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L Glass w/ a Classy A**
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Mike Teezie
macrumors 68020
Mike Teezie said:
I hate you for having ordered a 70-200 L lenses (and for having a girlfriend 🙄 ). Did you get the f/4, f/2.8, or the f/2.8 IS?
Regardless, I'm holding you to that picture, since you mentioned it.
Mike Teezie
macrumors 68020
efoto said:
Since I'll mainly be shooting with this lens outside, I got the f/4.
I would have loved to get the 2.8, but it was $400 more than the 4. Seeing as I'm a college kid on a budget, it's a stretch for me to even own L Glass.
I'm also saving for my "walkaround lens" - the 24-70 f/2.8 L, which was another factor in not being able to go for the 2.8.
Mike Teezie said:
Understandable for sure. I'll be in the same boat as you shortly when I pony up for a new body and start drooling over L glass. It's a pain being in college and having no money 😛 Really makes me envious of those kids whose parents pay their way for education and they work....all profits and no expenses would be great right about now 😱
Dafke
macrumors 6502
efoto said:Was browsing a few, uh hum, sites and came across this nice little snippet:
Made me start to think if there are more existing pictures on this general idea...celebs/models with camera stuff. This may well be short lived, but if nothing else I just wanted to share a little Adriana with a camera 😀
hmm, can't see the pic, is it removed, the thread makes me curious! can you post it again?
CanadaRAM said:
Wait, what!? Ohh, her....umm, well see this thing happened....and umm....
*packs shop and runs*
I still love (you) Emmy 🙄
this was just a hot chick with a camera that spawned a rhyming title, I couldn't resist 😛
Dafke said:
Are you serious? It shows up in your post....and the other posts, and....
Perhaps try reloading the page or clearing your browser's cache 😕
Mike Teezie
macrumors 68020
I still don't know how I feel about the grayish white color Canon chooses for some of the L lenses.
Other than the "hey, look at me! I've got an expensive lens!" factor, is there a point?
The 24-70L I want is black thank goodness. Even black, the 70-200L would have been garish enough due to it's size (especially with a lens hood) but they had to go and paint the sucker white.
Other than the "hey, look at me! I've got an expensive lens!" factor, is there a point?
The 24-70L I want is black thank goodness. Even black, the 70-200L would have been garish enough due to it's size (especially with a lens hood) but they had to go and paint the sucker white.
Mike Teezie
macrumors 68020
efoto said:
Definitely. We gots the skillz, the desire to shoot, but have.....no money.
I'm reading up a ton on portraits. I hope to sort of delve into that a little, because the market for it where I am is pretty big. I'm practicing a ton on friends and family in the meantime.
Hopefully with a nice web presence with great galleries I can drum up some business to help pay for....drumroll please....more camera kit.
jsw said:
What did you do differently? I vaguely remember having some issues like this in some early img posts here at MR, but then I guess they sort of went away.
I upload it, change permissions on the file to 755 (including the folders it lies in) and then bang, it seems to work....not sure why some people have troubles 😕
Mike Teezie said:
I kind of like the white color, the transition from a black body to a white lens....I think it looks neat. They certainly broke the mold a while back, everyone knows what a white lens means, even if they aren't into photography at all. When you see pictures of the picture-takers at sporting events it's always a crowd of massive white lenses 😛
The red ring is what the real shooters look for, that's where the L is at 😉....white just makes that stand out, or negates your requirement to look for it because you know white means L too. Oh well, it's how it is and I still want one 😀
Edit: From this site:
"Many in the Canon L lens series are white in color. According to Canon, this reduces heat gain when a lens is used in bright, direct sunlight. White reflects more light than black - thus, less heat gain. The white lenses look great (my opinion of course), but attract attention."
Mike Teezie said:
What lens are you planning on using for portraits? I hear a lot of people using an 85 prime, a few others fitting it in on a zoom 35-105 or 28-135 (or whatever those #s are). Do you already have a lens you are using for portraits specifically?
Mike Teezie
macrumors 68020
Right now, I'm using the 50mm f/1.4 for portraits. I love it. $70!!!
I looked at that 28-135mm, but I'm just going to wait until I can get the 24-70L.
So with my 70-200, I'll have L glass that covers 24-200 focal length range.
I looked at that 28-135mm, but I'm just going to wait until I can get the 24-70L.
So with my 70-200, I'll have L glass that covers 24-200 focal length range.
Mike Teezie
macrumors 68020
Mike Teezie said:
Last I looked the 50 f/1.4 was $300+, you talking about the f/1.8 or you mix up your prices? 😕
I went the opposite road as you, starting with 24-70 and hopefully attaining the 70-200 in the not-so-distant-yet-not-so-far-away future 🙄 😀 Pair that with a 1.4x tele-converter and you have 24-280 focal L range (effectively 38.4-448 with then 1.6x FOV). Pretty sweet, I know that's my goal....