only 15 and a 1k lense! i didn't even know 15 year olds could work legally?! i guess you don't drive yet so you don't have to worry about car or gas money. Never the less, you now own an awesome lense, post some pics. enjoy
Come on AA... let's see what the lens does for ya! We're all dying to see some shots.
BTW, when I was 16, I had one of the higher paying jobs of my life (at least on an hourly basis, until I started working for myself). I worked at food services at a local college for 5.25/hr for about a month, took my cash, paid for a FIFA referee course, and started being the ref for local youth soccer games at between $40-$50/hr.
Sometimes when you are young-- if you are not contributing your spoils to family expenses-- you an raise cash fast... because 100% of it is expendable!
p.s. still want to see those shots AA... don't keep all the fun to yourself.
Well, when I was 15 I worked for my dad on our farm, played HS football, and chased every girl in sight. None of it ever made me a penny, but I wouldn't trade that time for anything. Not even an L lens.
Dan
Oh, to get back on topic, I would like to see pictures from those who live in a higher economic plane. Just to give me something to strive for. And I agree completely with the post that stated comments such as "this is a great lens" from someone who doesn't have anything to post from it yet are a bit lacking in credibility.
This OP has been a revelation for me. I don't even have to buy this lens, I can just go down to the camera store every week and hold it and get the same affect.
halie wrote:
This OP has been a revelation for me. I don't even have to buy this lens, I can just go down to the camera store every week and hold it and get the same affect.
Hmmm, 15. I was washing dishes at a mice-infested Marc's Big Boy at $3.02 an hour. Minimum wage was $3.35, but apparently the law did not apply to 15 year olds. I have some fond memories of those times, wish I'd had a camera to catch all the mice-gone-wild action.
karpfish24 wrote:
I'm 15, i have the gear in my sig plus a new 17-55 coming in soon . . .
$4300 worth of kit, and another $1200 about to arrive. Lucky fella. At $5-an-hour you must have been working since age 13 to buy all that.
Of little comfort to me though, makes me question how much info here on FM is being dispensed by kids with too much time, and Dad's money, on their hands, and not enough practical experience.
. . . says he reaching over for another big pinch of salt . . .
HiltonP wrote:
$4300 worth of kit, and another $1200 about to arrive. Lucky fella. At $5-an-hour you must have been working since age 13 to buy all that.
Of little comfort to me though, makes me question how much info here on FM is being dispensed by kids with too much time, and Dad's money, on their hands, and not enough practical experience.
. . . says he reaching over for another big pinch of salt . . .
Don't misjudge 15yr olds.. When I was 14 I was regularly winning competitions in our local amateur photographic society.. it was anonymous judging and a lot of the members really resented the fact I was young and 'better'.. even if they had judged the pictures themselves :-)
At the time I was using a Zenith E but at 15 I'd graduated onto a Minolta XD5 (not a cheap camera at all) with a 70-210 and 50 prime..
I'm now 40 and wish I had the time I had when I was younger so I could get back to being as good as I was then. I may not have been mature but I knew my photography..
When I was 15 my sister and I turned tricks on the West side to make money for our pimp (we call him Dad) who spent the money on cheap rock-gut white liquor and experimental acne creams. Our hirsute mother sold bags of body hair to the workers at the Polonium factory down the street. I dreamed of building a pinhole camera from an old box and hot dog wrappers that I'd collected whilst scrounging my nightly meal in the back alley dumpster. Those were the good old days - days when a young man knew the value of a hard earned (no pun intended) dollar...
apparently ansel adams thinks: This is a very great lens. I can shoot at 1/6 of a second at 200mm tack sharp. I am only fifteen and i worked alot to get it, boy was it worth it. I would recomend anybody to go out and buy it.
in the review section
but i doubt you can shoot 1/6 and get tack sharp. maybe on a tripod
nobody235 wrote:
but i doubt you can shoot 1/6 and get tack sharp. maybe on a tripod
How low of a shutter speed do you think an "average" person can get with IS? Not a 15 year old, but someone that bought 8-track tapes when they were 15.
I'm still wondering how important IS really is, since I've never used IS before.
I have a couple of very decent shots (not tack sharp, but fine) at 1/8th 200mm with the 70-200 2.8 IS, which for me, is a lot harder to keep steady than the 70-200 f/4. I found that I can get keepers with careful technique and still subjects down to 1/60th at 200mm with the 70-200 f/4 (non IS).
I have very sharp shots with the 24-105 at 105mm down to 1/4th.
Yes, IS works very well and helps get sharper shots, but subject movement becomes the issue at low shutter speeds.
