Hey guys, a few months ago I posted how someone had broken into my car and stole thousands of dollars of equipment, (mainly 1 camera and 3 lenses along with some other misc stuff) basically half of what I owned. Needless to say, I was devastated. I never did get any of my stuff back, despite checking Craigslist daily. Instead, I meticulously replaced everything that was stolen (except the 7D). I pulled the trigger on a $1999 grey market 5D Mark III even though I probably don't NEED IT just because I couldn't stop obsessing about that camera. I also decided I'm going to go ahead and get every type of lens and for every focal range. I bought a fisheye, tilt shift, a super zoom, and a f/1.4 just because I decided I want to experience a really fast lens, etc...
Of course, I'm not rich enough to get L and Art lenses but I did buy the bargain lenses which I thought gave me the best value for my buck for every one of those lens categories. I even bought the Rebel SL1 just because I thought it'd be nice to get a crop cam for the extra reach... and why not get the most compact one that Canon makes, just for those times I'm wearing my cargos and I don't feel like slinging a camera over my shoulder. Of course, I had to buy the 40mm pancake for this because having an SL1 without the pancake is an unjustifiable crime. Might as well throw in the pocketable 15-88mm STM for the range versatility to stuff the other pocket of my cargos.
So I can now confidently say, that after all the hours of OT I burned in my day job, added with the paltry $$$ earned doing side portrait work, I have bought pretty much everything to complete my "collection". I can now pretty much hypothetically do just about anything anybody throws at me. So even though I can decide to work on slowly replacing my poor man lenses with the L, Art, or Zeiss equivalents, I'm probably not going to do that. I don't think I use my stuff as much as I should anyway to justify the cost of those higher end glass. I'm just happy now that I can cover all focal ranges and do just about every type of photography under the sun. Anything else I'm missing guys? (Well except talent and know how of course
Of course, I'm not rich enough to get L and Art lenses but I did buy the bargain lenses which I thought gave me the best value for my buck for every one of those lens categories. I even bought the Rebel SL1 just because I thought it'd be nice to get a crop cam for the extra reach... and why not get the most compact one that Canon makes, just for those times I'm wearing my cargos and I don't feel like slinging a camera over my shoulder. Of course, I had to buy the 40mm pancake for this because having an SL1 without the pancake is an unjustifiable crime. Might as well throw in the pocketable 15-88mm STM for the range versatility to stuff the other pocket of my cargos.
So I can now confidently say, that after all the hours of OT I burned in my day job, added with the paltry $$$ earned doing side portrait work, I have bought pretty much everything to complete my "collection". I can now pretty much hypothetically do just about anything anybody throws at me. So even though I can decide to work on slowly replacing my poor man lenses with the L, Art, or Zeiss equivalents, I'm probably not going to do that. I don't think I use my stuff as much as I should anyway to justify the cost of those higher end glass. I'm just happy now that I can cover all focal ranges and do just about every type of photography under the sun. Anything else I'm missing guys? (Well except talent and know how of course
