Recently i have decide to go though all my kit and put the one i have used in the last 6months to 1 year on one side and the the others on another side.
I was so much surprised not by seeing how much i accumulated over the years but how much is just sitting in the cupboard and collecting dust. (still have few accessories that need selling, may be flee bay)
Hence every thing which i have not used recently in the last 6 months went for sale in various places and this also gave me an opportunity to revise my kits to what i need for my type of photography and style. I have so upgraded one of my lens and others just gone with out replacing and raised some cash.
It worked out well and raised enough to go for new body, leaving me with 17-40, 40mm pancake, 50mm f1.8, 24-105, 70-200 f2.8 II, 100mm L IS macro, 300mm f2.8, 1.4x II and 2x III all canon.
What i learnt
1. The depreciation for Body is too big and make a wise decision when buying
2. "L" mostly hold the value better but not in all
3. Third party lens lose a very big value on depreciation and do not buy unless that is the lens you want
4. Every penny counts when selling and hence add up to bigger pot.
Raj
I was so much surprised not by seeing how much i accumulated over the years but how much is just sitting in the cupboard and collecting dust. (still have few accessories that need selling, may be flee bay)
Hence every thing which i have not used recently in the last 6 months went for sale in various places and this also gave me an opportunity to revise my kits to what i need for my type of photography and style. I have so upgraded one of my lens and others just gone with out replacing and raised some cash.
It worked out well and raised enough to go for new body, leaving me with 17-40, 40mm pancake, 50mm f1.8, 24-105, 70-200 f2.8 II, 100mm L IS macro, 300mm f2.8, 1.4x II and 2x III all canon.
What i learnt
1. The depreciation for Body is too big and make a wise decision when buying
2. "L" mostly hold the value better but not in all
3. Third party lens lose a very big value on depreciation and do not buy unless that is the lens you want
4. Every penny counts when selling and hence add up to bigger pot.
Raj
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