Have you Switched?

[c.cloudwalker]

At $2,250.00 so is mine ...

I once worked with a guy that bought a Mercedes (can't remember model or year) for about $3000. Turned out that it needed a little work... The starter (which was completely different from any starter I've ever seen before) needed replaced. I think it cost about $3000....

Man, you really want to drag me into this MB thing... :lmao:

True, some parts are expensive but not all and, $3,000 + $2,250 = $5,250. What else can you get for that price.

Now, it does pay to either know a little something about MBs or have someone who knows about them when you buy one. But not that much. When you buy older models, they are so simple that there is not that much that can go wrong with them that someone with a little bit of common sense can't figure out.

My wife and I bought over 20 of them on ebay that we turned into fry-oil vehicles. The only problems we had with some of them were not mechanical. But, yes again, some parts are expensive. You can cut the cost by getting the right year.

My favorite MB is from the 60s but I probably will never get one because the price of parts is absolutely outrageous. Another thing worth understanding about MBs is that they are not put together like any other car. When we lived in the boonies where nobody had ever seen an MB to be fixed, our mechanic took 45mns to take off the old brake pad on the first wheel :lmao:


Back to the subject of the thread: Yes I switched!

 

[usayit]

My problem is that I am a pack rat. I don't switch.. I simply accumulate. That includes both cameras, cars, computers, etc... Luckily for me buying used doesn't bother me and I am patient enough for that hard to pass up deal.

 

[Overread]

well myself I have not switched - heck I haven't been at it that long, but there are a few reasons why I will stick to canon for the time being at least;

1) The lenses canon produce meet my needs (even if I might not own them as yet). This is a key part of the equation, key since lenses tend to be upgraded slowly (especially the long telephotos) and if treated right will last a person a very long time, so they are a solid investment. Further I suspect I will always have at least one canon DSLR in my kit since they make the MPE 65mm macro, a very specialist lens by the king of macro!

2) Camera bodies - well I must say Nikons current crop do entice me with their high ISO usablity, something that they have on top of canon at the moment I feel and certainly something that I can see a lot of practical application for in my shooting, be it macro or widlife. However I don't earn from my gear nor do I have infinite funds - thus changing for the sake of a limited advantage is not ideal. Its limited because camera bodies are upgraded so quickly - I fully expect canon to counter and heck one year Olympus could be making the "must have" camera bodies.

3) Other features; I must admit one lasting element of Nikons setup that I do like is their flash system, it seems far more dynamic and controlable than Canons own setup. Again though its a desire more than a driving need - nice to have but one can operate well without it

So in the end I am staying put and chances are will firmly stay put unless someone wants to offer me loads of free money to change

 

[KmH]

I didn't switch. But I have Nikon and Canon DSLR's. Nikon and Minolta 35mm equipment. Can say I have always been a fence sitter. Can't decide so I just get what ever I like at the moment. :mrgreen:

That works, and you help keep 2 corporations going. :thumbup:

 

[KmH]

My problem is that I am a pack rat. I don't switch.. I simply accumulate. That includes both cameras, cars, computers, etc... Luckily for me buying used doesn't bother me and I am patient enough for that hard to pass up deal.

Still got that TRS 80 and the Pacer?