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About 75% of my photographic equipment was bought secondhand as I don't have much money. I tend to think of my Canon EOS 40D as my 'new' camera, but was staggered to realise that its nearly 9 years old! However, it still works faultlesssly and takes great pictures, so I see no reason to change.
Don't people understand that an item ceases to become "new" the moment you buy it?
Therefore the correct answer to the poll is "100% of my equipment is second hand." even if you bought it new.
Try buying a new car, drive it round the block and then see how much the dealer will give you for it.
The correct poll question is "What percentage of your photographic equipment was bought second hand?"
Most of my equipment was bought new, ie. 2 Camera Bodies, Flash Units, Tripods, Camera Bags, Filters, Remote Releases, these would include 5 New Lens from KonicaMinolta, Sigma and Sony.
Apart from one Camera Body there are 5 Second-Hand Lenses from Minolta, KonicaMinolta, Vivitar and Tamron.
In the collection there are 6 Full-Frame Lenses, which some day I hope to buy a second-hand Sony Full-Frame camera, like either A850 or A900, as my Camera Bodies have the 1.5 factor crop.
One could say that some 30% of my camera kit is second-hand.
I've a lot of secondhand film cameras & lenses - hardly used now. Digital ones are mainly new, though I usually wait until the new model comes out & pick up a reduced-price old model. Lenses I've bought to replace the kit ones are generally 2nd hand.
As I am collecting Rokkor & Minolta equipment my score is quite high,
of the 30+ lenses that I have four were bought new & one Camera Minolta SRT 101
in Singapore 1966. So my situation would slightly bias the %.
Mick Kemsley