Re: Avoiding EF-S Lenses... Smart or Dumb?
- From: w.beckley@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 30 Aug 2006 12:54:45 -0700
mexican_equivalent@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
This is a question for Digital Rebel (or 20D/30D) owners who refuse to
consider EF-S lenses, for the sake of future-proofing their
investment. Many people will often allocate their money buying the
cheaper EF-L lenses in the same price range of the proper EF-S they
needed. So let's take for example:
Ameteur Photographer "A" spends $1720 in 2006 for two EF-S zoom lenses:
10-22mm and 17-55 f/2.8 IS. By 2010, these lenses are only worth $500
on ebay, having lost a staggering 70% of their value to depreciation.
Net loss is $1220.
Amateur Photographer "B" spends $1720 in 2006 for two low-tier,
barebones EF-L zoom lenses that'll retain their value longer than EF-S.
By 2010, these low-tier, barebones EF-L lenses no longer satisfy Mr.B
--- newer lenses are faster, have less distortion, and have image
stabilization. Person "B" sells these two lenses in 2010, after losing
only a very mild 30% of their value to depreciation. He is able to
sell them on ebay for $1200. Net loss is only $520.
The difference between Person "A" and "B" is $700. In the grand scheme
of things, is $700 a lot of money after four years? Especially if
person "B" spent the better part of those four years "making do" with
low-tier EF-L lenses that didn't have the Image Stabilization of EF-S
17-55mm, or the proper wide angle of the EF-S 10-22mm?
When I think of EF-S lenses in those terms, I don't see the logic
behind the Rebel/20D/30D owners completely shunning EF-S lenses.
Unless they plan on going full frame within 12-18 months, avoiding EF-S
lenses is just sacrificing too many features to save $700 over four
years.
Anyway, I just have too much time on my hands calculating all these
things...
Photo gear is just about the worst "investment item" you could possibly
attempt to buy. If you want something that will hold monetary value
above all other factors, you're choosing your equipment for entirely
the wrong reasons.
Perhaps your analysis is valid, but it is beside the point for me. I
have selected lenses that I can still use on my film body and lenses
that I won't have to replace when I finally get a fullframe digital.
I'll agree with other posters that APS-C chips and EF-S lenses are here
to stay. I would never debate that. Less expensive fullframe cameras,
however, are just as certainly on their way, and for a multitude of
reasons that is my personal goal. That said, the only "loss of
investment" I'm protecting myself from is the need to sell my lenses
when I suddenly acquire a camera that they won't work with. My APS-C
20d will work just fine with my 16-35 2.8L, and so will my film body. I
don't routinely need to go wider than 16mm on the 20d, and when I do
get the sub-$2000 fullframe body, that lens will be exactly the glass
I'd have wanted for angles wider than 24mm anyway.
You're looking at buying lenses that you'll sell because they are
outdated. I'm trying to buy lenses that I'll keep for 30 years because
they won't be significantly improved upon. Resale is part of your
approach, avoiding it is the keystone of mine. I won't say that one is
better than the other, but I do know that finally, on my third round of
gear and my third make of camera equipment, I'm happy with all of my
decisions and can see myself being just as happy in ten years with
every lens that I own. So I know that I found the right path for me
personally.
A camera, as we used to say, is just a dark box that holds film. Lenses
are the real investment, because if cared for, they'll become your
childrens' lenses.
Will
.
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