Should have added a fourth
* Ignore fengwei's posts. He's always got too many interesting things for sale.
Wow.. I juz learnt that there is this LBA virus. As a new K-X user, i was wondering what hit me.. i was really looking at the B&S on a daily basis and got 2 lenses even b4 i got my K-X to play with.
There's juz this urge as a newbie to "get that lens for experiment". But my pocket really cannot make it already. lol. So that's how i'm curbing the urge for the moment but scared leh that once payday come, spend on lenses.. :embrass:
Watch out the b&s forum, I'm gonna list some more things there soon, so I can follow Tim's suggestions: sell some before you buy some
Hahahaha... it's a lens buying and selling Merry-go-around. Fengwei, i think your lenses are super duper good and will definitely buy from you (if the wallet and bank is strong and willing).
I think must form a "circle of lens" group. I buy one, you buy one, and everybody swapped. If spoilt then the spoiler will have to compensate but otherwise all win-win. Can try different lenses and at the same time, no need to spend so much $$$. Which is the whole point of LBA... well, at least for me. ;p
Once you swap and try, then kinda fall in love with it, u end up buying it. lol. :think:
Wah, dun poison him. After getting that lovely F*300 from fengwei, I had to spend another ~$1k (ok, sound like hao lian here) on its support system. Sometimes, the gross lens price is like i said, only gross. Add in a good filter, hood, probably a base plate, support system etc and the costs snow-ballsss!!!!!
Swapping seems to introduce more poison...
Swapping seems to introduce more poison...
In fact, my impulse buy turned out to be the least satisfying, maybe I just need to make an effort to use it more. But in a way that kinda defeats the purpose...Simple cure... don't browse on Forums like Pentax forums and Clubsnap.
Don't read lens reviews...
but those things won't happen at least for me...
A monopod, monopod head and a base plate. Yeah, its astonishing they can add up to near $1k. Struggled for a day then told myself, "aiyah, what the heck! Just get it and it'll serve me a long time ahead". Somehow, I always manage to convince my wife too. Hahaha. Anyway, when I hand-hold the 300mm, its like easily can handshake across half the frame one... But I am "definitely" stopping at 300mm at the moment...$1k on support systems!!! :faint:
But I agree, LBA is part of the fun. I always know that I'm very likely to take a hit once I find that I'm researching very hard on a certain type of lens. And I BBB knowing that the lens will serve me well. Not just lenses, got filters, bags, flash, etc... Feeling good with the new acquisition is part of the experience.
There's this thread in kopitiam where a guy is wondering how to hide his purchases from his gf, so funny.... :bsmilie:
