Lens Buying Strategy?
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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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Positive you don't have cupboard full of lenses, negative it's costly!
2. Acquire other lenses only for special purposes. The FA* 85 for portraiture, but not done that for a long time.
3. Get them all before retirement (i.e. before having to live off a pension). My primes and the limiteds...

4. The Golden Rule For Everything: Never dispose of it because it might come in useful one day, even if you can't currently think of why or how. See 2

I think I have actually done well since getting the K-1 in reducing the amount of zooms I have and letting go of those items such as the macro lens and extreme wideangle which were seldom used. others are vanity purchases but will not be sold or replaced...
Z-1p, K-1, P50
F50 1.7. FAs 24, 35, 50 1.4, 85, 135

Metz 45 CL-4, AF500FTZ. AF540FGZ.
Some Mamiya and some Nikon

C.O.L.B.A.S victim
(Compulsive Obsessive Lens Buying Addiction Syndrome)
What you need are lenses, more lenses, bigger lenses, better lenses, faster lenses, and when you have these, your pictures will be perfect!

P.S. I just follow Defragged's strapline re. needing lenses... He makes great sense and is my hero.
Be well, stay safe.

I don't need one, but I sure do want one. Unfortunately, my wife saw the invoice for the 150-450, and she said: "Take a break for a while". Hopefully, the "while" will be short.
I have my eye on the new 16-50 but don't have the spare cash).
Go for it. It is really worth the "sacrifices" you'll do to get it.
Yves (another one of those crazy Canucks)
Aha. P'raps that's why my wife is still married to me

Grumpy GrandPa, Recently Retired.
Gotta K-3 iii now, had a K-S2 and so suffering from a relapse and buying digital camera kit.
Previous addiction has resulted in using Zeniths, Yashicamat, Chinons, Minoltas, Samsungs, Fujis, Cosina, Kodak, Lumix, Canon, Nikon and Pentax etc etc - have tried most makes in the past 40 years. Love cameras - love taking photos even more

4. The Golden Rule For Everything: Never dispose of it because it might come in useful one day, even if you can't currently think of why or how.
Aha. P'raps that's why my wife is still married to me

Now, which way round would that be...??

Or you could go for the really bizarre - talking of which I came across this on the WEX site - https://www.wexphotovideo.com/laowa-24mm-f14-2x-macro-probe-lens-for-pentax-k-17... Any takers???
That looks distinctly medical...

Keep the lens acquisition strategies coming, folks, confession is good for the soul!

Steve
No. I have no strategy for acquisition or disposal - but I do come up with some marvelous combinations of this and that


Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
My page on Photocrowd - link
Lubbyman
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South Dorset
1. For general use, have some decent, easy to carry zooms covering ultra-wide angle to telepohoto.
2. Acquire other lenses only for special purposes.
3. Get them all before retirement (i.e. before having to live off a pension).
4. The Golden Rule For Everything: Never dispose of it because it might come in useful one day, even if you can't currently think of why or how.
Part 1 has been applied successfully (currently Tamron 10-24mm, Pentax 16-85mm, Pentax 55-300mm).
Part 2 has been successful if you interpret 'special purposes' creatively.
Part 3 has been a miserable failure.
Part 4 has been applied rigorously and is responsible for the 'camera cupboard' being at bursting point.
So... how have you dealt with the threat of catching LBA? Do you have a lens acquisition strategy? If so, do you stick to it?
Looking forward to some interesting answers!
Steve