Excellent advice/questions from Tronhard because a camera that works well for most uses may not be the one best suited for your specific wants/needs.
I am a big believer in buying the best glass you can afford because a good lens will last through several body upgrades, especially in the still fairly rapidly evolving digital photography world.
Most things depreciate rapidly so carefully shopping for lightly used equipment can be a good decision. I picked up one of my most frequently used lenses, a Canon 300mm 2.8, used but in near mint condition at about 40% of the new street price. It works perfectly and was a good purchase. Last football season I picked up a lightly used 1DX (12,000 shutter count when I bought it) as a second body to my 1DX Mark II from a friend who was getting out of photography and it was an excellent buy. After a recent conference, my high school sophomore daughter started working with a college prof on a government funded project to mathematically model certain risks to military personnel and she was starting to heavily use my HP Z820 workstation so last week I bought her a used near identically equipped model to mine. The one I picked up for her had an original delivered price of over $7,000 in 2014 but I paid $800 for it in excellent condition which is about what one would pay for a current new typical PC which wouldn't provide the build quality and performance of a Z series dual processor workstation.
The Canon refurb offerings are a good mix between used and new since they come with the support from Canon although pricing is higher than regular used gear.
Rodger
EOS 1DX M3, 1DX M2, 1DX, 5DS R, M6 Mark II, 1D M2, EOS 650 (film), many lenses, XF400 video
