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Canon General / Re: Canon's MAP Pricing Goes Into Full Effect Today

« on: December 17, 2012, 08:40:59 PM »

What happened to the enforcement of MAP?  Seems like there have been Canon lens sales everywhere you look the past few days.  Our retailers allowed to skirt the rules by forcing you to add it to your cart before showing you the price.  NOT that I'm complaining.

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Lenses / Re: Please help me decide between the EF 300 f/4 L and the EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 L

« on: December 15, 2012, 09:28:26 AM »

I went with the EF 300 f/4L.  Thanks for all the advice and well thought out comments.  This is a great community.

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Lenses / Re: Please help me decide between the EF 300 f/4 L and the EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 L

« on: December 13, 2012, 05:48:32 PM »

Oh I see B&H dropped their price on the EF300 mm f/4 L from 1,349 to 1,181.99 today.  I think someone might be trying to tell me something.

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Lenses / Re: Please help me decide between the EF 300 f/4 L and the EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 L

« on: December 13, 2012, 02:51:00 PM »

Truthfully, I just played around with my sister's 100-400 for a few days.  It would probably grow on me over time.

I'm pretty good at sneaking up on animals and I'm planning to use the lens primarily on my 7D, so the 300 prime would give me 480 w/o extender and 672 w/ a 1.4.  Light is sometimes a factor when I'm in the woods.  I don't recall what aperature is available on the 100-400 at 300mm.

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Lenses / Please help me decide between the EF 300 f/4 L and the EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 L

« on: December 13, 2012, 01:50:16 PM »

I'm looking for a new lens that will give me a bit more reach than my EF 70-200mm f/4 L for photographing wildlife (i.e. ducks, squirrels, etc.).  I've excluded the 100-400mm L as I don't like the push pull and the 400 mm f5.6 due to it's lack of IS.  I can't afford any of the faster L telephotos or those with longer reach.

EF 300mm f/4L advantages
* faster lens 4.0 vs 5.6 at 300mm
* compatible w/ Canon extenders
* slightly better sharpness at 300 mm?

EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L advantages
* $80 cheaper $1269 vs $1349
* more versatile (range of focal lengths)
* more compact (travel friendly)

Did I miss anything.  I appreciate any and all opinions/comments.  Thanks!

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United States / Re: Fall Foliage Trip - Your advice please.

« on: November 17, 2012, 10:38:00 AM »

There were some nice fall colors in Wisconsin this year.  I wish my landscape photos turned out better, I never know where to focus.

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Portrait / Re: Political Portraits - Warts and All

« on: November 03, 2012, 09:42:25 PM »

What is it?

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Zoo Pics

« on: October 23, 2012, 08:27:20 PM »

Great shots guys.  I love the koala, the jellyfish and the red fox.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: GODZILLA!

« on: October 23, 2012, 08:23:47 PM »

those are Anole lizzards right

Yeah, the Geico gecko said he was too busy for a shoot, so I used my nephew's pet instead

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Animal Kingdom / Re: GODZILLA!

« on: October 23, 2012, 08:09:43 PM »

Thanks ions . 

These were taken with my T2i and Tamron 90 mm macro.  I tend to grab that camera whenever I want to take a few quick shots.  I own the non-L 100 mm but I think the Tamron is a very good lens as well.  In fact, it's been the only lens mounted on my T2i for probably 2 years.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: GODZILLA!

« on: October 21, 2012, 07:09:26 PM »

Yeah, the sunlight was pretty harsh and I should've compensated for it.  I'm still learning

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Animal Kingdom / GODZILLA!

« on: October 20, 2012, 05:50:35 PM »

GODZILLA?  OK, maybe not, but I think I heard the cricket chirp that before he became lunch.

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Macro / Re: Some random Macros

« on: October 16, 2012, 11:44:17 PM »

Some call them American Chameleons



T2i, Tamron 90mm macro, f/7.1, 1/25 s

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Death in Sri Lanka

« on: October 14, 2012, 09:27:10 PM »

Very nice do you have some of it having dinner?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Unreliable AF on 7D with FW 2.0.3?

« on: October 12, 2012, 11:53:30 AM »

I believe someone mentioned in another thread that you can downgrade back to 1.2.5 firmware using an older version of the EOS utility 2.09 or 2.10.