$ 100,000+ US Dollars

[dgatwood]

If I had $100k to spend on lenses, I'd hire an engineer to design a programmable autofocus/aperture controller that speaks the Canon lens protocol, and build mod kits that interface with various current-generation manual-focus, manual-aperture lenses. Then, I'd sell them and use that money to buy camera gear on an ongoing basis.

And then eventually design and build a replacement for the Canon 50mm f/1.0.

 

[Hannes]

hmm, interesting

2x 1DX
1x 5DIII
1x 6D
1x of each L prime between 24 and 200 minus the 200/2.8
1x 200-400
1x of each 16-35, 24-70 and 70-200 f2.8 version
A half dozen 600ex-rt and two st-e3-rts

A nice trip somewhere with that lot and if there is still money left after that I would probably get a 600/4 and some other random assorted stuff like bags and memory cards.

 

[Zv]

After buying the gear I need I'd use the rest of the money to travel and see the world, only I'd pay someone to carry all my gear.

 

[zim]

wot!!! all that money an no one wants a D800 shame on you all

 

[Hannes]

wot!!! all that money an no one wants a D800 shame on you all

I'd rather get a pentax 645Z to be honest

 

[NancyP]

Heck, for that amount of money, one could get a full digital MF setup, IQ260 back, mini-ArcaSwiss Metric view camera for digital back, several digital grade MF view camera lenses for the ultimate in landscape photography - and still have some money left over for travel.