how much glass is """ENOUGH""
Jun 12, 2013 21:14:33 #
Bit the bullet and bought the 70-200 2.8L glass I have been lusting after. A month after I bought the 10-22 lens I had been wanting.
I think (HOPE) I have ever bit of glass I can reasonably expect to use.
Now. the question.
HOW DO I STOP buying camera glass?
70-200 2.8L
100-400 3.5L
18-200 EFS
28-135 EF
10-22 EFS
100 2.8 EF Macro
professional help?
I think (HOPE) I have ever bit of glass I can reasonably expect to use.
Now. the question.
HOW DO I STOP buying camera glass?
70-200 2.8L
100-400 3.5L
18-200 EFS
28-135 EF
10-22 EFS
100 2.8 EF Macro
professional help?
Jun 12, 2013 21:21:41 #
Jun 12, 2013 21:27:56 #
Hummm..... If you can afford it and actually USE the glass -- go for it. Better lust after glass and satisfy that than things that are more dangerous kinds of fun. Plus, you are treating yourself to some great adventure potential with your arsenal. If you ever feel this is a problem, ping me and I'll invent some 12 step program where I relieve you of the stuff starting with that last L goodie you got.
Enjoy, fella.... but please share pix.
Happy for YOU. :mrgreen:
Yesterday was my first trip to the real B&H store in NYC and I drooled on all the stuff I'd like to have in my kit!
Enjoy, fella.... but please share pix.
Happy for YOU. :mrgreen:
Yesterday was my first trip to the real B&H store in NYC and I drooled on all the stuff I'd like to have in my kit!
Jun 12, 2013 21:41:04 #
traveler90712 wrote:
Move to Jersey, you couldn't afford the taxes.
I live on LI, 900 bucks a month in property tax is quite sufficient!
Jun 12, 2013 21:42:08 #
Jun 12, 2013 21:47:38 #
Jun 12, 2013 22:20:58 #
Bruce buy this lens and that should get rid of GAS (gear acquiring syndrome) for a while. :-D TNmike
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/754508-REG/Canon_5125B002_EF_600mm_f_4L_IS.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/754508-REG/Canon_5125B002_EF_600mm_f_4L_IS.html
Jun 12, 2013 22:54:18 #
I didn't see a Lens Baby. You can't be creative without one. - Dave
Jun 12, 2013 23:02:24 #
Jun 13, 2013 01:49:18 #
Bruce, asking a Photographer if they have enough/too much glass, is like asking Imelda Marcos if she had too many shoes !!
Jun 13, 2013 03:49:07 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
Sorry I don't think I am going to help.
Well that 18-200 might be surplus to requirements.
And in a push you even have the range of the 70-200 covered but not at F/2.8 and it is a very nice lens.
But I don't see an 8-15mm fish, a 50mm F/1.4 or a tilt/shift in there anywhere.
I think you stop buying when you have all the bases covered that you want to cover.
For some that is 1 lens, for others it could easily be 12.
I have 7 or 8 for my 5D2 and still want a couple or 3 more.
I did read on here the other day someone who has 38 or 56 or something like that.
Well that 18-200 might be surplus to requirements.
And in a push you even have the range of the 70-200 covered but not at F/2.8 and it is a very nice lens.
But I don't see an 8-15mm fish, a 50mm F/1.4 or a tilt/shift in there anywhere.
I think you stop buying when you have all the bases covered that you want to cover.
For some that is 1 lens, for others it could easily be 12.
I have 7 or 8 for my 5D2 and still want a couple or 3 more.
I did read on here the other day someone who has 38 or 56 or something like that.
Bruce with a Canon wrote:
Bit the bullet and bought the 70-200 2.8L glass I have been lusting after. A month after I bought the 10-22 lens I had been wanting.
I think (HOPE) I have ever bit of glass I can reasonably expect to use.
Now. the question.
HOW DO I STOP buying camera glass?
70-200 2.8L
100-400 3.5L
18-200 EFS
28-135 EF
10-22 EFS
100 2.8 EF Macro
professional help?
I think (HOPE) I have ever bit of glass I can reasonably expect to use.
Now. the question.
HOW DO I STOP buying camera glass?
70-200 2.8L
100-400 3.5L
18-200 EFS
28-135 EF
10-22 EFS
100 2.8 EF Macro
professional help?
Jun 13, 2013 04:58:03 #
n3eg wrote:
The limit is not how much can you afford, it's how much you can carry.
Thank you for this fresh perspective.
Alas I am "getting older" and my SHERPA like ability to carry gear is waning.
Jun 13, 2013 05:01:05 #
lighthouse wrote:
Sorry I don't think I am going to help. br Well th... (show quote)
Appreciate your comments. I am still toying with the 10-22
a lens I really like. ( COME ONNNNNNNNN Vacation!)
Tilt Shift is of no great interest, although a fish eye might come in to my possession next holiday season.
Jun 13, 2013 05:03:56 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Bruce, asking a Photographer if they have enough/too much glass, is like asking Imelda Marcos if she had too many shoes !!
I see your point, During my stint as a mechanic I never needed professional help in determining if I had enough tools. ( more tools = bigger tool box= more room for more tools etc, ad-nasuem)
I guess I just need a bigger camera bag :)
Jun 13, 2013 05:05:10 #
TNmike wrote:
Bruce buy this lens and that should get rid of GAS (gear acquiring syndrome) for a while. :-D TNmike
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/754508-REG/Canon_5125B002_EF_600mm_f_4L_IS.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/754508-REG/Canon_5125B002_EF_600mm_f_4L_IS.html
YUMMY!!
But If I bought that, I would have to live in it!
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