What to spend on.....?

Professional

hey'll,

This will be my second serious thread posted here, and i posted this one on another site and didn't get much responds that can help much, so i hope you can help me here.

Just thinking to spend few bucks on something that i am not sure which to go with, giving you the options below, what you will choose then?

Option 1:
- 1 Studio light
- one lens [85mm f1.2L]

Option 2:
- 2 Studio lights
- few ballheads [RRS, Markins, including plates and clamps,...etc]

Option 3:
- one lens [85mm f1.2L]
- ballheads [above]

Option 4:
- 1 studio light
- few studio accessories [another background, some modifiers, light boom,....etc]

Option 5:
- Monopod Gitzo 5-series
- ballheads [including Wimberley in addition to above ballheads]
- one lens [either 35L or 50L]

Option 6:
- 1 studio light
- Apple Cinema Display 30"

Option 7:
- one lens [85L]
-few filters [not for 85L, but for 77 lenses]
- few more books about photography or photoshop [i have more than 20 books already]

Option 8:
- 1 studio light
- filters
- PW EU version if i can find [as i have one EU light meter and US PW MM]

Option 9:
- Keep saving for something more expensive such as 600 or 1Ds3 or 400 or 200 or whatever.

Option 10:
- Your recommendations....


Cheers,
Tareq

Cuong

10

What do you plan to do with these equipment and what are your immediate needs? Provide more details so people can give you more appropriate feedback.

Cuong

Professional

Cuong wrote:

What do you plan to do with these equipment and what are your immediate needs? Provide more details so people can give you more appropriate feedback.

Cuong

I like photography very much, but first i don't have that much opportunity in my country for it but i do my best always. Second, I do shoot anything, nothing specific in particular, from landscapes to portraits, and from sports to macro, only weddings is not available at all in my situation.

So I like to do portraits of my daughters at home so i need more studio lights, i love landscapes so i will go out when i can so i need tripod [which i have] with good heads, mostly i do sports as it is the only chance i can have to keep photography so i may need monopod [with proper head if so].

So if i do shoot everything, which option you feel it is better to go with?

Cuong

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What equipment do you have currently? I'd recommend a couple zoom lenses (wide to medium, medium to long) and a flash.

Cuong

Professional

Cuong wrote:

What equipment do you have currently? I'd recommend a couple zoom lenses (wide to medium, medium to long) and a flash.

Cuong

As cameras i have:
1Ds2, 1D3, 1D2N, 5D, 30D, 350D

As lenses i have:
18-55, 28-90[III], sigma 12-24, sigma 8 fisheye, Canon 24-70L, 16-35L, 24-105L, 70-200 2.8L IS, 100-400L, 50 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8, 100 f2.8 macro, 135L, 300 f2.8L IS.

As light:
580EX
2x 1000ws Hensel Expert Pro Plus

and some equipments such as backgrounds, filters, laptop, tripod,....etc.

Cuong

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It seems to me you have more than enough equipment to do all the different types of photography that you mentioned. In this case, my suggestion is to use what you already have.

Cuong

Professional

Cuong wrote:

It seems to me you have more than enough equipment to do all the different types of photography that you mentioned. In this case, my suggestion is to use what you already have.

Cuong

I use what i have already and will keep using it always, but it is that bad habit to spend for something more, so whatyou will choose?