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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens or other options?

Started Dec 27, 2017 | Discussions thread
Herb Senior Member • Posts: 1,085
Re: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens or other options?
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I am now retired....retired at 59.....35 years in engineering and most of that time in management.  My wife told me that I wouldn’t want to spend the money later, that I should get the gear I wanted before I retired.....so I went on a tear!  800, 200-400, 400, 300, 200...all big whites, the fastest lens I could buy.

i had bought the 800 at a really great price and was able recentlyto sell it at a slight profit since I really hadn’t used it.  The 200-400 lens I grab a lot and use.  I really like the versatility.  The 400 hasn’t seen much use whereas the 300 has as well as the 200.  The 200 f2 IS is really an awesome lens for use with people....

like I tell a good friend that is about 18 years behind me and whose sons are either in or just getting ready to go to college, your time will come.  I was fortunate, my two kids were born when I was 20 and 24.  My daughter was in my arms at graduation from college.  I was pretty poor for most of my adult life, then a divorce, two kids in college at the same time, two weddings, and finally paying off the ex.  I met a women that really taught me to save and invest.  It’s that invest thing that got me going and enabled me to retire early and be very comfortable.  Your time will come too!

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