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Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
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Review Date: Apr 24, 2012
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Sharp, what I wanted
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Cons:
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Tricky to manual focus, small movements in ring equal too much focus change.
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I am an amateur not a pro. So some rookie usage issues that you may find helpful. In short, I love this lens and it is great for bird photography. First, I was surprised by how color pops - didn't expect that. I can not hand hold this but I need a tripod - I find this barely tolerable to carry with a carbon fiber tripod and Wimberly II gimbal head through the woods. Not easy.
Big Tip: Won't do AI Servo on my 5D MkII unless I turn off image stabilization, then works great. Everything works better with this lens and body when I turn image stabilization off.
I purchased used and had some issues, read about it and how i resolved them along with some pics at my blog for amateurs:
http://travelthroughpictures.com/photo-items/500mm/
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Canon EF 20mm f/2.8 USM
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Review Date: Oct 17, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Pretty good lens and sharp too.
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Cons:
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Nothing other than my neurosis regarding other's bad reviews.
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I was worried about this lens given the odd mix of reviews but I wanted to try out a wide lens, so I dipped my toe in the water with this lens. I figured if I liked wide photography, I would buy a "good" lens one day. Well I have no desire to sell this lens. It turned our really nice and I am pretty picky. The evening I purchased this in NYC, I snapped these two from the RCA building. I didn't have a tripod, but held the camera a bit tilted sitting on the cement pillar. Nice colors eh?
5D MKII, f/5 ISO-100, The pic to the South was 4 sec, and the NE was 6 sec.
https://picasaweb.google.com/101334518573666809964/Scenes#slideshow/5541807724582672002
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