How to save on lenses

Here's a few tips on how to save significant amounts of money on lenses:

1. Use your feet - it's the cheapest zoom available. Move closer. Move back.
2. Crop - if you're as close as you can get and it's still not close enough, take the picture anyway and "zoom" in by losing some pixels - it will have less effect on the quality than you might think.
3. Use a tripod - if you can't handhold the shot at f/5.6 on your "kit" lens and you think you need that big-ass f/2.8 VR/IS "pro" zoom, stick it on a tripod, silly!
4. Buy DxO Optics Pro and get the Sigma lens instead of the Canon/Nikon - DxO will make up the difference for you (if there is any), at much lower cost!
5. Stitch - your widest wide-angle lens is not wide enough? Then take two or three pictures and stitch them together using one of the many panorama programs available.

There - I just saved you a fortune!

Naturally there are times when you really do need the pin-sharp, f/2.8 VR/IS wallet-basher, particularly when paying clients are involved. But I bet it won't make you take better pictures.