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MazV-L

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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #45 on: January 31, 2012, 06:32:53 AM »
Divorce settlement ;)

No seriously, hard saving and being willing to sell off the lenses and gear that I don't use much to fund new gear.
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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #45 on: January 31, 2012, 06:32:53 AM »

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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #46 on: January 31, 2012, 06:45:04 AM »
Up until May last year I was an electrical engineer in The Netherlands, monthly salary was about a 5D2 + 24-70 prices. 1/3 of my salary went to rent, a lot got saved, and I managed to not buy too much expensive gear (mostly Soviet MF primes off ebay), but when I left there I bought myself a 70-300L present (and got nice 19% duty-free too).
Then for the next 6 months I was in Australia, living on the pittance they call unemployment benefits (which they wouldn't even pay me for the first 12 weeks, said I had too much in savings, I almost bought a Leica M9 out of spite).
In that time, thankyou Australian Taxpayer, I managed to get the Samyang 35/1.4, EF 85/1.8, EF 100/2.0, 430EX, Takumar 50/1.4, a set of 3x Zeiss Pentacon Six primes (for about $300), a CPL for each size-lens (B+W Käsemann, Hoya HRT, Heliopan) instead of the junky Fujiyama i picked up in hong kong with step-rings, and a Lowepro 450AW.

Only 3 weeks ago I finally got a job, monthly salary in the order of a 1D4 with a 100L macro, and i've already celebrated by spending about $900 on a nice Vanguard tripod, A-S ballhead, Kirk L-bracket and plates for a few lenses.
But now I'm trying to save for a house deposit, and the missus is getting a bit suspicious about the still-growing pile (yes, a literal pile) of lenses after I promised I'd stop buying them and save for our house...
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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #47 on: January 31, 2012, 07:17:23 AM »
Spare Change
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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #48 on: January 31, 2012, 07:33:02 AM »
stopped smoking.... stopped wasting money for other things :)

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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #49 on: January 31, 2012, 10:40:43 AM »
money.
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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #50 on: January 31, 2012, 11:17:59 AM »

For me...I'm not pro and don't do this for living so most of money from:

1. Bring lunch to work - save more than $2000 per year
2. Save all coins & change - over $400 last year
3. Bonus from work - $3500
4. Use my American Express Reward (1 point for every dollar) - MUST PAY IT OFF at end of the month - why use your ATM- earned $523 in 2011 . I usually exhange for gift cards - homedepot, lowes, etc...

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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #51 on: January 31, 2012, 02:11:30 PM »
 8) 8) 8)  Dont really recommend this option 8) 8) 8)

 >:( >:( >:(  A scanner, an A3 printer and some large denomination banknotes. :( :( :(

Its what Central Banks call quantitive easing.
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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #52 on: January 31, 2012, 05:09:36 PM »
Quote from: Dylan777 on January 31, 2012, 11:17:59 AM

1. Bring lunch to work - save more than $2000 per year


This. It's shocking how much you save making your own food. When I stopped buying lunch at school every day I couldn't believe how much money I saved. ($5 a day * 180 days a year = $900 - a lot of money when you're trying to put yourself through college).
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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #53 on: February 05, 2012, 06:36:50 AM »
No debt, saving, and patience. Also, admittedly not the smartest (but it works for me), is to give Uncle Sam a free loan then spend my tax rebate on fun stuff.
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Re: How do you pay for your lenses?
« Reply #54 on: February 05, 2012, 06:48:58 AM »
I save up. I have a "Lens Jar" at home, I put part of my pay in every month, to commit to a lens I wanna buy. I get it once I have 20% over the amount required, therefore at the very least I have some savings as a backup - and also, it confirms I want the lens seriously, and not just on a whim.


That said, I did sell a couple of old coins from the 19th century for my first L lens... lol
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