11-15-2016, 07:59 AM
hi guys,
I just been doing my " photographic equipment accounts" on how much I've spent on my current gear, which is since moving on from Pentax and it's range of lenses, (I lost a heap of money there).
Nikon came, both FF and APSc, not wanting to lose as much money as on the K mounts new lenses, I bought almost entirely second hand gear (apart from the Tamron 150-600 and the 14mm Samyang). the plan being to be able to resell without loss!
Amongst these were lots of AFD lenses which I find good enough for my use, even though dated, they are still mostly available new today, (AF85D 1.8 discontinued)
In the end with my current gear and (forgetting the couple of Pentax lenses I'm struggling to sell) I've spent €7,500 on my current bodies and lenses not including accessories etc.
This somewhat alarming figure is cushioned however by the money I would have spent if I had bought new. Out of the sixteen S/H F mount lenses including a teleconverter I purchased, the resulting bill for new would have been an additional €3,980!
That doesn't include the Nikor 500mm ED F4D (I paid €2,500) for which the new and better VR version stands at around €10K!
All in all I got a lot of "bang for buck" with what I bought albeit still "loads of money". I know I haven't the exotic 105mm 1.4 wide angle primes and the latest Nikon zooms but that isn't really my sphere anyway.
So what's your take on buying or building a system using S/H lenses, I know here on a lens site the latest tends to be the greatest and often is, but how many here buy new; S/H current lenses; or older generation optics?
I just been doing my " photographic equipment accounts" on how much I've spent on my current gear, which is since moving on from Pentax and it's range of lenses, (I lost a heap of money there).
Nikon came, both FF and APSc, not wanting to lose as much money as on the K mounts new lenses, I bought almost entirely second hand gear (apart from the Tamron 150-600 and the 14mm Samyang). the plan being to be able to resell without loss!
Amongst these were lots of AFD lenses which I find good enough for my use, even though dated, they are still mostly available new today, (AF85D 1.8 discontinued)
In the end with my current gear and (forgetting the couple of Pentax lenses I'm struggling to sell) I've spent €7,500 on my current bodies and lenses not including accessories etc.
This somewhat alarming figure is cushioned however by the money I would have spent if I had bought new. Out of the sixteen S/H F mount lenses including a teleconverter I purchased, the resulting bill for new would have been an additional €3,980!
That doesn't include the Nikor 500mm ED F4D (I paid €2,500) for which the new and better VR version stands at around €10K!
All in all I got a lot of "bang for buck" with what I bought albeit still "loads of money". I know I haven't the exotic 105mm 1.4 wide angle primes and the latest Nikon zooms but that isn't really my sphere anyway.
So what's your take on buying or building a system using S/H lenses, I know here on a lens site the latest tends to be the greatest and often is, but how many here buy new; S/H current lenses; or older generation optics?