$100,000 - How would you spend it?

[LuCoOc]

I'd pick up a pair of Eos 1000Ds and give some money to a company to make me adapters so I can mount all kind of lenses to them.
Then I'd pick three or four really nice and old Leica and Zeiss-type lenses.

Having all kind of supertele and L-Lenses along with the fanciest camera bodies might be exciting, but I think it would be more of a burden than a joy.

Another option would be a used EF 1200mm f 5.6 to take pictures of your neighbors (I think it's to heavy to use it for anything serious except you have somebody to carry it)

 

[ricciohu]

• 1D X
  5D Mk II
  800/ 5.6
  400/ 2.8
  70-200 2.8 IS II
  135/2
  85/1.2
  50/1.2
  16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
  24mm f/1.4L II USM
  Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 T-JET

am i spent all of it?

 

[AG]

(1) Canon t2i @ $600

And per court orders, the remaining $99,400 would be to remitted to my ex-wife :'(

Sorry to laugh but that actually made me LOL.

 

[sawsedge]

hehehe, if only. Does this include not-yet-existing items (but announced)? If so, my list is:

1DX, 1D4, 5D2, 7D. Probably multiples. I am curious to test them myself for one thing. Also I doubt I'd want to carry the 1D bodies much.

500mm f/4L mark II
200-400 f/4 1.4x
2x III
1.4 III
100-400
70-300L
180mm L macro
70-200 f/2.8 II
70-200 f/4 (landscapes, less weight)
24-70 f/2.8
EF-S 15-85
EF-S 17-55
EF-S 10-22
Tokina 11-16 f/2.8
50mm f/1.4 (I'm more interested in compactness than an extra half-stop of speed)
ZE 21mm
for comparison... Olympus 21mm f/3.5, Nikon AI-S 20mm f/2.8
Samyang 14mm f/2.8
out of curiousity... 8-15 fisheye
voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 APO macro (maybe two, just in case one ever breaks)
another copy of my wonderful Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro (USM)
just for fun, to compare them, because I love closeups... a Leica 100mm macro, ZE 100mm macro, sigma 150mm APO macro, Tamron 90mm macro, Kiron 105mm macro. Various adapters as needed.

Flashes... at least 3.
More light stands, diffusers, umbrellas, reflectors
light tent

Sturdy copy stand and lighting setup to use my bellows and micro lens. I'd look for some Nikon and Olympus bellows micros to compare against my Minolta 12.5mm micro

I doubt that I hit 100k even with all that. If so, I'd double up a few things in case they are discontinued.

 

[dr croubie]

How about a Nikkor 300mm f/2.0 for $30grand, and the rest on a custom-made adapter to make it autofocus on an EOS body?

 

[Edwin Herdman]

I would buy a Sigma SD1 and...well, then I'd be done.

Incidentally, the Sony HFBK-SD1 SDI output board is $1337 (and some cents).

 

[Hillsilly]

If I could only spend it on photography related things or not get it, I'd consider early retirment and back myself with a commercial / architectual photography venture, with:

$10k on courses
$10k on cameras (1Ds Mk iii and 5D)
$15k on lenses (14, 24, 85, 135, 16-35, 70-200, 17 & 24mm tilt shifts)
$10k on lighting equipment, tripods
$15k rent on very small office / studio (I find it difficult to work at home)
$10k on office fitout, signage
$10k on computer equipment, monitor and software
$5k on printer and toner and paper
$10k Advertising
$5k wages for pretty part-time assistant until I go broke six months later.

 

[Halfrack]

H4d-60
HC3,5/35mm
HC2,8/80mm
5d Mk II
Roland large format printer + supporting software
Gitzo support equipment
Think tank bags to carry new toys and existing ones

Round trip airfare to Germany and enough time to shoot the Rhein and make $5 Million for a print....

Then I can blow some serious money on Canon stuff

 

[Minnesota Nice]

Well, here's my list:

Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Canon 1DX, just because I can
8-15mm f/4 Fisheye, because I need a fisheye really bad (Well, want.)
70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
24-70mm f/2.8L USM
14mm f/2.8L II USM
50mm f/1.2L USM
400mm f/2.8L IS USM
180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
Misc. accessories and such (maybe a boom mic and a steadicam)
Redrock Rig
Slider of some sort

And whatever is left over would go towards college.

 

[GDub]

I'd buy one of these, quit my job, load up my current stash of gear (plus maybe get a 5D Mark II body on the cheap), pull some of my 401k and spend a year on the road taking photos.