I probably was/am, but then I kept reading about this zoom that was almost as good as primes
Also, I tend to shoot a lot of family functions and people, just rarely posting those here. Thus my interest in the 70-200 mm lenses. We'll see, I am only slowly posting my gear so it may be awhile before I get it all sold.
Take out a loan and buy everything you want. That will maximize your satisfaction. By the nature of the market you will not be fully satisfied unless you do so. Also, when you go shooting, hire a very subservient and knowledgeable laborer to carry all of your gear. Laborers are cheap.
Please do it. Do it now. Show us the pictures of your satisfaction.
My families approach to finances is to avoid debt at all costs. So naturally I have to save up before making any kind of purchase. Having an engineering background I approach this in a very orderly fashion and with a plan of attack. Hence me trying to plan out where I will go next months (hopefully not but potentially over a year) in advance.
Patrick
I used to plan out my purchases well in advance. I'd comb over the reviews and know absolutely everything before I plunked down the investment. However, the bar on that effort is getting a bit higher.
Case in point - I bought one of the Zoom H2N Digital Recorders that was posted to the news section today. I've been using a Tascam DR-07, but I wanted to try something new. Knowing that the reviews on the H2N were pretty good, I went ahead and bought one without doing my usual week of research and 1-2 months of waiting.
I guess what I'm trying to say is - the planning is proportional to the investment. ;-)
My choice is the 24-70 hands down, it is my wedding lens and I have two of them.
They are on all day.
Specialty shots below 70 I use a 50 1.4 and 24 1.4 for real low light situations (the 24 is great for a dark church with no flash)
I use the 17-40 for the wider group shots.
Last edited by iND; 04-27-2013 at 12:42 AM.