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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/15/2005 09:01:39 AM · #1

Wow... this thing is like a Mac Truck. Diopter correction, Depth of field preview...and it's huge! Too bad I have to wait until tonight for the lens. tick....tick...tick.... sigh. Re-defining anticipation.

mariomel

Canon EOS-5D

02/15/2005 09:33:02 AM · #2

PSST!

Even if you don't have a lens yet, you can still update your camera in your profile.

Then you'll be badass....Congrats!

mikasi

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

02/15/2005 09:38:21 AM · #3

I got my 10D a bit less than a year ago (happily forfeiting the slow-focusing Dimage 7). The thing is great and it has given me many happy hours of shooting.

For me, at least, I wish I had also invested in the optional "talent packet" advertised with it. Had I bought it then maybe one of my Challenge shoots would have scored above 5.0

Prof_Fate

02/15/2005 11:00:15 AM · #4

My right elbow is still sore from my first day out shooting with my Rebel (over a month ago now). I suppose i had a death grip on it for fear of dropping it.

Welcome to the dlsr club! What lens(es) are starting with?

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/15/2005 11:07:12 AM · #5

Sigma 28-135mm F3.8-5.6 for starts.

zeuszen

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

02/15/2005 11:07:26 AM · #6

Originally posted by canoe3k:

Wow... this thing is like a Mac Truck...

I prefer the 10D to the 20D for the way it sits in the hand. The 20D feels like a toy to me (not a bad one, mind you) compared to it. Enjoy! Don't go out and buy quantities of lenses, unless you can afford to. Otherwise, get one, the best you can afford.

On a budget, the EF 50mm f/1.8 would be on top of my list.

02/15/2005 11:11:08 AM · #7

Choosing a lens is a pleasant form of torture....my brain cranks up and refuses to settle as I ponder over the seemingly limitless choices, features, uses, prices, makes.. ahhh.. stop the voices...

Prof_Fate

02/16/2005 12:56:08 AM · #8

Originally posted by canoe3k:

Choosing a lens is a pleasant form of torture....my brain cranks up and refuses to settle as I ponder over the seemingly limitless choices, features, uses, prices, makes.. ahhh.. stop the voices...

yep yep yep.
With a budge in mind...my nest lens will likely be the Sigma 70-300 APO super 2, for about $220.
Then it is time to open teh wallet up WIDE...10-22 or 12-24 or similar and then perhaps a 28-105ish 2.8, or a 70-200 2.8...

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

02/16/2005 11:38:31 AM · #9

Playing with manual mode today... this is going to be a seriously fun camera. At work so the images are all non-spectacular, but good practice. Like the two dials so far for shutter speed and aperature. Getting comfy with the settings. Think I'll keep it. :)

blindjustice

Canon EOS-7D

02/16/2005 12:13:42 PM · #10

you lucky bastard. why are you chatting and not shooting models?

Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon

02/16/2005 12:47:48 PM · #11

According to my wife, the only models I will be shooting will be model planes. Ah well..

moswyn

Canon EOS-7D

02/16/2005 01:45:44 PM · #12

Originally posted by zeuszen:

I prefer the 10D to the 20D for the way it sits in the hand. The 20D feels like a toy to me (not a bad one, mind you) compared to it.

Stick a vertical grip on the bottom of the 20D and it'll quit feeling like a toy ;) I've used my grip so much that either camera feels off balance without it.

Message edited by author 2005-02-16 13:46:04.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

02/16/2005 04:04:40 PM · #13

Battery grips on ebay.. 150 plus..ouch

RHoldenSr

Canon EOS-5D

02/16/2005 05:40:38 PM · #14

Just get a spare battery and a charger you can use in the house and car and use the $150.00 on something else :)

Originally posted by canoe3k:

Battery grips on ebay.. 150 plus..ouch

deapee

Kodak V803

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

02/16/2005 05:50:48 PM · #15

Originally posted by canoe3k:

According to my wife, the only models I will be shooting will be model planes. Ah well..

You're in the same boat as me then -- that's the same thing my girlfriend says. So ... wanna get together and shoot some model planes?

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/16/2005 05:53:12 PM · #16

There was a day when model airplanes, lighter fluid and some matches were big fun....Hmm..

zeuszen

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

02/16/2005 05:59:15 PM · #17

Originally posted by moswyn:

Originally posted by zeuszen:

I prefer the 10D to the 20D for the way it sits in the hand. The 20D feels like a toy to me (not a bad one, mind you) compared to it.

Stick a vertical grip on the bottom of the 20D and it'll quit feeling like a toy ;) I've used my grip so much that either camera feels off balance without it.

I was thinking of both with the grip attached actually.