coreypolis wrote:
don't hold your breath. nothing will be known until slightly before septembers photo show, and thats only if Canon decides to announce a new lens.
i'd rent it anyway if thats all you will use it for. our local shop charges $30/day or for the weekend. at 4500 for the lens, thats 150 times you'd have to need it before it would be worth it.
That's better then where I had planned on renting it from at $45 per day, although I will probably stick to my first choice as I can pick it up from them the day I need it and return it the day after I am done (no shipping time).
Also that should be 150 days, not times. I need one time, but over a 3-4 day period.
I prefer owning my equipment when possible unless it is literally a once or twice ever occasion event or the transportation cost versus renting makes worth renting. But no point in owning something that is no longer supported with spare parts, because I will break it.