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Thread started 13 Mar 2009 (Friday) 10:35
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POLL: "200mm f/2 IS or Fiance?"
EF 200mm f/2 IS now, possibly fiance' later
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Mar 13, 2009 10:35 |  #1

a fiance'?

Poor guy is about to drop so much money on a clear hard rock, and is having a difficult time deciding which to spend his money on, so let's help him out ;)


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Mar 13, 2009 10:39 |  #2

bw!

:lol::lol::lol:

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To fund an engagement ring! :) I'm sooooooooo close. If I could wait another month or so to buy one, I wouldn't have to sell the 5D. However, I'm proposing next month so selling this bad boy will be the quickest way to get the balance I need for the ring.

But it was a hard decision to let this camera go... I think a wife might be a little more valuable than a camera... right? :p Just kidding.

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:) I keep thinking... "man, if I didn't have to buy this ring, I could afford the 200 f/2L IS..."


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Mar 13, 2009 10:40 |  #3

You can always get another fiance later but once you have one, you'll likely never get the 200




  
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Mar 13, 2009 10:41 |  #4

Once vote for fiance' right now. Good to see our female community members are around :)


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Mar 13, 2009 10:41 |  #5

Hm... does the fiance have IS and USM?


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Mar 13, 2009 10:42 |  #6

No, but I'm sure she has two things that the lens doesn't.

And I mean a heart and brain. Get your minds out of the gutter people!


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Mar 13, 2009 10:45 |  #7

Glass before bodies.


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Mar 13, 2009 10:47 |  #8

perryge wrote in post #7515962 (external link)
Glass before bodies.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I just laughed out loud on a conference call :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Mar 13, 2009 10:47 |  #9

perryge wrote in post #7515962 (external link)
Glass before bodies.

And away it goes... :)




  
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Mar 13, 2009 10:48 |  #10

perryge wrote in post #7515962 (external link)
Glass before bodies.

Now this is textbook "Open To Interpretation..."

:lol::lol::lol:


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Mar 13, 2009 10:49 |  #11

Buy the ring you may never be allowed the glass....buy the glass you may never need to buy the ring....then you can get the 5D MKII..... ;)


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Mar 13, 2009 10:50 as a reply to  @ TaDa's post |  #12

I vote for smaller clear hard rock + 85L + either 135L or 200 f/2.8L. All things in moderation.


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Mar 13, 2009 10:52 |  #13

perryge wrote in post #7515962 (external link)
Glass before bodies.

Nice one ;)

I'm liking the poll results so far. And they say romance is dead!


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Mar 13, 2009 11:02 |  #14

... are you serious?

THIS made me laugh out loud!!! :)

I agree... body before glass in this case.


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Mar 13, 2009 11:03 |  #15

shimmishim wrote in post #7516084 (external link)
... are you serious?

THIS made me laugh out loud!!! :)

I agree... body before glass in this case.

So far you're outvoted ;)


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L, Canon 85 f/1.2L II, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS II, Canon 500 f/4L IS
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