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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 388009" data-attributes="member: 24285">Thanks for the input guys,&nbsp; I do dream big.&nbsp; Photography shares my &quot;fun money&quot; budget with a few other money-pits, err I mean hobbies.&nbsp; camping/traveling, quadding, model railway all vie for my too few &quot;fun money' pennies.&nbsp; I'm getting close to retirement and not looking forward to even less in the 'fun money' pot.&nbsp; Love your sense of humour Woody,&nbsp; would not want to see you paralyzed so you best keep both.&nbsp; Portability is a concern, I will need to stop into a friendly photo-shop and just handle a few of these big lenses to get a feel for the heft of them.&nbsp; I'm afraid I'm a wee bit away from the nearest city with a well stocked lens counter (as in about 3 hour drive, each way) but I am going on a winter vacation down to the southern US of A so will have to see what I can find down there.&nbsp; Wish I could say that after buying the tickets, renting the car, and so on that I left myself a few grand in spending money - ... I wish.&nbsp; But on the other hand a vacation is always a time to take lots of pictures of far away places.&nbsp; Taking my new 2T portable hard drive so I should be good for storage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 388009, member: 24285"] Thanks for the input guys, I do dream big. Photography shares my "fun money" budget with a few other money-pits, err I mean hobbies. camping/traveling, quadding, model railway all vie for my too few "fun money' pennies. I'm getting close to retirement and not looking forward to even less in the 'fun money' pot. Love your sense of humour Woody, would not want to see you paralyzed so you best keep both. Portability is a concern, I will need to stop into a friendly photo-shop and just handle a few of these big lenses to get a feel for the heft of them. I'm afraid I'm a wee bit away from the nearest city with a well stocked lens counter (as in about 3 hour drive, each way) but I am going on a winter vacation down to the southern US of A so will have to see what I can find down there. Wish I could say that after buying the tickets, renting the car, and so on that I left myself a few grand in spending money - ... I wish. But on the other hand a vacation is always a time to take lots of pictures of far away places. Taking my new 2T portable hard drive so I should be good for storage. [/QUOTE]

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