Advice Needed: System Upgrade Newbie
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If you enjoy the equipment you buy and don't sell it away, it does not depreciate at all !!
forward said:I won't want to spend $6.0K and find that the value of the equipment would drop by 70% in two three years time.
When I am really serious of enjoying photography for a long time to come I will make sure I can go deeper into the art of photography (both digital and film).
Through findings though not confirmed sales of chemicals and photographic papers had risen during the past twelve months thus showing a good sign that many digital photographs had turned serious after dumping thousands of dollars into digital stuff. To be a rounded photographer many newbies chase the blues and landed on Mars with an exclusive enlarger fitted with a Rodagon Rodernstock lens.
Here is my humble suggestion for those who had been running wild regarding upgrade but still on the bink of learning enough photography to start swimming in the wet process and feeling the burst of tones coming out of the photographic paper.
1. 1pc flat-bed Toyoview/Horeman/Wiser 4x5 camera with two pieces of 4x5 film holder - $3.7K
2. 1pc Panasonic FZ20 - $920.00
3. 3pcs 512MB SD card for the FZ20 - $250.00
4. 1pc Manfrotto 055 Pro with 410 GearHead $320.00
5. 1pc Metz MZ-1 Flash unit (GN32) - $180.00
6. 1pc Sekonic 558 Dualmaster meter - $500.00
7. 1pc LowePro Mini Treker (Camera Bag) - $130.00
8. 1pc UV Filter for FZ20 - $70.00
Total: Less than $6.1K
Note: Even when the FZ20 is coming to to grief in three or four years time, you still have the rest of the equipment rock solid for you to enjoy photography. By that time in 2008, you will find your analog equipment priceless and you may be proud to bring it to the Olympics in Beijing.
Just my thoughts, no flaming please.
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in photography, the hill is a curve - Arnaud Claass
quekky said:
according to the spec sheets from sigma, 500 Super does allow wireless triggering of flash. but, i've not seen someone do it b4 and i dunno wat trigger u need to do it. mebbe witness can explain also?
I personally feel that depreciation should the the least concern when you wish to pursue photography as a passion.
It is true that, economically, anything and everything depreciates after a period of usage. But for the case of good camera lense, you get back more value in the form of stunning pictures.
If you are serious about photography, always go for the best or the worst -> nothing in between. Why? By buying and selling lense in between the journey to the 'top' range of lense, you will realize you have 'lost' alot of money in between. (You may even realize you could have already bought the top-of-the-line lense a few years back!).
Broke? -> Save loh. Stick to your current lense and save for the best.
Depreciation should be far from your list of concerns. Once you get the best, you may never need to sell it. Quality should always be your be the deciding factor.
It is true that, economically, anything and everything depreciates after a period of usage. But for the case of good camera lense, you get back more value in the form of stunning pictures.
If you are serious about photography, always go for the best or the worst -> nothing in between. Why? By buying and selling lense in between the journey to the 'top' range of lense, you will realize you have 'lost' alot of money in between. (You may even realize you could have already bought the top-of-the-line lense a few years back!).
Broke? -> Save loh. Stick to your current lense and save for the best.
Depreciation should be far from your list of concerns. Once you get the best, you may never need to sell it. Quality should always be your be the deciding factor.
ej26 said:
To my best of knowledge, there are 3 types of 80-200 produced.
AF 80-200 one touch
AF 80-200 two touch
AF-S 80-200
One touch is the very old one, stopped production already, the zoom and focusing is on one standard ring. VERY heavy.
Two touch is the one still in production. Focusing and zoom are on two seperate rings.
AF-S 80-200 is the two touch, but with SWM (Silent Wave Motor).
I understand that each step up to the AF-S 80-200, the flare control has improved significantly, even up to the 70-200 VR.
All these are good lenses, worth getting, personally would opt for the two-touch or the AF-S 80-200/70-200VR.
Hope it helps.
Heavy? I don't find any of them heavy, apart from the one-touch 80-200. Now that's heavy. The build of the lenses doesn't make it heavy, it makes the holding and shooting firm with the weight.
Oh yeah, having to lug a 300 f/2.8 on a D1H for some distance/walk before, yes, that's heavy, but totally different story... :bsmilie:
Let's say it's a properly balanced system. You'll appreicate the weight once you start shooting with a 70-300G as opposed to a 70/80-200. Boy, do I love the weight of the 70/80-200.
Oh yeah, having to lug a 300 f/2.8 on a D1H for some distance/walk before, yes, that's heavy, but totally different story... :bsmilie:
Let's say it's a properly balanced system. You'll appreicate the weight once you start shooting with a 70-300G as opposed to a 70/80-200. Boy, do I love the weight of the 70/80-200.
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