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Nathan Hobbs wrote:
So i realized today I am addicted to L lenses..it started with the 100-400 L IS, than came the 24-105L IS than came the 16-35L,

I ebay L daily in search of good deals and always watch the Fred Miranda fourms for the next L

I dream of the day I will own a 400 2.8 L and a 600 f4 L, I even consider driving my current humble car until it fails and refuses to travel another inch just to avoid a car payment so I can make...a Lens payment

Today I sold my motorcycle, so I can clear up some money to get yet another lens, you see, yesterday I won a 200 1.8 L in mint condition on ebay to add to the collection and I am now in the painful process of waiting for two days for air-shipping the thought of 5-7 days ground shipping was beyond agony to me. I eye other objects in the room of monetary value to clear the way to get a 85L, a guitar case hides in horror behind my bed.

My bank account fears me, my family thinks I am crazy.

What is happening to me!



Come and join my group therapy. A donation of 200 1.8 gets you pass the door

Did I mention we have free cookies and lemonade on every meeting

Mar 29, 2008 at 07:45 PM
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Motorcycle:

Depends on what it was: If it was a Hardly Ableson, good riddance. If it was a Triumph, so sad. If it was a Ducati, well, that was a money eater too. If it was a Kenny Dreer Norton, oh, how could you!

Mar 29, 2008 at 07:50 PM
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Ha ha ha it was a Susuckie motorbike!
Hopefully the 200 1.8 will be just as attractive to the lady's as the bike was :-)
Nortons mmm nice bikes!

Mar 29, 2008 at 08:49 PM
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Affordable cure: Zuiko primes. Gad, you can get a whole bag of the things for the price of a single "L". Feed your addiction and your family at the same time...

Mar 29, 2008 at 09:03 PM
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We love you Nathan.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Mar 30, 2008 at 06:24 AM
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Nathan, your quest for help has brought you to the perfect place. We (L Addicts Anonymous) have a meeting every Thursday in NYC, right on 420 9th Avenue. You're most welcome to join!

Antje

Mar 30, 2008 at 07:54 AM
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Antje wrote:
Nathan, your quest for help has brought you to the perfect place. We (L Addicts Anonymous) have a meeting every Thursday in NYC, right on 420 9th Avenue. You're most welcome to join!

Antje


Dr.Antje, does that mean that the meetings take place in the B&H Photo Board Room.? With Henry Posner as the meeting facilitator ?

Mar 30, 2008 at 03:48 PM
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Nathan Hobbs wrote:
...a guitar case hides in horror behind my bed.


When ever I feel the urge to pick up some new glass...I seem to have trouble locating my wallet. It is because it too is hiding behind my bed ATM I've only three, but there are a couple more on the hitlist, namely the 135, 85MKII, 35...and 16-35 (and those are only the feasible candidates...damn I sure could use a 300 f/2.8 IS). And so it continues-- the shivers, shakes and anxious craving's, endless sleepless nights, the constant appraisal of personal affects...I've got it bad. The L's will forever consume me.

-Matt

Mar 30, 2008 at 04:32 PM
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Sorry, but you are officially screwed. The first one tends to be the cheap fix, to hook you in. 70-200 4L for only $580? Yes, I'll take one!

Get home, shoot with it... Wow, look how sharp it is.... look at the colors!

Browse on over to B&H....see a 17-40...because you need a wide L too.

And a wide-zoom 24-70 2.8L...

And then, 70-200 at f/4 is too slow, you need the 2.8L or 2.8L IS...

Leaving just the 17-40 being f/4, so that needs to become a 16-35 L...

But you need longer than 200mm, so a 1.4x or 2x arrives...
...and still, you don't have enough reach.

A 300 4L IS or 400 5.6L arrives....

eventually, that's not fast enough either....

300 2.8L IS is long enough....with converters....

Then, you need to shoot in low light....but 70-200 2.8L IS isn't fast enough....time for a 35L and 85L and 135L.

But 135mm isn't long enough...you need 200mm at f/2.0....



That sounds something like my story....except I bought the 70-200 4L and 24-70 a few hours apart. I bought the 200 1.8L and 300 2.8L in the same week. I bought a 1DIIN and a 1Ds a few days apart (1D bodies are similar to L lenses in your obsession to own more).

Face it, you are screwed...it will never end. I still want lenses covering from 14-600mm from Canon....

Mar 30, 2008 at 06:20 PM
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PetKal wrote:
Antje wrote:
Nathan, your quest for help has brought you to the perfect place. We (L Addicts Anonymous) have a meeting every Thursday in NYC, right on 420 9th Avenue. You're most welcome to join!

Antje


Dr.Antje, does that mean that the meetings take place in the B&H Photo Board Room.? With Henry Posner as the meeting facilitator ?


Sure! You'll find us impossible to miss - we usually gather around the Canon table to discuss, uhm, new therapies.

Antje

Mar 30, 2008 at 06:23 PM
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Ya that EF 400mm 2.8L IS is calling my name too.

Mar 30, 2008 at 08:29 PM
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Nathan Hobbs wrote:
So i realized today I am addicted to L lenses..it started with the 100-400 L IS, than came the 24-105L IS than came the 16-35L,

I ebay L daily in search of good deals and always watch the Fred Miranda fourms for the next L

I dream of the day I will own a 400 2.8 L and a 600 f4 L, I even consider driving my current humble car until it fails and refuses to travel another inch just to avoid a car payment so I can make...a Lens payment

Today I sold my motorcycle, so I can clear up some money to get yet another lens, you see, yesterday I won a 200 1.8 L in mint condition on ebay to add to the collection and I am now in the painful process of waiting for two days for air-shipping the thought of 5-7 days ground shipping was beyond agony to me. I eye other objects in the room of monetary value to clear the way to get a 85L, a guitar case hides in horror behind my bed.

My bank account fears me, my family thinks I am crazy.

What is happening to me!



What's wrong with L-coholics anonymous, it has helped so many fellow FMer's learn to function in society again.


Mar 30, 2008 at 09:36 PM
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Question on the L-coholics anonymous meetings, is there a 12-step program?

Dare I ask what they entail??

Mar 30, 2008 at 09:48 PM
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Its actually a 46 point program..
it starts out relatively easy and gets progressively more difficult as time goes on ending with the last four steps 500 4.0L IS 400 2.8L Is 600 4L Is and the final step to being cured the 1200mm L 5.6

Few make it all the way though the treatment program.

Mar 30, 2008 at 10:03 PM
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Pixel Perfect wrote:

What's wrong with L-coholics anonymous, it has helped so many fellow FMer's learn to function in society again.


I went postal at my first meeting and bashed everyone with a 500 f/4L IS and left in a hurry. Every since no one comes between me an my precious



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Mar 30, 2008 at 10:10 PM
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ha ha ha great photo pixel

Mar 31, 2008 at 04:36 AM
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Wow, they're just camera lenses, pretty good ones too.

Mar 31, 2008 at 08:26 AM
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Any chance I'll be able to enjoy this pic as well?

Happy shooting,
Yakim.










Mar 31, 2008 at 08:30 AM
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How about this Yakim?









Mar 31, 2008 at 11:35 AM
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One lens to rule them all.... Men cannot be trusted with it. Personally I'm not even sure I could yield it's power.

That's hilarious Pixel!

Edited by Mattbtn on Mar 31, 2008 at 06:40 AM GMT

Mar 31, 2008 at 11:38 AM
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Nice one….

Happy shooting,
Yakim.


Mar 31, 2008 at 11:39 AM
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Pixel Perfect wrote:

I went postal at my first meeting and bashed everyone with a 500 f/4L IS and left in a hurry. Every since no one comes between me an my precious



That's hilarious Whayne!

Someone mentioned coming around these threads and I couldn't agree more, nothing like a bunch of great shooters making an L sing to put you in a buying frenzy!

My only thing to add is you know you've got it bad when you start buying lenses twice ( or 3 times in one case). Moral is don't ever sell an L lens even if you think you have your addiction under control!


Mar 31, 2008 at 12:00 PM

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