Poll: Should I give up photography?

[unpopular]

You should buy this instead:


(Zeiss COMPCT ZOOM CZ.2 70/200/T2.9 F - FEET 1984-035 B&H Photo)

I wonder what a $20,000 lens buys you?

 

[PhotoWrangler]

You should buy this instead:

I wonder what a $20,000 lens buys you?

If I had that kind of money, I'd buy that in a heartbeat.... but seeing as how that lens costs more than my car, no go.

 

[unpopular]

In my case, it's worth 10-20x my car.

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Honestly, it can't be THAT great.

I think film makers just like to roll out tens of thousands of dollars on everything. And why does it have so many dials? I'm thinking focus pulls? Like, you can preset a distance range?

Seriously, is that what 20k buys you?

 

[PhotoWrangler]

Well Zeiss lenses are supposed to be superior to anything else on the market.

 

[unpopular]

well, I know that they are (or at least were) ... but $20k is a LOT of money.

 

[PhotoWrangler]

well, I know that they are (or at least were) ... but $20k is a LOT of money.

No - the $2300 70-200 VRII is a LOT of money.... $20K is plain obsurd.

 

[SamSpade1941]

Sooooo... since this is the thread of random topics.... Should I sell my 80-200 AF-S and buy a Sigma 70-200 HSM Macro EX?

No you should send me your 80-200 AF-S and then buy the Sigma 150 mm f/2.8 macro. That way we will both end up being happy...

 

[SamSpade1941]

Oh I have an idea I drove across the state on my way to Washington and it was the longest drive I can say I have ever had..

You've obviously never driven from Dallas to El Paso....

I have taken the 12 hour train ride from Oklahoma to San Antonio .... that is just as long I would wager.

 

[PhotoWrangler]

No you should send me your 80-200 AF-S and then buy the Sigma 150 mm f/2.8 macro. That way we will both end up being happy...

Aw hell naw. I don't do primes. The first time I missed a shot because I could only fit, I dont know someone's nostril in the frame and couldn't zoom, that thing would end up in the water. I'll back up or step forward a few steps, but I aint running the football field.

 

[texkam]

Just give up posting bad photos.

 

[rexbobcat]

You should buy this instead:

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(Zeiss COMPCT ZOOM CZ.2 70/200/T2.9 F - FEET 1984-035 B&H Photo)

I wonder what a $20,000 lens buys you?

It looks so dorky. lol

 

[The_Traveler]

When I read this and thought for a moment, what a loss to photography.

The one photographer who, by his work, makes everyone look better.
The single person who pushed up the curve so that color blind newbies with a cheap point and shoot look average.
That personality who solely by his presence makes everyone sound smarter must not go.

Unpopular, I hope that your keeper reads this entire thread to you and that the warden allows you to keep on shooting and posting what you refer to as pictures - we all in the outside world need that comic relief in our day.





(was that the approbation you wanted?)

Lew

 

[MLeeK]

Oh I have an idea I drove across the state on my way to Washington and it was the longest drive I can say I have ever had..

You've obviously never driven from Dallas to El Paso....

Or from El Paso to Tucson. I am pretty sure that drive is longer than the drive from the top of Fairbanks, AK to Dallas, TX.

 

[MLeeK]

In my case, it's worth 10-20x my car.

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Honestly, it can't be THAT great.

I think film makers just like to roll out tens of thousands of dollars on everything. And why does it have so many dials? I'm thinking focus pulls? Like, you can preset a distance range?

Seriously, is that what 20k buys you?

Hey, I didn't pay that for my house, so don't feel so bad.

 

[unpopular]

I don't feel bad about my car cheap car. It runs awesome now that I have everything tuned up.

I'd buy this lens before I buy a $20k car.