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My 2022 toy budget is in. How should I spend it?

Started Feb 19, 2022 | Discussions thread
Blood N Guts Murphy
Blood N Guts Murphy Regular Member • Posts: 363
Re: My 2022 toy budget is in. How should I spend it?
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I think a quality drone for photos rather than videos would be best. It will inject a whole new life and aspect into your output. Since seeing amazing drone photography I have been standing above people for aerial shots. It's a big new niche. Would be so much better with a drone. I recall my buddy buying the M43 Pana‐Leica 15mm f1.7 for his small drone, so you can use quality glass with not to big devices.

If it's too much of a kerfuffle, just grab a Leica. $3K for a CL with 18mm pancake is a great deal at BandH. Usually a Leica lens alone would be more money than that. Some full frame Leica users have switched to the XE sized APSC CL. Although not that many as they have now discontinued APSC. But there are nice lenses available, starting with the tiny 290g 18-50mm f2.8 Sigma. The EVF looks miles better than any left EVF Fuji. That zoom lens is special. I would also grab the 56mm f1.4.

 Blood N Guts Murphy's gear list:Blood N Guts Murphy's gear list
Fujifilm X-E2 Sony a6400 Sony E 20mm F2.8 Fujifilm XF 27mm F2.8 Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN | C (X-mount) +1 more
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