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Originally Posted by dcstep
You'll soon be able to buy the 1DX body and the Series II 600mm for a mere $19,000. Just imagine the bokeh, the sharp details...
Have you tried the 1.4x TC on your 300/f4? I'd start there. For you, I wouldn't suggest a 400mm. If you could find a deal on a used 300/f2.8, that'd be worth considering.
A used 500/f4 is going to be $6000 if mint condition and it'd have to be pretty ratty to get down to $4000. Still, I suspect that all the professional sports photogs will move up to Series II and those old lenses will come on the market in the next year. A deal on a cosmetically rough sample would probably hold its value. (The new lenses are lighter, focus faster and have 2-stops better IS, but cost $10,000 and up).
I wish Sigma would make some prime super-teles. A 500/f4 that cost under $5000 would probably sell like hotcakes now that all the Canons and Nikkors are over 10-grand. One good thing for me is that all the recent price increases have put the value of my 500mm at what I paid for it. When you can look at a lens as an investments, that's a big help, but it's still tying up a lot of money.
Dave
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No 1DX, 300 F2.8 or 400 for me, just 5DIII/7D/1D IV and 500 F4. I don't have mad money but that 500 would be worth it and I have used the 1.4X II with the 300 very often. I'll just have to buy yours when you move to the new 500 but I have to sell some kidneys first. I'm going to go the $6k route, I hate ratty equipment. Then again, I need a body and UWA zoom more.