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Just bought it! I'm really excited to have it as a counterpart to my 40D, so I won't always have to lug my DSLR everywhere I go.
Hey jaydub! Congrats on the purchase..... I'm considering the same cam as a smaller alternative to my 50D. What do you think of the pics so far? Are you getting better than P&S results as far as DOF and quality?
Still loving the MP btw! Definitely my best purchase in a long time!
GotMyOrangeCrus
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Actually this scope was 10,000 just 9 months ago however due to increased competion in the market they have lowered thier prices. So you can get this scope for only 6,000 grand now. I got it for 5,000 during a sale they had last summer. It took me 6 months to get it due to back orders. Its an amazing price for what its capable of. Gotta love the continued advancemnt of technology!! You still need a quality mount and you should invest in a higher quality case and at least a binoviewer so the real cost comes back up to around 10,000 once you have all those items. After my purchases yessterday I am now up to 15,000. Imaging the sun isnt cheap.
GotMyOrangeCrus
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Well considering this is someone that just upgraded from a point a shoot, I am assuming that he really doesnt even have a feel for what lenses do what or even what lenses he prefers. So IMO buying a full setup like this in one shot doesnt make a lot of sense. If this was a pro who knew exactly what he was buying then it would be a different story.
So to answer your question, what lenses would I have purchased. I would have only purchased 3 lenses instead of 5 and I would have gotten higher quality lenses. Lets face it he obviously had a lot of cash to work with. It would have even been better to go with a cheaper body and put that money towards the better lenses. Why buy everything at once and wind up sacrifing the quality that you could have gotten? Nobody needs that many lenses starting off. If you havethat kind of money its better to buy the best lenses you can afford, not the best body you can afford. The body's come and go and change all the time, the lenses will last you a lifetime.
To be more specific I would not have gotten the 70-200 f/4L. I would have gotten either the 70-200/2.8L or the 70-200/1.8L. 2nd I would not have purchased a Leica and would have gone with the Canon 50/1.0L as its one of Canon's best lenses. I would also ditch the 35/1.4 Prime. I would have gotten either the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L or the 17-35mm f/2.8L. If he is serious about Macro work I would have gone with the 180mm f/3.5L Macro. Even the 35-350 F3.5-5.6 L would be a great choice for a prosumer.
Dont get me wrong he obviously has a very nice system now, albeit one that just doesnt make a lot of sense to me. Again this seems like a perfect example of someone with more money than understanding of what they were buying. Again why start off with an amazing body that is most certainly going to be more than he needs and 6 very good lenses when you could start off with a very good body and 3-4 amazing lenses. That would have been a much better route to take.
I actually made a very similar purchase back when I started my photography college program and I ended up making similar mistakes. I bought the best body I could buy and a whole bunch of middle ground lenses when what I should have been buying was a good body capable of doing what I needed it to do and the best lenses I could afford to buy. I never made that mistake again. Better to buy slow and by the best then buy everything at once and settle for lesser quality. This is of course if yout that serious about photography.
I will say if he is happy with his purchase then that is all that matters. Me, I would take it all back while he still had time and start over with a different mind set, that of buying the best lenses he can afford even if that only means coming out with 3 lenses and a cheaper body.
yep red belly, they're only really 1" or less right now, just a few weeks old.
Future Purchase... I listened on Myspace and it sounded pretty good, despite what i've heard from others...
i should probably have posted that i have a lot of photography experience, using film, i have a nikon FE2 and a bonica etrs system, i have just been saving to go to digital. there is no 70-200 1.8L, i didnt get the 50 1.2 because i wanted to spend the money on a fast wide prime i could carry with me, when i dont want either the 24-70 or the 50, i normally shoot portraits and nightclub stuff(concerts and what not) i have rented up till now and have putting money away to get the best kit i could, i dont do alot of tele. work so why get the 2.8 and most of the tele. work i do, is in an atmosphere with more than enough light. the 16-35L is a great wide lens, but it doesnt have the f/1.4 that i require when i dont want to use a flash. im not some idiot with more money than brains, i know what i shoot, i upgraded from a good point and shoot, but a point and shoot non the less. i knew exactly what i was buying and what it was going to be used for. im also not that serious bout macro work, i bought it to be used as a portrait lens as well as a macro lens. in regards to my ZEISS 50 1.4, i have had it for a while, i just included it in my picture.
so please dont assume that because my kit doesnt include lenses you woudl buy that each lens doesnt have a purpose that i will use it for. and i thought that at the moment the 5d mark 2 is probably the best all around camera i can get, for what i do/want to do. thats why i bought it,
i really like my alto connect stand. even if my mbp has a front loading disc drive.
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