NikoDoby said:
OUCH! I have a file cabinet full of spousal approval forms with DENIED stamped across them :^(
The few APPROVED forms I keep framed on my wall :^)

I just get de facto approval by ordering things and asking later. The downside is she's learned to do the same thing to me with her exercise equipment purchases.

foofiebeast said:
so this is what I have to look forward to in married life!?

thank god I'm still a poor college student and most of these lenses are just dreams anyway. :)

Try being a poor college student AND married. Just kidding. It's actually been great but I say that now that it's almost over. ;-) And, no, my wife doesn't read my posts so I'm being serious.

smarterchild said:
I already told my girlfriend that i will have to upgrade every 8 years for lenses (2.8 constants) and bodies every 4 years. She seems okay with it NOW. Hahaha

That's the kind of prenuptial agreement every photographer should get signed, smarter.

I already told my girlfriend that i will have to upgrade every 8 years for lenses (2.8 constants) and bodies every 4 years. She seems okay with it NOW. Hahaha

Glad we got your account problems all fixed foofiebeast :^)

Don't worry after you get married you don't have to worry about dreaming anymore,lol.

Luckily if she doesn't see the receipt she won't know the difference between one anonymous black lens with a gold stripe in your bag and another anonymous black lens with a gold stripe in your bag... unless it goes over 300mm

so this is what I have to look forward to in married life!?

thank god I'm still a poor college student and most of these lenses are just dreams anyway. :)

lol adamz - she knows you're on Nikonrumors?!?!?!

FIRST MISTAKE DUDE!!

If my wife even knew my username or went through my posts, I'd be bent over screwed - she still doesn't "know" about the Tokina 11-16 and 24 2.8. . .ah well, at least we're all in the same boat :-)

You too Niko have the cabinet full of DENIED forms, shit.. I though it was only me :( and apart from the 300/2.8 I also have some plans for this new wide prime (not gonna mention which one, as she sometimes skims through my posts:) )

pcraigs - I doubt the new sigma will be much cheaper than the Nikon one. S50/1.4 ain't a buck cheaper than N50/1.4, over my place it's even more expensive.

or maybe even wait for review of the Sigma 85mm F1.4 and find a good copy in store.

OUCH! I have a file cabinet full of spousal approval forms with DENIED stamped across them :^(
The few APPROVED forms I keep framed on my wall :^)

that's what I was thinking. . .lol, and yeah, the spousal approval form got a little more tedious as our dishwasher just crapped out and spit up water all over our kitchen, destroying the previous-owner installed laminate flooring (READ: $$$$) . . .so buying the 85 1.4D was already headed into a filibuster in my finance department :-/

I hope it'll be closer to the current price. I'd hate to submit the paper work to get spousal "approval" for a $2000USD prime :^(

The AF-D is still a great lens and I doubt it will lose much if any value on the used market. But since you don't really need it right now,do you, I say just wait a bit longer.

I'm wondering everyone's thoughts. . . a lot of these are ending up on the used market, and I don't have anything fast past 60mm in my collection. . . .was going to save for a 70-200 VR2, but I thought for a brief moment that this lens would be a "smarter" buy given the average price used is around $900 . . .

I don't shoot sports/action; some event, but nothing a prime can't handle.

I am DX now but plan on FX once the D700 has been upgraded.

I just don't think the new 85 1.4 AF-S is going to be "cheap" new at $1299, I suspect it'll be closer to $1999. . . .