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Originally Posted by Paul
Well you get what you pay for, though I agree that the long fast lenses look expensive. Good lenses last a lot longer than the bodies, so come closest to living up to the word 'investment'.
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Not if you buy product from someone who hasn't shown a willingness to preserve their lensmount across generations and technologies. Your 4/3 system lenses were originally promoted as being a system that would be supported by multiple vendors. But that hasn't happened at all, and your excellent, expensive lenses will only outlive your current body if Olympus stays in the DSLR business. If Olympus were to bail on DSLRs, you'd have around $3500 worth of white elephant paper weights, once your current DSLR no longer cut the mustard.
Frankly, above all else, that's the value proposition with the Nikon system - at least the pro-caliber gear. A long term commitment to your lens investment, from a company that remained competitive AND COMPATIBLE, across manual focus film, autofocus film, and Digital, for 45 years. And I own some lenses from 40 years ago, bought by my father for his Nikon Photomic FTn, that are still entirely useable - not JUST useable, but still excellent, today, on a D200 or D2X as well as the Nikon F5-based Kodak DCS-760 that is my current DSLR.