OK, OK, I bought L glass... You SOBs.. :)

[JoeTampa]

Just came home with a combination Christmas/Birthday present (both dates well in the future)... A 100-400 IS USM L.. Compared it to the Signa 50-500 and it was no contest. The Sigma was much heavier, longer, (as expected), but the IS sold me. Looking forward to giving it a workout this weekend!

Thanks to everyone on the board for lots of comments on the various choices... Your good advice just cost me a lot of money! :)

[Belmondo]

Merry Christmas
Happy Birthday

You're now one of us.....(i.e. older and poorer).

Tom

[KarlJones]

[Cha-Ching!]
And, another one bites the du$t!

We welcome 'ye to our merry bad of "L'ers".
"Pour o pour the pirate sherry, pour o pour the pirate rum. Have an ale, for now you're one of us!"

Happy Christmas, and Merry Birthday to you (once they each actually get here)... congrats on the purchase! :D

[defordphoto]

Another convert. Everyone, wave your credit cards high! Congrats Joe!!

[morenoar]

Glad to read this thread. I am going to take my Sigma 50-500mm back today. I will get my money back. Now the delima, do I use the $900 plus chare an extra $400 on my CC to get the L lens? Or do I just buy a regular 70-300 Canon lens and save the money for the 100-400L lens? What would a NORMAL person do? HELP

[morenoar]

Glad to read this thread. I am going to take my Sigma 50-500mm back today. I will get my money back. Now the delima, do I use the $900 plus chare an extra $400 on my CC to get the L lens? Or do I just buy a regular 70-300 Canon lens and save the money for the 100-400L lens? What would a NORMAL person do? HELP

I also need to save an extra money for my Eye Exam.

[Canuck]

Woo-hoo! Another one gets to see what really good pics look like and will become an L-caholic! I have the Canon 16-35 F2.8L and Sigma 120-300 F2.8 EX and both are stunning in their own right! We look forward to seeing what you can produce!

Cheers from England,
Canuck

[defordphoto]

morenoar wrote:
What would a NORMAL person do? HELP


Us normal? The jury's still out on that one. I have two sayings when it comes to cameras:

1. Canon. Always Canon.
2. L. Always L.

Nuff said. :)

[GenEOS]

My first L series lens with IS, sold me on the lenses and the technology. When I bought my 70-200, the IS desiscion was an easy one.

[sjprg]

I guess taste are personal. Since the arrival of my 50-500 it has become the lens of choice and my general purpose outdoor lens. My 70-200 f/2.8L stays in the case except for portrait sessions. My Canon 24mm f/2.8 is used for scenic landscaps. Opticaly I find the 50-500 every bit as good of better than the 70-200. Perhaps it is that it is one of the latest production being less than 45 days old.

A few handheld shots.

http://www.pbase.com/sjprg/ed_levine_park

[Andy_T]

SJRPG,

I find the colours on your deer shots a bit strange ... but then, I didn't see the original scene.

I took the liberty of linking the image I'm referring to:

http://image.pbase.com/u35/sjprg/large/22904036.CRW_0730_RT8.jpg

What I'm referring to is the bluish hue - maybe a polarizing filter might have helped here. However, the top part of the picture looks a bit like CA to me.

Best regards,
Andy

[Belmondo]

Nice pictures, Paul.

It almost makes me homesick for the Bay Area. Not quite, though. Still too many pictures. The next time I'm up there, I want to get up to Lexington Reservoir and try to get some pictures of the Santa Clara Crew Team practicing. Their boathouse is up there, and they out on the lake quite often in the mornings. I would imagine there are some good photo opportunities there.

Good work!

Tom

[sjprg]

The bluish cast is from the late evening sun reflecting off of a blacktop road they were about to cross just out of the top of the image.

And Tom, right now Lexington is pulled down to probably 3-5 % capacity, probably in prep for the winter storms

[fox1]

sjprg wrote:
A few handheld shots.

http://www.pbase.com/sjprg/ed_levine_park

Hey! CRW_0747.jpg is my bank manager! :D :D

[Belmondo]

sjprg wrote:
The bluish cast is from the late evening sun reflecting off of a blacktop road they were about to cross just out of the top of the image.

And Tom, right now Lexington is pulled down to probably 3-5 % capacity, probably in prep for the winter storms

I remember several years ago when they drained it almost completely. It was interesting because you could still barely make out where the railroad had run through there as well as a couple other 'landmarks' that have been underwater since they built the dam.

My brother-in-law used to row on the SCU Crew Team, and he took me out in a 2-man boat on a couple occasions. It was a little scary being in a boat that was even more inherently unstable than I tend to be (in a figurative sense), but early mornings on the water can be really lovely. I can't tell you how many times I've hiked from downtown Los Gatos up to the dam and back.

Oh well, maybe I miss the place a little more than I thought.

Tom

[sjprg]

If you look around my pbase photos you should also find some of Ben Lomand lake also. I'm starting to get a vararity of locations posted. I have some of Sonol park and Little Yosemite to post yet.

[Belmondo]

sjprg wrote:
If you look around my pbase photos you should also find some of Ben Lomand lake also. I'm starting to get a vararity of locations posted. I have some of Sonol park and Little Yosemite to post yet.

I look forward to them.

Tom