For my Canon shooting friends........

WaterEngineer

.....If I shot Canon, I would own this lens. I wish the same lens was made by Nikkor.

Great deal. I would zero issues in pulling the trigger.

Someone here needs this.

https://www.lensprotogo.com/sale/item/4430/product/canon-400-do/

mississippi mac

I have shot with one that a friend of mine has...
it is indeed a wonderful piece of glass...
however, at $4k, it's out of my budget...

canon is real proud of their EF-L-IS glass...

WaterEngineer

mississippi mac wrote: »

I have shot with one that a friend of mine has...
it is indeed a wonderful piece of glass...
however, at $4k, it's out of my budget...

canon is real proud of their EF-L-IS glass...

It is a good thing the lens is only $3K then! :rotflmao

redsgurl

I wish I was rich.

WaterEngineer

Suz:

The lens is a very reasonable, fair price.

redsgurl

Craig, I hear ya. Its $200 more than the old one at Adorama right now. Steeeeeealllllllll. It would be a different story if I had a bunch of people calling me for images. But, since they aren't, I personally cant justify the cost. Not this week anyway. It looks wonderous. I wish I could do it with no guilt. I know someone here will............

This is what it would be doing. You guys keep talking about how many zillions of Spoonies there are this year; I wish you would send them over to me. I went back out this morning. Not more than 10.

Glenn

$3000...more than I paid for my truck...at least I can drive my truck!

Maybe if I get this job I am interviewing for this week I'll be able to afford it and a new camera.

SLS

Very nice but not something I would use, but if money were no object .............

mississippi mac

WaterEngineer wrote: »

It is a good thing the lens is only $3K then! :rotflmao

typo...still, $3k is out of budget...
you don't maintain and race an offshore sail boat...
I need to replace a $2k #2 genoa jib and do my annual haul out...
and that adds up to more than $3k...

Chuckc

It gets easier to justify if you consider resale value and take care of the glass. It gets easier to talk yourself into if you take that approach.

Says the guy who has a 18 year old screw drive 300 f4 nikkor as his best glass......

If I can pick up a new job before I burn through my buyout money I might indulge myself with a 200-500 Nikkor. Right now I am enjoying the decompression phase.

SLS

If you like a lens, have an occasional use for it, but can't afford to buy it outright there are places you can rent the lens.
I've used Borrow Lenses but I'm sure there are plenty of places to chooses from.

mississippi mac

i can usually borrow my friend's glass if i really need it and he's not shooting, or needs it for what he plans to shoot...
when he and i are out shooting together at bird rookeries, etc., he uses his 100-400 L more than any other piece of glass he has.
i'd still like to own my own...
but as mentioned previously......

SLS

That's an advantage, borrowing a lens from you're friend.
L lenses are superior lenses, I don't own any L lenses.
I "do" have a 70-300 f4 which is a full frame sensor lens which translates to a 112-480mm lens on a crop sensor camera.

It's a very nice lens at much less than half the price.