Feb 23, 2015, 10:20
!! I covet that 200-400.... and have an unhealthy envy of one of my fav photographers for having been GIVEN one by Canon!! ( I hope Any Rouse reads this and chucks it my way when Nikon entice him back!)
I had my Mk l 70-200L IS serviced... it was two years old and was my go to... that was a little over 200 bucks... sold it for 1600 and bought the Mk ll for 2100... I will do the same with my Mk l 100-400L IS... and buy the Mk ll. It's a good way of upgrading relatively painlessly (and within (possibly massaged/creative) budgets... if you don't tell of the initial costs and depreciation.... "look honey, a new lens for 600 bucks... it's well within the budget? ) I too hope she doesn't read this and have contacts in Calgary with Italian or Russian accents!
But, it's all good... When I look at the cost of my stuff... I take comfort from the fact that others I know over the same period have blown (literally) a similar amount away in cigarette smoke with consequentially reduced lifespans... I still have my health and my stuff and possibly a little fitter from lugging it around...
Have a great day and I hope all works out the way you want it to.
Kind regards
Rolf
I had my Mk l 70-200L IS serviced... it was two years old and was my go to... that was a little over 200 bucks... sold it for 1600 and bought the Mk ll for 2100... I will do the same with my Mk l 100-400L IS... and buy the Mk ll. It's a good way of upgrading relatively painlessly (and within (possibly massaged/creative) budgets... if you don't tell of the initial costs and depreciation.... "look honey, a new lens for 600 bucks... it's well within the budget? ) I too hope she doesn't read this and have contacts in Calgary with Italian or Russian accents!
But, it's all good... When I look at the cost of my stuff... I take comfort from the fact that others I know over the same period have blown (literally) a similar amount away in cigarette smoke with consequentially reduced lifespans... I still have my health and my stuff and possibly a little fitter from lugging it around...
Have a great day and I hope all works out the way you want it to.
Kind regards
Rolf
In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little human detail can become a leitmotiv.
—Henri Cartier-Bresson