SnJPhoto
24th of April 2004 (Sat), 15:52
I decided to pick up the 300 F2.8 after getting all the responses on it and some recommendations from friends. Since my wife and I had to go to downtown L.A. for other things I figured I'd pickup the lens there. I had considered buying via the web, but though "what the heck". I've had hit and miss luck with Samys lately (1Ds experience from a few weeks ago). As we walk up, I happen to notice a nice 1D Mark II box sitting there with one of the salesmen. He let me fondle the demo model for a bit, and checked inventory for the 300. In the next 5-10 minutes of conversation, we let him know that we were looking forward to getting a 1DMKII also, but were a ways down the waiting list (<20 on CDWs). You see where this is going? Seems Samys got 100 Mark IIs in this week. We were in the right place at the right time.....he ended up letting us take one off his inventory, along with the 300. I did overhear on salesman say they were all presold units, and they would take someones name/money and have to get back to them. So we're feeling lucky....
So its off to the beach for some test shots.......beautiful sunny, warm day at the beach.....wonder if there will be any scenery there...?
So here's the family pic......
http://www.pbase.com/image/28275106
So its off to the beach for some test shots.......beautiful sunny, warm day at the beach.....wonder if there will be any scenery there...?
So here's the family pic......
http://www.pbase.com/image/28275106