Originally posted by monochrome Hi Steve: Great sots! Nice to see you can live the dream. It's almost as good as . . .
As my wife's OB once whispered to me in the hall, "Keep practicing, son. Keep practicing - every day!"
Hey Paul,
Thanks...and yes, I'll keep practicing...
. The lens is deceiving. It is not as close as you would expect when objects are fairly close to you already, but it sure pulls them in when they are far away. I think the shot of the jetski was perhaps slightly farther away as the guy in Warren's shot @135mm on the previous page. If they started to get towards shore, I couldn't get their board/legs in the shot. The lens sure draws a lot of comments, especially from the Canon crowd.
Originally posted by timstone That sir is one hell of a lens. I don't even want to know the price tag on that beast!
Well I'm lucky to have this one and I sure wouldn't buy a second
It's from the 80s...too bad they don't still make them. I don't have the exact number in front of me, but they were (when converting it into 2010 dollars) about $27,000 US when first released...., it's only worth a fraction of that now. It sure is a joy to use and is much better performing than I had expected.