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<blockquote data-quote="480sparky" data-source="post: 238040" data-attributes="member: 15805">You are gonna find out that good gear costs good money.There is no such thing as two pieces of gear, both performing exactly the same, where one is half the cost as the other.&nbsp; I.E., two lenses, identical in all aspects, where one costs $1000 and the other costs $500.&nbsp; If such a situation were to occur, the $1000 lens would disappear from the market as the manufacturer would quit making them because they can't sell any.&nbsp; That, or they would be forced to drop their price in half.This is analogous to saying you want a top-end sports car, but can't afford $250,000.&nbsp; Now, if there were autos that performed just as good as Ferraris and Lamborghinis that sold for $50,000, how many top-end sports cars would be sold?Everything is a compromise.&nbsp; If you buy a cheaper lens, you're getting one or more of the following:1. Cheaper glass.2. Less glass.3. More weight.4. Slower aperture.5. Slower (or no) autofocus.6. No VR.7. More chromatic abberation.8. More astigmatism.9. More coma.10. More distortion (barrel, pincushion, or compound/mustache).11. Physically larger.12. Odd filter size.Cheap gear is not good, and good gear is not cheap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="480sparky, post: 238040, member: 15805"] You are gonna find out that good gear costs good money. There is no such thing as two pieces of gear, both performing exactly the same, where one is half the cost as the other. I.E., two lenses, identical in all aspects, where one costs $1000 and the other costs $500. If such a situation were to occur, the $1000 lens would disappear from the market as the manufacturer would quit making them because they can't sell any. That, or they would be forced to drop their price in half. This is analogous to saying you want a top-end sports car, but can't afford $250,000. Now, if there were autos that performed just as good as Ferraris and Lamborghinis that sold for $50,000, how many top-end sports cars would be sold? Everything is a compromise. If you buy a cheaper lens, you're getting one or more of the following: 1. Cheaper glass. 2. Less glass. 3. More weight. 4. Slower aperture. 5. Slower (or no) autofocus. 6. No VR. 7. More chromatic abberation. 8. More astigmatism. 9. More coma. 10. More distortion (barrel, pincushion, or compound/mustache). 11. Physically larger. 12. Odd filter size. Cheap gear is not good, and good gear is not cheap. [/QUOTE]

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