Originally posted by 123K10D What do you do with the lenses you have? Do you have a lot of copies of the same lens (ie: duplicates). I get the incredulity of the other poster - 1. some people here don't get innocence, and 2. most people who collect such a number of lenses know far more than most - it's their hobby after all.
Thanks for any insight you can throw onto your amazing collection.
Cheers,
G.
I do have the day off tomorrow for the holiday and tiring quickly but will answer briefly.
"What do you do with the lenses you have?"
I photograph with them and I do resell at times. (selling is not my purpose of being a member of this forum) Mostly members of our local Pentax camera club make use of them.
"Do you have a lot of copies of the same lens (ie: duplicates)"
Yes I do mostly it started as a paranoia thing on my part, In case I have a particular lens that gets damaged so I have a backup. I try to keep a minimum of three of each lens. In some cases on a popular lens series I store 6 to 7 .
Of course it is obvious I can not afford to keep a store of the very high end lenses. My husband would ship me off to a Tasmanian tribe and sell the whole lot off and is considering doing so with what I have on hand right now.
"2. most people who collect such a number of lenses know far more than most - it's their hobby after all."
A few lenses are just not in my knowledge base. If one considers the amount of Screw, M, A, F, D, and DA K mount lenses that have been produced please forgive me for not knowing about all of them.
When I see or find one I do not recognize. I ask. The answers enhance my personal knowledge base.