For a budget of $4000....presuming this is for someone starting from scratch:
Used D700: $2100
Sigma: 12-24mm: $650 or Color-Skopar 20mm f3.5 SLII: $500
Nikon 28-70mm f2.8: $1000
Nikon SB600: $250
Covers you from 12-70mm - ultra wide to normal to sorta portrait - with decent optics on an excellent low light Full Frame SLR ....and includes flash unit
If you want the best in each category and don't want to settle for less, $4000 might not cut it.
+1 on that. In fact I just put together that dream kit myself. Only I added an 80 to the above mix too. And it's an M7 not M7II (no big differences). Plus the polarizer, 2 red filters, the panoramic adapter and a bag. All for well under $4k actually.
Ed Sawyer wrote:
+1 on that. In fact I just put together that dream kit myself. Only I added an 80 to the above mix too. And it's an M7 not M7II (no big differences). Plus the polarizer, 2 red filters, the panoramic adapter and a bag. All for well under $4k actually.
Ed! I would love to see a photo of your entire gear collection!
I've got a few more, that I seldom use. Those above should easily fit the bill and I can't think of anything I'd rather want for the money. In fact, I wouldn't want any present SLR gear other than that, regardless of the price.
If all is bought used you can make this, i know that for a
fact, but unfortunately used Leica R is far more expensive
in other country's (i live in Oslo, Norway which is very cheap
on this things, and that's about the only thing cheap in Norway, haha...)
I payed 1200$ for all this lenses, new in boxes from a collector, with
original filters, jjhuuiiii....
Anden, I will try to oblige. Lately I've been smitted by Medium format, starting with the fuji rangefinders and now the Mamiya 7. I think it will likely end there, those should be good enough for me, unless I 'need' a portrait camera for MF. Or find a cheap 6x17 or something.
Right now I am trying to finish up darkroom construction efforts.
