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It's always nice to get stuff cheap, but remember than in photography the cheaper stuff is often a bigger source of problem that it saved money.
Each time I went for cheap/clone items I ended up very deceived:
- the cheap 4GB CF card I had failed and I lost several pictures on it (thankfully it was just random family pictures, but imagine if I had lost $1000 worth of just-shot content only to save $10 on a CF card...)
- the cheap lens-hood I bought doesn't really fit well on the lens it's supposed to go on (and it's too long so in wide-angle mode the hood is visible on the corners of the image)
- the cheap $30 filter I put on my $1000 lens produced lots of flares so I got rid of it and bought a good $70 one.
- "noname" batteries that last 5 times less than the Canon originals,
- etc...
If you buy "cheap or cloned" items, make sure it's for things that won't make you loose money if they default during a shoot with a model.
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