Wahhh...How I envy all of u. Juz curious and wanna do a little survey....
Are any of u semi -pros or do freelance work? Although I'm already working, I wouldn't dream anything as big as the 70-200 mm IS even though it's tops. Mainly it's the big $$$. I would only associate pple who own these kind of lenses to be either pros or at least semi-pros or are darn rich. Maybe responses to my question above can dispel the myth I've held so far?
It's interesting cos I once visited Malaysia and NZ and when some of the locals there saw 1 s'porean guy in the tour group using a big white L lens, think it was 100-400L, they thot he was a pro photographer. When told nope, he's just a normal civil servent in s'pore, you should see the locals' expressions. They were like: "Singaporeans are so damn rich!" If you own a mid-range EOS camera, you'd already be quite prominent in laid-back countries, let along a D30 or higher end bodies. I suppose it's a different lifestyle. No matter how high the COEs, you still see lots of brand new Mercs and BMWs on the roads. Amazing.
Or are any of u so passionate abt photography that spending this amount of money is justified above other else? Is photography yor main hobby/interest?
