracie) did 7v7 and 9v9. The fields were smaller and the 200mm reach worked fine. Now she's going on 14 and playing 11v11 on the larger fields and I picked up a 100 to 600mm for the reach. However, no way could I afford to get the fast glass of a f2.8 version. Enjoy the memories of watching little Ava play!
Apr 22, 2023 10:21:16 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Should I sell the car? I could get some great shots of 9 year old Ava playing soccer. H-m-m-m-m. AND...Wow...FREE shipping !
LOL
Apr 22, 2023 10:23:55 #
Why not sacrifice the car? You know that you're going to get a new one in a few years, so why not now? The lens is something that you will never sell (You'll probably buy another one when a newer and better lens comes out but you'll never sell the one you just bought, you'll have that one for a lifetime, just like all the others you swore to your wife would be the last you'd ever buy).
Apr 22, 2023 10:24:46 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
CHG_CANON wrote:
And why do you need to add just 100mm to your premium 70-200 f/2.8 zoom you already paid a pretty penny for?
Because it was there . . . .
Stan
Apr 22, 2023 11:24:00 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Should I sell the car? I could get some great shots of 9 year old Ava playing soccer. H-m-m-m-m. AND...Wow...FREE shipping !
Change to 4/3rds for a cheaper same angle of view. Just kidding. You have chosen full frame for your own reasons. Unfortunately it comes with its own set of cons - one being cost.
I suggest selling the car. If you sell the child to get the lens, you have nothing to shoot with the lens!
Apr 22, 2023 11:35:03 #
jerryc41 wrote:
As far as I'm concerned, this forum is as much about socializing as it is about photography. If there were no Internet, people would still buy cameras, but they wouldn't have the variety of interaction we can get here - most of it positive.
Yes! People have the need to let others know what they buy and also the need to have the approval of others. Nobody can stop you buying something but people just want others to say that their purchase is a good idea.
Apr 22, 2023 11:49:57 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes, I've often wondered about that. Is there a limit on how much the card would pay?
I wouldn't think so.
Apr 22, 2023 11:55:52 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I understand the GAS but if someone has gas why doesn't he just buy it. Why make a post asking other UHH members. How can others feel how bad the GAS hits you?
IF I may be serious for a moment Paul, I do love the 70-200. I've got some great shots with it (for me
). Same with the 100-400 and 2x adapter. But the 70-200 is my favorite.
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