So do I read that you are sending the 800L off to greener pastures? If so, I hope the next owner can make it shine as you did. Good luck with you "incoming" 600 MkII; that ought to really be something.
I'm all packed and set to head out at 6:00am out of Boston, for parts west; should be very interesting...
Take care and I'll try to post some along the way.
Regards,
Edd
Thanx Edd, indeed, the 800 is gone.
Have a good trip and leave your own parachute at home, as the sight of a passenger carrying a parachute on a commercial flight could have unsettling effects on other passengers.
PetKal wrote:
Here's a seasonal farewell to my ex 800L.....a very fine lens that is, just that it's not suited well enough to my photography methods and preferences: I do like long range goodness here and there, but I love agility and speed.....always. I sure hope 600 II will be better positioned in my "alley".
Handheld 1DMkIIN + 800L.
Ahhh, so you weren't kidding about swapping the 800 for the 600II, just kidding about taking the last one in Canada. I think the 600II is the better choice overall. Good decision. Now lets see who gets it first Of course I realize there will be no contest between me and my never having bought one before and you and your numerous contacts but never hurts to try
Geoff, I was only kidding half way.
Moreover, you should be able to get your 600 II before I do because 500 II is my first priority. Only after I have plenty of time to verify that the 500 is perfect, then the 600 will become a consideration.
All delays Canon have had with those two lenses would suggest caution in my mind: perhaps one reason for delays was production difficulties, or even design problems, with those two lenses specifically. Therefore, those two lenses need to be put under a microscope by their buyers, and that takes time.
Here are some more Spring-themed macro photos and a tree shot that I like. Once again, taken with a reversed/standard EF 28mm f2.8 on a 550D. On-board flash was used for the grass shots; it was about 12AM with no other source of proper lighting (on the night of the supermoon).
arbitrage wrote:
I'll be waiting on your 500 review as knowing my luck with trying to give Canon money, I don't think I'll be seeing that 600 for a while.
I believe that the folks like Carnathan, Morris and Reichmann will be getting their lenses before the rest of us regular buyers. They are also commercially motivated to be the first ones to publish new lens reviews because those reviews represent a strong draw to their business websites.
Jefferson wrote:
I found that the bottoms of treerats hold on Velcro that I afix to tree limbs...makes for better shots as I can place the rodent where I want for the shot and its there for future shots if I wish later...
That must be one of those tree hugging hippy squirrels
Messing around in the living room. Other half was on the webcam, junior watching cartoons and the latent photographer in me noticed the flowers on the table were getting a bit of natural backlighting. So out with the tripod and tubes, shuffled a black chair round behind the flowers for background, and voilą - 5D, 70-200mm f/2.8 non IS, Kenko macro tubes. The subject is called a "butterfly flower" because the leaves look like butterflies:
Pretty nice, Jefferson - even though it appears to be just straightening out from its final turn and therefore most likely throttled well back, you still got a full disc.
First Image: Canon 60D with the very nice Tamron Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC lens.
ISO 3200 300mm @ f5.6 1/30th.
Second Image: Canon 60D with the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. ISO 500 10mm @ f4 1/30th.
These Tulips were on display at the Bellagio Hotel Conservatory in Las Vegas. Images were taken during one of my early morning walks.
Very nice snowy egret, Psychic; getting correct exposure on a white bird in bright sunlight is Difficult (with a capital D ), and you've nailed it a time or two here...
Good Work.
Jerry
Psych, now you seem to have been bitten by a BIF bug.
Got m'self another 50 f/1.0L, and so far I am pleased with the test shots I'm getting because the IQ seems quite representative of the good (normal) copies of that lens.
Here's a few with 1DMkIIN and 50 f/1.0 wide open.
Thanks rrxjon, it was as much luck as skill but always satisfying to get a good result.
Jerry - Very painterly, and a reminder that sometimes the good stuff is going on behind us not in front. I only once got a shot of a double rainbow and when i got home i found i'd had a great big drop of water in the middle of the lens when i took it. Very disheartening.
Psychic - Echoing Jerry, well done on the exposures of a white bird in bright sunlight. As for keeping head above water, you are not the only one - the standard here is pretty "motivating". I do find it easier if i don't try to compete with Peter on his home turf though...
