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Animal Kingdom / Re: Horses

« on: June 16, 2013, 06:26:41 PM »

Another one from yesterday:

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Horses

« on: June 16, 2013, 06:11:09 PM »

From yesterday (06/15) Buckskin wild stallion splashing in the waterhole. 1D X and the new 200-400. ISO 800, 1/2,000 sec at f8 zoomed to 386mm.

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Canon General / Re: EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x in Stock at Adorama

« on: June 12, 2013, 11:18:41 PM »

Mine just came at 7:30 this evening. Got some business to do tomorrow morning. Will go out in the afternoon and see if I can find some of the wild horses out that are in the hills near my house.

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Canon General / Re: EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x in Stock at Adorama

« on: June 08, 2013, 12:53:00 PM »

That's right. Just checked the UPS tracking and it just left Hodgkins, IL (near Chicago). Another 1900 miles to Reno, NV. UPS tracking now says delivery on Thursday. Originally it was Wednesday.

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Lenses / New 200-400 and latest camera firmware?

« on: June 07, 2013, 03:50:39 PM »

Anyone with the new 200-400, can you comment if AFMA is supported with the latest firmware on the 1D X, 5D Mark III and 7D? The latest version of EOS Utility (2.13.0) doesn't seem to have lens aberration correction data for the 200-400 yet. Just curious.....

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Canon General / Re: EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x in Stock at Adorama

« on: June 06, 2013, 11:35:28 AM »

My lens shipped yesterday (06/05) from Adorama. Delivery is next Wednesday (06/12). I pre-ordered on 065/13 around 8 PM Pacific time.

(Sorry about the typo on the pre-order date. Obviously it couldn't ship before it was ordered. But, you knew that.)

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Technical Support / Re: 5D Mk III, battery grip, GP-E2 and Really Right Stuff L-Bracket problem

« on: May 31, 2013, 09:18:20 AM »

When I use the GP-E2 on my 5D Mk III with a battery grip and a Really Right Stuff L-Bracket the cable sticks out blocking most of the side portion of the L-bracket.  Does anyone know of a solution for this problem?

I assume you are mounting the GP-E2 in the flash hot shoe. If so the GP-E2 should communicate with the camera through the hot shoe without a cable.

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Lenses / Re: Who has pre-ordered or will order 200-400

« on: May 14, 2013, 11:04:54 PM »

Hey, it's no worse than the depreciation hit you take when you drive that new pickup out the dealer door, Maybe less.
Let's see, I could sell the 500 f/4 and the 1D MK IV and still have only $3–4K to come up with.
Wait... it weighs more than my 500 f/4? In that case, I'll just borrow a 200-400 from CPS when I need it.
I'm also, basically, with those shooters who would be happy a new 100-400 although, the way Canon prices are going, even that lens may break the $4K barrier.
It's a good thing the new 800mm Nikkor is $18K or I'd be worried that Canon is going to pass Nikon for the most expensive lenses. The upcoming new 800mm Canon may, however, continue the skyrocketing Canon lens price trend and take the lead again.

So, I bought my 500mm f4 IS at the end of 2001 for $6,200 and sold it last year for $5,000. Thats 11 years for $109 a year. What about depreciation?

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Lenses / Re: Who has pre-ordered or will order 200-400

« on: May 14, 2013, 07:56:28 PM »

I ordered mine last night from Adorama. I just turned 65 and I figure you only live once, time doesn't wait.

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Canon General / Re: Photography magazines

« on: January 06, 2013, 10:52:55 AM »

I subscribe to http://www.naturesbestphotography.com. "I don't read the articles, just look at the pictures."

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Lenses / FocusTune from Michael Tapes the LensAlign Guy

« on: December 19, 2012, 05:27:17 PM »

Just saw this:

http://michaeltapesdesign.com/focustune.html

Seems like for $20 if you already have a LensAlign it might be worth a try.

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Software & Accessories / Re: Adobe Updates Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6 with Retina Support

« on: December 12, 2012, 04:09:49 PM »

And what else did Adobe break along the way? For one, the Print Size button is missing from the Hand Tool. I have used this since way back in the beginning, Photoshop 4 (not CS 4) for me. Now it's gone!!!!!

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x TC Information

« on: December 01, 2012, 08:42:32 PM »

<li>Pricing: somewhere around $11000.</li>

Yawn....

If you can't afford it, why even comment? My money is in the bank just waiting and I'll be one of the first in line.

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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: November 23, 2012, 09:53:31 PM »

Eastern Sierra Waterfall (5D Mark II and TS-E 24mm f3.5 LII, stitched panorama from two images, shifted fully up and fully down):

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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: November 23, 2012, 06:37:58 PM »

Thanksgiving Day, Mono Lake Sunset: (5D Mark III and 24mm TS-E f3.5 L II)