What to spend on.....?

[Professional]

hey'll,

This will be my second serious thread posted here, and i posted this one on another site and didn't get much responds that can help much, so i hope you can help me here.

Just thinking to spend few bucks on something that i am not sure which to go with, giving you the options below, what you will choose then?

Option 1:
- 1 Studio light
- one lens [85mm f1.2L]

Option 2:
- 2 Studio lights
- few ballheads [RRS, Markins, including plates and clamps,...etc]

Option 3:
- one lens [85mm f1.2L]
- ballheads [above]

Option 4:
- 1 studio light
- few studio accessories [another background, some modifiers, light boom,....etc]

Option 5:
- Monopod Gitzo 5-series
- ballheads [including Wimberley in addition to above ballheads]
- one lens [either 35L or 50L]

Option 6:
- 1 studio light
- Apple Cinema Display 30"

Option 7:
- one lens [85L]
-few filters [not for 85L, but for 77 lenses]
- few more books about photography or photoshop [i have more than 20 books already]

Option 8:
- 1 studio light
- filters
- PW EU version if i can find [as i have one EU light meter and US PW MM]

Option 9:
- Keep saving for something more expensive such as 600 or 1Ds3 or 400 or 200 or whatever.

Option 10:
- Your recommendations....


Cheers,
Tareq

[hw771230]

Lots of options listed?

Personally, I would go with option 3, but I do not do any studio work, so...

Sounds like a tough decision.

Caleb

[Professional]

Lots of options listed?

Personally, I would go with option 3, but I do not do any studio work, so...

Sounds like a tough decision.

Caleb

Hi Caleb,

I do all photography [still weddings is not done due to my society and religion], but i am into photography very much, so i like studio works [i don't have any models, only my young daughters children].

I would like to post my current equipment but i will need 2 pages to write them down, so i prefer not to mention them.

Thanks again and waiting your opinions and others again.

[Bonish Photo]

If you do all sorts of photography, why go with a fixed lens?

From what I've read about it, the 85mm is a great lens for studio work, but going with the f/1.2L you're going very high-end, so you could buy that, get some ballheads and skimp on the lighting since that lens will practically let you shoot in the dark.

That's just my opinion

[Pamela]

well i think i should sugest u option 4 it sounds better to me!

[Professional]

well i think i should sugest u option 4 it sounds better to me!

OK thanks!
In fact i went with most options here, lol
so only i need few lenses for Canon and Hasselblad, i ended my studio stuff and bought 2 monitors including Apple Cinema 30", and now i am just prepare for my trip to New York.