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For what gear have you being saving lately?

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For what gear have you being saving lately?

We all have different priorities in life and sometimes, it takes a while to save for a camera or lens or any accessories.

So, what have you being saving for?

I have being saving for an used Leica M-P typ 240 in silver chrome. Still a long way to go lol
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Saving up and looking to buy a 12-40 zoom lens for travel this summer.
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Not much I'm looking to buy but probably keeping an eye on a used summicron 35. I got my M6TTL last year with a zeiss planar so the combo will last me for a while.
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1. Sony's 100-400 GM.
2. Wine Country Filter System + Breakthrough Photography's Graduated ND Filters

Just picked up the 2X converter today for use with the 70-200 GM, hoping to try my hand at wildlife with the 100-400.
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this thread is dangerous
Russell wrote: We come here looking for deals. We use the savings on the things we buy to justify buying more things, thus filling our homes with tons of unnecessary consumer products. Such is the key to happiness.

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pretty proud of myself for kicking GAS to the curb the past 15 months...I should start a counter-thread haha
Russell wrote: We come here looking for deals. We use the savings on the things we buy to justify buying more things, thus filling our homes with tons of unnecessary consumer products. Such is the key to happiness.

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twitchyzero wrote: pretty proud of myself for kicking GAS to the curb the past 15 months...I should start a counter-thread haha
oh haha, sorry in advance buddy, in case you get tempted!
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Missed on the Nikon D7200 body sale during the holiday season, hoping for another price drop. That's on my list, or perhaps a Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary.
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A new Sony Alpha APS-C A mount A77M3 with 450+ focal points, reliable tracking, etc etc. I don't think I'll be spending that money.

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Canon EF-S 17-55 2.8, thinking of getting a used one
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Mavic Air, been thinking of going to Iceland, Norway, or road trip Canada in the very near future so I'm really itching to get a drone.
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Fuji X-Pro2 or X100F... And then my dog tore a ligament in her knee requiring $urgery...
Gear: Fujifilm X-Pro2 | Canon A-1
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M1GOmigs wrote: Fuji X-Pro2 or X100F... And then my dog tore a ligament in her knee requiring $urgery...
Damn, I know you have been wanting one of these 2 cameras for a while now. I have read somewhere that a dog will cost you like 25-50k in it's lifetime. Fortunately, a dog is a lot more fun than a camera.
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Gin Martini wrote: Damn, I know you have been wanting one of these 2 cameras for a while now. I have read somewhere that a dog will cost you like 25-50k in it's lifetime. Fortunately, a dog is a lot more fun than a camera.
We've been pretty lucky thus far with her... Got her as a puppy from Toronto animal services for $140, so at least the initial cost was small Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes. For a 60lb, 10 year old dog, she's been very healthy so far. But yeah, this one surgery cost almost 5k...
Gear: Fujifilm X-Pro2 | Canon A-1
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Canon 50mm F1.2 with the recent price drop its quite tempting.
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Preordered a Sony A7RIII since January
Changed my preorder to a A7III when it was announced
Now just waiting for it to come in
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m4/3 PanaLeica 25mm f1.4
They get snapped up so fast...
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@EP32k2 That 50mm F1.2 seems sweet for sure, my coworker has one and he uses it a lot wide open. Not the sharpest, but definitely one of the lens to have if you crave bokeh. I'm a Nikon user so I don't even have the option to get a F1.2 autofocus lens. Hope you'll get it! Let the temptation go :)

@bhrm I would have been saving for that lens too if Olympus haven't kept their Pen F so expensive after all this time. Love the 50mm focal length in equiv. It's $750 at a few Canadian stores and in stock. I guess you were looking for an used on kijiji or ebay?
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Gin Martini wrote: @[EP32k2] That 50mm F1.2 seems sweet for sure, my coworker has one and he uses it a lot wide open. Not the sharpest, but definitely one of the lens to have if you crave bokeh. I'm a Nikon user so I don't even have the option to get a F1.2 autofocus lens. Hope you'll get it! Let the temptation go :)

@[bhrm] I would have been saving for that lens too if Olympus haven't kept their Pen F so expensive after all this time. Love the 50mm focal length in equiv. It's $750 at a few Canadian stores and in stock. I guess you were looking for an used on kijiji or ebay?
LOL you're not helping. I have a 50mm 1.4 but have never been happy with that lens, it's bokeh is blah and super soft at full wide.

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