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p.1 #1 · Love / Hate

What lens do you now or in the past have a Love / Hate relationship with?

Dec 31, 2012 at 02:25 AM

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p.1 #2 · Love / Hate

These are inanimate bits of photographic gear...are you getting out and meeting people enough?

Dec 31, 2012 at 02:36 AM

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p.1 #3 · Love / Hate

Had a huge love/hate with the original 24-70 2.8 but have a serious LOVE relationship with the MKII version of it

Oh, the same goes for the 70-200 2.8 IS MKII, but didn't hate the first one as much as I hated the 24-70

Dec 31, 2012 at 02:38 AM

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p.1 #4 · Love / Hate

Easy one for me...the 70-200 MkII.

A heavy, brutal beast, but man, what purty pitchers!

Dec 31, 2012 at 02:39 AM

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p.1 #5 · Love / Hate

Sigma 50. Nightmare to buy (used on here) works well a lot of the time, disaster the rest.

I'm going to swap it for a 40stm I think.

Dec 31, 2012 at 02:45 AM

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p.1 #6 · Love / Hate

No lens but that describes the 7D to me

Dec 31, 2012 at 03:15 AM

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p.1 #7 · Love / Hate

Sigma 50/1.4

Erratic focusing and after sitting at Sigma for a month it's no better.
Looks good when it is in focus.

Dec 31, 2012 at 03:37 AM

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p.1 #8 · Love / Hate

50L. Fiercely. I keep comparing it to my high school girlfriend.

Dec 31, 2012 at 03:39 AM

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p.1 #9 · Love / Hate

stanj wrote:
50L. Fiercely. I keep comparing it to my high school girlfriend.

You people really need to get out more....a lot more....

Dec 31, 2012 at 03:43 AM

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p.1 #10 · Love / Hate

stanj wrote:
50L. Fiercely. I keep comparing it to my high school girlfriend.

anthonygh wrote:
You people really need to get out more....a lot more....

I wish. I have two small kids now. I only dream of getting out.

Dec 31, 2012 at 03:52 AM

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p.1 #11 · Love / Hate

24-70 V1 too. But more and more I think it is how I use it; the lens is more than capable.

But two 1.4 primes would be nice.

Dec 31, 2012 at 03:57 AM

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p.1 #12 · Love / Hate

stanj wrote:

anthonygh wrote:
You people really need to get out more....a lot more....

I wish. I have two small kids now. I only dream of getting out.

That's are what mums are for...letting the dads escape...

Dec 31, 2012 at 03:59 AM

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p.1 #13 · Love / Hate

anthonygh wrote:
stanj wrote:

anthonygh wrote:
You people really need to get out more....a lot more....

I wish. I have two small kids now. I only dream of getting out.

That's are what mums are for...letting the dads escape...

Wow. Maybe you're the one that needs to get out more?

As to the original question, I've had the love/hate thing with "advanced" radio triggers - the only thing that works consistently for me are the "dumb" alienbee triggers

Dec 31, 2012 at 04:04 AM

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p.1 #14 · Love / Hate

I don't think I've ever loved or hated my camera gear although a few guitars have bridged the gap from cold and lifeless inanimate object to object of emotional attachment and desire, at least when the strings are fresh. When the strings are worn, it is often subject to my indifference but never hate...

Dec 31, 2012 at 04:30 AM

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p.1 #15 · Love / Hate

Tom K. wrote:
What lens do you now or in the past have a Love / Hate relationship with?

50mm 1.4 - often dodgy AF and it breaks and the AF doesn't keep up well for indoor sports, otherwise good (accepting than any standard double gauss 50mm will have halation and such near wide open under some conditions and LoCA)

that is about it, maybe tamron 28-75 when the AF was used for moving subjects and that it was crazy perfect corner to corner on APS-C, but it can get a little odd at the edges in some circumstances on FF (although clearly better there than any 24-105L I tried)

maybe some sigmas that I didn't own but got to use, nice fast f/2.8 lenses (70-200 and 120-300), decent image quality (very good on the 70-200) but the AF could be dodgy

Dec 31, 2012 at 04:30 AM

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p.1 #16 · Love / Hate

anthonygh wrote:
stanj wrote:
50L. Fiercely. I keep comparing it to my high school girlfriend.

You people really need to get out more....a lot more....

Too busy trying to teach a cat how to read.

Dec 31, 2012 at 04:31 AM

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p.1 #17 · Love / Hate

Another vote for the 50/1.4. Canon or Sigma, doesn't matter.

Dec 31, 2012 at 05:09 AM

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p.1 #18 · Love / Hate

Hated my 100-400. Sent it in to Canon to have it's focus adjusted. Now I love it.

Dec 31, 2012 at 05:31 AM

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p.1 #19 · Love / Hate

Yep, 50/1.4. Loved the sharpness stopped down, didn't love the bokey wide open. Build could be improved too.

Dec 31, 2012 at 07:42 AM

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p.1 #20 · Love / Hate

35L for me... love the sharpness with one stop down but can't get out of 1.4 mode... hate this awesome lens.. now looking for another one... f/2 with IS is nice but 35L is a must

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Andy

Jan 01, 2013 at 10:44 PM

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