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Re: Need a longer lens Big Stick #4686572 12/10/10
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,800 north central minnesota j_elky Campfire Regular
j_elky Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,800 north central minnesota	Thoughts on the 40D? How about a 40D vs a T2i? Last edited by j_elky; 12/10/10.

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Re: Need a longer lens j_elky #4686606 12/10/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska	T2i AF accuracy,trumps 40D AF accuracy and I think the T2i meters better on the average. My 40D has served well,but the 1D2n made me hate it's guts.............. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: Need a longer lens Big Stick #4706425 12/15/10
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 796 Magnolia Bluff, FL R Ron OP Campfire Regular
OP Ron Campfire Regular R Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 796 Magnolia Bluff, FL	The Canon 100-400mm shipped today.If anyone is in the market Canon Has some pretty good rebates in place now. Capt Ron Magnolia Bluff, FL..............Where Heaven is a local call! ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Need a longer lens Ron #4706570 12/15/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,790 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger
1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,790 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	Lenses are like stereos, pickups, and motor cycles. One never wishes he had a smaller one. I think you'll be happy. Last edited by 1minute; 12/15/10. 1Minute

Re: Need a longer lens 1minute #4706846 12/15/10
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OP Ron Campfire Regular R Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 796 Magnolia Bluff, FL	I totally agree. I just hope I win the lottery so I can move to a 600 or 800mm someday. Capt Ron Magnolia Bluff, FL..............Where Heaven is a local call! ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

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Re: Need a longer lens Ron #4708224 12/15/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,790 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger
1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,790 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	Yep. That is darned near cosigner stuff. 1Minute

Re: Need a longer lens Ron #4708529 12/16/10
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,649 Sweden jpb Campfire Outfitter
jpb Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,649 Sweden	Originally Posted by Ron I totally agree. I just hope I win the lottery so I can move to a 600 or 800mm someday. A (well-off!) friend has the Canon 800mm f 5.6 L series lens, and this is the Whimberley tripod head he uses with it. It allows the lens/camera to hang perfectly balanced and thus permits smooth tracking of flying birds, etc. My friend has about 6 or 8 very expensive tripod heads, and after buying this one, he says he will never buy another. And a picture of the lens and a human for scale: He is a serious photographer, but does not like computers so I download and archive his pictures for him. This means I get to see all the images that he actually took, not just one or two of the best pictures or pictures already fixed up in Photoshop. I am always impressed at the extremely high ratio of damn-near perfect pictures! It has more advanced image-stabilization than the Canon 600 mm L lens... (another that I can not afford myself!) The lens is awesome (see the review at this site, or one of many others. Camera buffs love to read reviews -- especially of equipment that they can only fantasize about! My friend was a big fan on Nikon, but switched to Canon because of their "L" series lenses. Bad news is that this lens is about $US 12,000 in the 'States. John Last edited by jpb; 12/16/10.

Re: Need a longer lens jpb #4708569 12/16/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska	The Big L Primes are in a II version now,which should nip Version 1 pricing. Tough flying all that stuff around. My camera bag I tote to work,averages 46 pounds................. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: Need a longer lens Big Stick #4718353 12/18/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,645 Alaska BW Campfire Tracker
BW Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,645 Alaska	Originally Posted by Big Stick The Big L Primes are in a II version now,which should nip Version 1 pricing. I ordered the 70-200mm MkII a few weeks back, and it's waiting for me in the 'Stan. Gonna leave the MkI version home for the wife. It still works though... Brian

Re: Need a longer lens BW #4718430 12/18/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska	I love the 70-200 2.8,but find that as per usual,I'm either at a shorter or longer focal length and shoot it very little as compared to other glass. Seriously considering a Siggy 50 1.4,for Hero Pics...just for the bokeh................ Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

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Re: Need a longer lens Big Stick #4735614 12/22/10
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,914 People's Republik of Kaliforni... mrmarklin Campfire Regular
mrmarklin Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,914 People's Republik of Kaliforni...	BW those are seriously good pics. :-)

Re: Need a longer lens mrmarklin #4742711 12/24/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska	Prolly my favorite 70-200L 2.8 pic of All Time and curiously enough...ala 1Ds Dinosaur. Ordered the Siggy 50mm F1.4 a coupla days ago and hope to air it out directly on Chrome........... Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: Need a longer lens Big Stick #4758478 12/29/10
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,450 ChrisF Campfire Regular
ChrisF Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,450	Tons of nice shots on this thread. Unlike BigStick, the 70-200 2.8 fits my needed range pretty well and gets heavy usage. I think this was shot at f4.0 even though the bokeh makes me suspect otherwise. Where' that dang exif? ETA: Crap...photobucket DOES down shift the detail! Last edited by ChrisF; 12/29/10.

Re: Need a longer lens ChrisF #4760908 12/30/10
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,317 Anchorage, AK C cwh2 Campfire Tracker
cwh2 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,317 Anchorage, AK	Photobucket does compress a bit, and images are resized here to keep the whole forum visible on most monitors/resolutions. If you are using firefox, right click the image, and select "view image" to see what photobucket gives you normally. Your exif shows F4.

Re: Need a longer lens cwh2 #4761106 12/30/10
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,450 ChrisF Campfire Regular
ChrisF Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,450	Thanks cwh2! "view image" allowed me to view the "larger" image as hosted at Photobucket, but even that is degraded somewhat compared to the image that was originally uploaded. I've noticed that some other photosharing sites such as shutterfly and flickr don't do this. Yes, I pulled the original image and read the exif; f4.0. Is there a way to read exif's directly from my browser (FF or IE?)

Re: Need a longer lens ChrisF #4767406 12/31/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska	Upgrade to a Pro 'bucket account. Hint............... Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: Need a longer lens Big Stick #4767725 12/31/10
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,450 ChrisF Campfire Regular
ChrisF Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,450	...you mean actually "pay" to share something?... hmmmm...I'll have to think about that one... Last edited by ChrisF; 12/31/10.

Re: Need a longer lens ChrisF #4767737 12/31/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,275 Paradise,Alaska	"Free" will only getcha' so far. Should you feel compelled that your offerings trump those particulars,the modest fiscal upgrade,may well be worth your while. Only you can decide that.............. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: Need a longer lens Big Stick #4767970 12/31/10
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,317 Anchorage, AK C cwh2 Campfire Tracker
cwh2 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,317 Anchorage, AK	When I went shopping for a photo hosting site, I didn't find one that didn't compress, at least a bit. I'm pretty far from the point where a little compression is the weakest link in my photography, but your mileage is likely to vary... Here's the exif viewer... Link

Re: Need a longer lens cwh2 #4781427 01/04/11
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,450 ChrisF Campfire Regular
ChrisF Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,450	Thanks cwh2, I've been playing with that FF plug-in and been helpful.

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