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Lenses / 70-200 f/2.8LisII with x1.4TC VS 70-300 f/4-5.6L

« on: December 02, 2011, 04:33:51 AM »

I was a heartbeat from dropping the Visa card on a new 70-300 f/4-5.6L and stopped short when I saw I basically have this covered with the 70-200 f/2.8LisII and the x1.4TCII (= f/4 98mm-280mm)

Is there room for both lenses in the bag? Who runs with both?

Paul Wright

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Lenses / Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L Sale Price

« on: November 21, 2011, 09:18:36 PM »

http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/11/er/
Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L Sale Price & rebate...

Please let this be an early indicator that this lens is in run-out.

Just about every Canon shooter on the planet is looking forward to the refreshed 24-70 f/2.8 more than a personal visit from Santa.

Paul Wright

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Lenses / Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 OS for action sports

« on: November 20, 2011, 11:40:54 PM »

I've been more than happy shooting action sports on 1D4 bodies with 300mm f/2.8is and 70-200mm f/2.8is, but a lens that has been demanding my attention is the new stabilized Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 zoom.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/755328-USA/Sigma_136101_120_300mm_f_2_8_EX_DG.html
http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/120-300mm-f28-ex-dg-os-apo-hsm-sigma1
http://www.rytterfalk.com/2011/04/30/exploring-the-new-sigma-120-300-2-8-os-lens/

The old version of this lens was never quite there, but initial responses to the new OS lens are looking very promising. If this lens works as advertised it would be a fairly compelling lens for shooting action sports.

Any CR shooters use this lens? Links to meaningful independent reviews? Even the Fred Miranda lens reviews have not passed an opinion on the new OS lens yet...must be too new.

Paul Wright

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Site Information / Google+ = ?

« on: November 15, 2011, 05:07:23 PM »

That's nice that CR is now hooked into Google+

As photographers there's something that we should be aware of regarding Google+

I've just read a published a report about Google+
Not only does it remove all metadata including copyright information, it can falsely represent who created the images uploaded to it. Nasty, naughty.....

http://artists-bill-of-rights.org/news/campaign-news/google%2B-deletes-copyright-metadata/

My feeling is that this greatly lessens the value of Google+.  Are you really going to post images here?

Paul Wright