Who would spend $6000 for a lens? That's what I asked last night while scouting the Internet for a new zoom lens to replace the one with spots. It's not exactly an emergency; the spots have been on the lens for quite a while and I've grown accustomed to shooting around them or cropping them out.Zoom-lens prices zoom very quickly from affordable to outrageous, and a person who hauls camera equipment into all sorts of swampy, dusty, woodsy places probably shouldn't spend outrageous amounts of money on a lens. The affordable lenses are all pretty similar to what I have now except without spots.
Will it kill me to live with the spots a little longer? No it will not. On the other hand, Christmas is coming--not particularly quickly, but it is certainly on the way. I'll need a nice spot-free lens to take pictures of my grand-baby's first Christmas, won't I? Better start buttering up Santa pretty soon.
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What lenses are you looking at? Show us links, please? (I'm interested in photography, but a total non-expert! Still, it's so fun to look at lenses!)
I'm looking for a zoom lens in the 70-300 range, although I'm flirting with something that goes up to 400. I like to purchase from B&H Video (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/) although I look at customer reviews at several sites, including Digital Photography Review (http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/).
I got this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=canon+100-400mm&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ta
a couple of years ago, and it's way fun (though expensive!). But you take great photos, and really good closeups already, so you're doing something right!
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