And so it begins...(although it probably started a long time ago)

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Early last year, I bought a Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 (for DSLR) for landscape and wide-field astronomical photography. It was a sort of impulse buy (I want it, and I want it now, kind of thing) and I part-ex'd my Nikon 24-70mm for it (something I regret). This month, I needed the money for another project, so, since I've really not used it very much, I decided to sell the 14-24. Last year I paid over £1200 for the lens and this week I sold it for...less than £500; over seven hundred pound loss over 18 months, ouch!
I blame the loss partly on the fact that it is a pretty niche lens, but mostly because of the advent of mirrorless sales picking up. I've just had to suck it up but it doesn't bode well if I ever decided to sell my D850 and Sigma 60-600mm. Fortunately, I use these two items extensively so the likelihood of an imminent sale is small and if I did sell them, it would not be to buy a new mirrorless device, it would be to give it up altogether.
 
ancient_mariner said:
The mistake was not buying the lans, but buying it new. I hope this isn't a sign that you're struggle a bit for money.
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No, just didn't want to see it depreciate any more, cutting my losses before they get greater. I didn't expect to be selling it but things change and I just don't need it anymore (if I ever really did).
 
It would appear this became a great value purchase for someone who hopefully is already putting it to a very good use.

I just wouldn't pay full UK retail for any outgoing products, unless my business depended on it; used market is where it is at.

Camera bodies in particular depreciate so fast once a new model is out, and even faster when a new ecosystem is introduced
 
ancient_mariner said:
The mistake was not buying the lans, but buying it new. I hope this isn't a sign that you're struggle a bit for money.
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Exactly, it's not that the price has dropped a lot in 18 months it's just F-mount gear (and I'm assuming other DSLR lenses) have a low second hand value, I bought a very good condition 14-24mm last year for under £500 whereas brand new the cheapest UK one is a massive £1700.

On the flip side though it means there's a good number of very high quality lenses for sale well below what they're worth or the mirrorless equivalents.
 
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