pbraymond wrote:
Probably would if I could really see me using it that often. Maybe something really crazy will drop in my lap, who knows. I decided to force myself to shoot each and every lens I own in July/August this year just to use it and not have it sit as I tend to have my favorites but don't like having gear I don't use. Still have a couple more to go.
leighton w wrote:
That's how I feel about having gear I don't use too.
I am of two minds about this subject. On the one hand, there were really three reasons why I sold off all of my AF lenses, which were, a) that they were getting no use, b) that there was a fair bit of cash tied up in them, and 3) they created a visual distraction from the MF lenses that I was using and some confusion in my mind regarding the purpose of the camera bodies I had in my photo gear cupboard. This perspective is in keeping with what you have said, Ray and Leighton.
On the other hand, the fact that an MF lens has not received recent use does not on its own, for me, constitute enough of a reason to sell it. If I really like what the lens can do and intend to use it periodically, or if I otherwise foresee using it in some future circumstance, I tend to hang onto that lens. Now, I don't have such a huge number of lenses that there are very many that sit unused for a long time, nor are any of the ones I have worth many hundreds or thousands of dollars. If there were a whole lot of them cluttering my cupboard, it would likely lead to a degree of uncomfortable confusion. If I had a pile of money tied up in them, I would feel some pressure to either use them or sell them. But, as it is, the amount of curating I do with my humble collection is pretty limited. (I ended up withdrawing some of the lenses I recently listed in the B&S forum, because they were drawing insufficient interest at prices that were as low as I could afford to sell them at. I believe that I will eventually find them useful, and they are not causing clutter.)
Form today's image post, here are a few photos in the visible spectrum, all taken at the Coombs classic car show with the 5.8 f/1.4 S.
pbraymond wrote:
Probably would if I could really see me using it that often. Maybe something really crazy will drop in my lap, who knows. I decided to force myself to shoot each and every lens I own in July/August this year just to use it and not have it sit as I tend to have my favorites but don't like having gear I don't use. Still have a couple more to go.
leighton w wrote:
That's how I feel about having gear I don't use too.
I am of two minds about this subject. On the one hand, there were really three reasons why I sold off all of my AF lenses, which were, a) that they were getting no use, b) that there was a fair bit of cash tied up in them, and 3) they created a visual distraction from the MF lenses that I was using and some confusion in my mind regarding the purpose of the camera bodies I had in my photo gear cupboard. This perspective is in keeping with what you have said, Ray and Leighton.
On the other hand, the fact that an MF lens has not received recent use does not on its own, for me, constitute enough of a reason to sell it. If I really like what the lens can do and intend to use it periodically, or if I otherwise foresee using it in some future circumstance, I tend to hang onto that lens. Now, I don't have such a huge number of lenses that there are very many that sit unused for a long time, nor are any of the ones I have worth many hundreds or thousands of dollars. If there were a whole lot of them cluttering my cupboard, it would likely lead to a degree of uncomfortable confusion. If I had a pile of money tied up in them, I would feel some pressure to either use them or sell them. But, as it is, the amount of curating I do with my humble collection is pretty limited.
Form today's image post, here are a few photos in the visible spectrum, all taken at the Coombs classic car show with the 5.8 f/1.4 S.
