Ed W wrote:
Richard, I bought mine from Foto Riesel. Their price was around $1800.
With postage, qualitycamera.com.au looks like it'd be about the same.
Oh that's good, would they give that price to anyone? or was it a special buddy price for you? how come you're still waiting for the lens.... did you send it to canon to have it fixed?
Remember the recall on the early batch of 24-105L?
I'm going down this weekend and probably every other night to get all perspectives of it but I think rwwlee has the best view with the heart on and the sunrise...
the 24-105L sounds tempting but I just can't justify it just yet...
Zane Yau wrote:
Brendan, only suggestion might be try to shoot the night scene right after sunset for more ambient light. The pics, esp #2 and 3, have too much black area. have you tried to meter from the mid tone? so i guess it doesnt matter which monitor you are viewing your images from? Welcome, btw.
Thanks Zane! This was just after the 9PM fireworks though on NYE.
I wish I knew what metering from midtone was... and oh I don't use a CRT... I have a HP TFT at home which I use and I have a DV4225 Pavilion Notebook which I use to run Photoshop CS on as this notebook has 2.0GB of RAM std I need to learn more about the advanced features of this program though to get some real post shot work done on my photos.
Also, thanks to everyone else for the warm welcome! CHEERS!
why are you selling it? you're not happy with the gear?
I need a good lens... I don't have much of a budget... I want to spend less than 400 on either a wide-angle or maybe a macro lens... any ideas? Tokina? Sigma? Tamron?
sitback wrote:
why are you selling it? you're not happy with the gear?
I need a good lens... I don't have much of a budget... I want to spend less than 400 on either a wide-angle or maybe a macro lens... any ideas? Tokina? Sigma? Tamron?
The tokina 12-24 f4 has some pretty good reviews for a wide angle but is a bit over the amount that you are wanting to spend. I got mine for $780 new from here http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Tokina-ATX124-12-24mm-Nikon-mount-12-24-mm-NEW-D70s-D50_W0QQitemZ7577187529QQcategoryZ30067QQssPageNameZWD4VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
$400 is not going to get you much in the way of a wide angle canons 10-22 is about $900-1100, their 17-40 f4 is also a good alround lens not as wide but is also in the same price range.
Edited by hydrotoast on Jan 06, 2006 at 05:15 AM GMT
I've heard the Tokina is alright.. I don't like the distortion at 12mm. I personally can't handle it but I know a friend who's on this board unfrequently that likes it. I'm not too much of a wide angle person to really appreciate it that much.
SmellyTofu wrote:
I've heard the Tokina is alright.. I don't like the distortion at 12mm. I personally can't handle it but I know a friend who's on this board unfrequently that likes it. I'm not too much of a wide angle person to really appreciate it that much.
Not quite as much distortion as your 8mm though
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