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ruben
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Sparrow said:…….and what if you leave your prrrecious at home, safe, and thieves come in the night and burgle them; what then…… only thing to do then is to make less of an emotional investment in inanimate objects, now how hard would that be!
That's exactly my worst nightmare !
Nevertheless, back to the question as originally formulated, there are two points I will give them attention. There is not an absolute correlation between "best" and "most expensive", unless you are not ready to compromise.
The best compromise you can make is to select whatever you are ready to risk. Whatever you are not ready to risk, simple leave at home and there is no question at all. Ceirtanly there is a concrete correlation between the concrete risks you think about, and the concrete price of whatever gear you have to select among.
The second point I would like to call attention to, is related to the way we build our systems. If you own only a single new body of the expensive brand "X", around which you bought 2 or 3 or 4 expensive new lenses, then you are in trouble indeed, and not only overseas. Trouble doesn't exist only as a fact but also as a potential fact.
If you buy such an expensive car (expensive for your budget) that you cannot sustain along the year, then in some sense you have no car.
Of course I am not advocating cheap vs expensive, nor new vs used, but the combination of all of them making your system or systems versatil.
Fortunately, upon these days there are lots of very good and used gear to select from, so that reasonable choices and moderated risks can be taken. And versatil systems built too.
Cheers,
Ruben
PS
I wrote once or twice that if I have not 2 bodies of the same brand I have no camera at all. Thanks Rafael for reminding me why.
