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General Category => General Photography => Topic started by: donoreo on October 19, 2014, 03:42:11 AM
I do not want to do the math on it all.
First I saw a used Canon 70-200 f/4 L USM that was a great deal. I think I mentioned it on here.
Then a camera shop near my work is going out of business and is having a sell off of inventory. I have picked up a few things. One being a Tamrom SP 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro VC for several hundred less than normal retail. It is a great lens! I have picked up a few odds and ends from them too, one being a few Manfrotto lens cases. Amazon has them for $40, I paid $6. Handy if I do not want to carry a bag.
Which comes to the next item. I was sent a 24 hour sale on Kata bags. I was having a problem fitting the 70-200 in my current 3in-1 20 so I got a 3in-1 33. They were clearing them out since Kata bags are now Manfrotto bags. It was only $60, regularly at least $150.
Then it got worse.
A weekend sale last weekend from a place I actually purchased the first Kata bag. They had a sale on some "white box lenses" . These are lenses that normally go into kits with cameras. These were lenses that normally go with Canon 5D MkIII and 6Ds. They had the Canon 24-105 f/4 L IS USM on for $570. The normal price on those here is around $1100 to $1200. It is a great lens!
So, please do not add this up and tell me :)
Lol Don your a sucker for a bargain ;D
Someone has to keep the economy going :)
Quote from: 2Beers on October 19, 2014, 04:27:27 PM
Lol Don your a sucker for a bargain ;D
But look at all the money I saved! :) On the upside, aside from a couple of cheap things, everything I purchased was something I had planned to get at sometime. Admittedly on the macro lens I would probably gone for the Sigma 105mm, but the Tamron is good and very sharp. The 24-105 L covers a good range and will get lots of use.