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p.2 #1 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

Actually it's supposed to be translated as "invincible rabbit'. The "head" part is actually a screwed up translation of "lens".

Nov 05, 2009 at 04:48 AM

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p.2 #2 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

Photon wrote:
жить, быть в живых • 父母在不在？ живы ли родители? • 祖母已經不在了 моей бабушки уже нет в живых?
Peut-être...
I'd like to meet this Invincible Rabbit Head, aka PetKal.

Good show, Jess, for an American, that is.......you can write Russian and in the Cyrillic too.

As far as my grandma and parents are concerned, they are in a better place now.

Nov 05, 2009 at 04:56 AM

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p.2 #3 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

Correction.

I just realised the "invincible rabbit" is supposed to be the slang/nickname for 5D Mark II.

So effectively Google translated "lens for 5D Mark II" as "invincible rabbit head".

Nov 05, 2009 at 05:35 AM

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p.2 #4 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

It basically says "Let's count which lens you have put on your Invincible Rabbit. Hopefully you can all tell me which lens you have you used, and we discuss them for later reference."

My wife was laughing pretty hard when she got to the Rabbit part. She said "I don't understand, this is meaningless."

I asked her if she knew any reason why they would use that term for a camera and she had no idea, but she isn't a camera buff either. Looks like slang.

Nov 05, 2009 at 06:27 AM

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p.2 #5 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

5D2 - five di tu (in English pronunciation)

5 - wu (in Chinese pronunciation)

Substitute the Chinese "5" in the English pronunciation - wu di tu.

Literally "rabbit without enemy" (or rabbit without equal), which is also pronounced as "wu di tu", can be interpreted as "invincible rabbit".

Initially I thought the question is about what lens to get for "invincible rabbit", which I assumed is a person, the more I read it just doesn't sound too right and this "invincible rabbit" never posts at. When I realised what it means I felt so dumb

, but at the same time glad that I could decipher it.

Nov 05, 2009 at 06:54 AM

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p.2 #6 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

Interesting how they used the sound for 5 (wu), but not for 2 (ar). Or perhaps wu di ar hao or wu di lian si.

Nov 05, 2009 at 07:11 AM

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p.2 #7 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

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I am surprised to see there are 14 people using 50L for this. wow.
15.

What is wrong with the 50L as a walk around lens?

Nov 05, 2009 at 09:33 AM

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p.2 #8 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

"Invincible rabbit" confuses you ? At the same time the expression "dog's bollocks" sounds perfectly logical and it doesn't confuse you ?

Nov 05, 2009 at 11:24 AM

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p.2 #9 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

In CHINA or even in Taiwan when people saying 5D2 in Mandarin ,the sound like saying in chinese word " wu di tiao = 無敵兔 " very close speak to " Invincible Rabbit " and "Head" here mean LENS .

But all only about in Mandarin's ,In HK we use catonese so, no any Invincible Rabbit in catonese's world.

Dj papa

Nov 05, 2009 at 11:25 AM

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p.2 #10 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

, indeed 5DII rhymes with "Invincible Rabbit" and head means lens in Chinese. Also, FYI 1Ds II is nicknamed as 'Big Rabbit' while we are at this 'Rabbit' business.

Nov 05, 2009 at 12:21 PM

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p.2 #11 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

lol chinese just pasting by (路过。。恩恩

I am kinda supprise how many non-chinese here....

Nov 05, 2009 at 01:58 PM

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p.2 #12 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

Invincible rabbit is pretty slick nickname! Love it.

Also to my surprise to see many general publics in China can afford high end glasses given the income difference btw US and China.

Nov 05, 2009 at 02:41 PM

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p.2 #13 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

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paulfeng wrote:

UV filters are more important in the Antarctic than the Arctic.

Oh, I get it, because of the Ozone hole!

Thank you, thank you velly much...

Just curious, with your moniker and listed location... are you Inuit?

Nov 05, 2009 at 04:41 PM

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p.2 #14 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

I Am Luna wrote:
jxsq wrote:
I am surprised to see there are 14 people using 50L for this. wow.
15.

What is wrong with the 50L as a walk around lens?

nothing wrong, just i didn't expect that many.

Are you one of them?

Nov 05, 2009 at 04:56 PM

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p.2 #15 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

sunpole wrote:
Invincible rabbit is pretty slick nickname! Love it.

Also to my surprise to see many general publics in China can afford high end glasses given the income difference btw US and China.

Actually, there are quite a few affluent consumers who can afford high end photo gears. Last time I went back, I was quite surprised to see some folks carrying 5D IIs, 1D III or 1Ds III and big white super teles. In chinese these people are literally called 'High Fever enthusiasts', equivalent to 'Gear heads' like people who frequent this forum here.

Nov 05, 2009 at 05:13 PM

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p.2 #16 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

Even if only 0.01% of the Chinese population can afford high end gears, that is still 100,000 people! Canon would be really happy if each of them would just buy one piece of the cheapest L out there.

Nov 05, 2009 at 06:02 PM

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p.2 #17 · Even if you can't read Chinese,

Navyblue wrote:
...I just realised the "invincible rabbit" is supposed to be the slang/nickname for 5D Mark II.

I love it!! That's my new official nickname for this camera!

Nov 05, 2009 at 06:04 PM


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