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No hypotheticals. This is a kit that I started putting together from scratch in about November of last year. Everything was purchased used and involved a lot of horse trading to get to its current state. For example, I bought that 400mm 5.6 and a 2x extender for $600, then sold the extender for $330. All part of the hobby.
I'm a big proponent of buying 1-2 generation old gear, and with lenses, even older. Depreciation has mostly bottomed out. Kind of a rule of thumb: Never buy anything that I can't sell for >= what I paid for it.
This method, right now, pretty much precludes mirrorless gear. We're about on 2nd-gen mirrorless and I'm not interested in 1st-gen anything. There's pretty much no used market in mirrorless at the moment and probably won't be for another 5 years.
I'm a big proponent of buying 1-2 generation old gear, and with lenses, even older. Depreciation has mostly bottomed out. Kind of a rule of thumb: Never buy anything that I can't sell for >= what I paid for it.
This method, right now, pretty much precludes mirrorless gear. We're about on 2nd-gen mirrorless and I'm not interested in 1st-gen anything. There's pretty much no used market in mirrorless at the moment and probably won't be for another 5 years.
CAMERA | Canon EOS 80D [1] | 525 |
CAMERA | Canon EOS 80D [2] | 450 |
LENS | Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II | 25 |
LENS | Tokina AT-X 116 AF Pro DX 11-16mm f/2.8 | 210 |
LENS | Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM | 270 |
LENS | Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM | 200 |
LENS | Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Nano | 150 |
LENS | Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM | 70 |
1900 |