I had the privilege (and the pleasure) of chauferring BlindJustice around at dawn the day after Thanksgiving (even got a nice breakfast for my troubles) and I can say, conclusively, that when you stick some L-glass on his cute 'lil Rebel he's definitely not blind :-)
That's him with my 24-105 -- maybe he will post some of the stuff he got, it was a lovely morning.
Gawd, I don't know. Penny wants it, Paul wants it, YOU want it, Nicky wants it, Rick-in-Maryland wants it, the whole world wants it I guess... And he tried out the 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro, the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS, the 17-40mm f/4L... I think his wife hates me now...
i want it but sadly I don't see the funds being available soon. I do plan on renting that lens when I take the kids to Disney this Spring. Figured that would just be about a perfect lens for the Parks on my 5D
OK, both you guys are assigned a spot on the official "Covets a Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM" list. And if there's any justice at all on this sweet earth, you shall not long remain blind.
i want it but sadly I don't see the funds being available soon. I do plan on renting that lens when I take the kids to Disney this Spring. Figured that would just be about a perfect lens for the Parks on my 5D
I was thinking the exact same thing for our trip in January.
Get a couple more people on that list and you might be able to order a batch wholesale direct from Canon ... ;-)
That's sort of what I'm thinking, LOL: my camera store's a Canon dealer, and I was idly wondering how low I could get 'em to go if we got, say, 10 people ordering and prepaying, LOL. I know it'll never come to that, "wanting" and "being ready to buy" are worlds apart, but in the meanwhile it's fun to hijack my own thread :-)
Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM for a grand on Amazon new, $600 used... yeah, it'd be nice to have one. But I probably would upgrade my camera body first :P
I hope that Paul will post a few photos in this thread!
Ok- so, I have privately thanked Robert for nothing less than spoiling me, entertaining me and schooling me in every aspect of photography. He's got infinite patience, only once referring to me as a Philistine(kindly pointing out I should have known a very simple landscape photography reference)- (and there was that time that he questioned whether I should move so fast leaving the ATM machine at daybreak wearing a dark knit hat... too funny)
A definite highlight of the trip- was the maniacal laugh and stopping the car at random points to hop out and photograph a scene. Great to share that experience and see landscape and compositional thoughts through wiser eyes. And, my one regret is not to get back into the mad scientists PS lab, but I learned more in a car ride about PS technique than I have in years of knocking about by myself.
Lenses: I was fortunate enough to try out a bunch of lenses from a big zoom and a sweet macro(which has me thinking about the small as well as the big) all the way to the 17-40mm f/4L- which would not be a bad addition, to the real star, the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM- the star of the show. It is magical glass. For those who follow forums, you will know that the only two words that need to be said about this lens is... "Buttery Smooth" - and I know, that refers to the 5D, but even my low rent Rebel was at ease with this thing. I have to decide how to make new glass happen, as well as eventually a new rig-I be interested in some giant wholesale power grab.
And I will post some shots, perhaps enter a challenge or two with some of the shots from the expedition.
Ok- so, I have privately thanked Robert for nothing less than spoiling me, entertaining me and schooling me in every aspect of photography. He's got infinite patience, only once referring to me as a Philistine(kindly pointing out I should have known a very simple landscape photography reference)- (and there was that time that he questioned whether I should move so fast leaving the ATM machine at daybreak wearing a dark knit hat... too funny)
A definite highlight of the trip- was the maniacal laugh and stopping the car at random points to hop out and photograph a scene. Great to share that experience and see landscape and compositional thoughts through wiser eyes. And, my one regret is not to get back into the mad scientists PS lab, but I learned more in a car ride about PS technique than I have in years of knocking about by myself.
Lenses: I was fortunate enough to try out a bunch of lenses from a big zoom and a sweet macro(which has me thinking about the small as well as the big) all the way to the 17-40mm f/4L- which would not be a bad addition, to the real star, the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM- the star of the show. It is magical glass. For those who follow forums, you will know that the only two words that need to be said about this lens is... "Buttery Smooth" - and I know, that refers to the 5D, but even my low rent Rebel was at ease with this thing. I have to decide how to make new glass happen, as well as eventually a new rig-I be interested in some giant wholesale power grab.
And I will post some shots, perhaps enter a challenge or two with some of the shots from the expedition.
Thats what I did on Thanksgiving vacation...
*sigh*...
He must like you better. I didn't get to try out the 100mm macro IS.
AND
he has my own son saying -- "where's the lens hood?? I agree with Bear, we should be shooting with a lens hood."
*sigh*... He must like you better. I didn't get to try out the 100mm macro IS.
I was afraid you'd beat up on it or something; that's the lens I used to ribbon with a seagull before you did, ruining your ambition to have the first seagull ribbon in DPC.
Originally posted by vawendy:
...he has my own son saying -- "where's the lens hood?? I agree with Bear, we should be shooting with a lens hood."
This doesn't do the lens Justice, and (neither does my pathetic attempt at post processing)
but someone with a giant lens stepped in the golden panorama-( a "bear-o-rama" perhaps?)
This doesn't do the lens Justice, and (neither does my pathetic attempt at post processing)
but someone with a giant lens stepped in the golden panorama-( a "bear-o-rama" perhaps?)
It looks almost like Robert is firing the entire lake out of his lens...
sent my beloved 28-70 2.8L to canon today was shooting with it tuesday night, in home studio and it locked up on the zoom at 28mm had to shake it to get it to zoom, then the autofocus went funny and i could hear a screw rattling around.
this is my favourite lens :(
so dilema do i throw £400 at a repair on my 2.8 or buy the nice 24-105 f4L they've got at £600 erm....
So I'm not on the "covet Bear's 24-105 list" but he DID make me by the 10-22 by letting me use his, and he did call my poor 20+ year old cheapie tripod a "piece of sh!t" and made me buy a new one, then and there at his personal "crack" dealer... so I truly do understand. :-) (Yes, Robert, I still love my 10-22, and that tripod has come in handy from time to time...)
Gawd, I don't know. Penny wants it, Paul wants it, YOU want it, Nicky wants it, Rick-in-Maryland wants it, the whole world wants it I guess... And he tried out the 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro, the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS, the 17-40mm f/4L... I think his wife hates me now...
After wanting this one since it was released.... I just pulled the trigger last night on a nice refurb one (see that saving thread for the code to get some $ off)....... Now... what's the bet mine will not take images like Bear's version :-)
