Over the last few years I have gone from disposing of all my old camera gear and deciding that all I needed was a compact. That didn't last long because I soon missed using the live viewfinder of an SLR, sold the compact and bought a Nikon D5000 with the 18 - 55mm kit lens. Added a 50.. f2 prime and the Nikkor 55 - 200mm zoom to complete a useful kit.
Wanting another compact, and with help from Horus, I settled on the Fuji X10. Super little retro style camera with live viewfinder. A bit later I wanted something with a longer zoom so again after discussion with H, I bought a Fuji HS50 with the 1000mm lens. (24 to 1000 zoom). I sold the two Nikon lenses as I thought I would no longer need them.
Much as I like the HS50, it only has an electronic viewfinder and with glaucoma I have some problems with it. (I seldom use the screen to frame my pictures. Can't see them in sunlight anyhow)
I packed the Nikon and accessories in their original boxes all ready to sell on ebay before Christmas. After a few weeks of using the fuji's I had second thoughts, unpacked the Nikon and ordered a 55 - 300 Nikkor lens on ebay.
So now I have three cameras, and I use them all. The little fuji is ideal to take anywhere as a snapping camera, the HS50 for when I feel I may need the long lens like for wildlife, and the Nikon is right back in favour for its quality and a viewfinder that my tired eyes can cope with.
So the moral is; Don't be too hasty BK, you might regret it.
) was to PX it against a Olympus 40 -150 lens, i got a few prices but was thinking of using ebay, my niece has had a couple of lenses of me for her D3000 ( nikon 18-200 and the sigma 30mm) she's doing photography at school.
