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JWilsonphoto wrote:
I've been talking with Rob/Amy who I think most of you are familiar with in the "Wildlife" thread. Rob is an exceptional photographer who regularly uses his RF600/4, RF400/2.8, and RF800/5.6 for his work. He told me that he sold his 100-500 shortly after he got his RF600 and that he never looked back. I can't imagine not having the 100-500 in the arsenal, but I considered it a ringing endorsement of the RF600. I'm getting better though, only question my purchase three or four times a day now..................... My 600 is "out for delivery" today so the looong wait will be over shortly. Corporations are odd, I never saw a thing about it anywhere, my Canon guy never mentioned it, but my supplier in Austin emailed me to tell me that Canon was offering $500 off the RF600 if you traded anything in, "anything", I sent him a serial number and a picture of a defunct lens from 40 years ago, bingo. Why would they be giving $500 off a lens that they can't produce quickly enough to fill the orders? I didn't realize it when I was in the corporate mix at SC Johnson and Caterpillar, but I really love being on the outside looking in on all that "corporate wisdom", so grateful that I do what I do....Show more →
Congrats on the RF 600 f4, Jim! The RF 100-500 is a terrific lens for airshows. That's why I carry both the 200-600 and the 600 f4+1.4TC for airshows. If I could have only one lens fr airshows I would pick the 200-600.
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Danpbphoto wrote:
Just WOW Douglas!!! Like your lens cover! Glad you met Mark.
Dan
Thank you Dan! As a matter of fact I just order a lens skin made of 3M film for my 600. The current lens cover blocks access to some of the buttons on the lens barrel. The skin type of cover doesn't offer much protection other than light scratches but it's less bulky and doesn't block the access to the buttons. See pictures below.
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msalvetti wrote:
Right, it would be great to get away from petro for transportation, but so many people don't realize we still need to produce oil for everything from fertilizer, tires, asphalt, plastics, synthetic fabrics, insecticides, ink, glasses, clothing, shoes, etc. Pretty much everything we touch, every day. Replacing petroleum for transportation is the easy part.
Great to meet you too Douglas!
Got to hang out with Douglas for about three hours, which really wasn't enough time. Hopefully we can do this again, I think I'll probably be down a few times in the next year.
And great shots! You were fortunate to get the head-on eagle, I suspect that was after I left. But I don't think I managed anything close to your shots over the two days I was there, just shows how much skill you bring.
I'll try to post a few later this week if I have anything worthwhile.
Did manage this today just before we dipped into the cloud deck on the way home.
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Mark, some of the pictures I posted earlier were indeed taken after you left. Saw a couple more fishing episodes after you left but mostly butt shots and too far away. Look forward to seeing you shots. It's all for fun!
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