FINALLY!

[zxrider]

IT FINALLY CAME! My 40D and 100-400L and my Macbook. ... But it is raining :mad: grrr

Wow... I knew it was going to be bigger and heavier than my current setup...but DAMN! haha, I didn't realize it was going to be ... well, that big, lol. I can deff. feel the quality difference between my d40 and 55-200 and my new 40D and 100-400L ... the extra $1,000+ dollars makes a big difference.

Now... if it would stop raining, I would be one happy person. I don't wanna go to work tomorrow, it is suppose to be sunny and warmer, then sunday rain again and thats the next day I have off... haha...why me??? :cry:



HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

[iddycourt]

it always happens when you get your camera!
my first shoot with my camera outdoors, it was overcast..and would rain every 2 minutes for 30 seconds.
i must have looked a sight, everytime the rain came out, covering my camera and bolting.

enjoy your new set-up.. i hope its sunny for you atleast after work
or...sick leave? lol

[zxrider]

haha...hmmm sick leave...good idea...lol. Naw, I don't think I can...unless it is a beautiful morning. haha. But I'm not going to skip, might need it for another day :).
I hope I got a sharp copy of the 100-400...
Lol... I know I looked funny earlier, running in and out of the house because of the rain.

[zxrider]

It seems that way. I was thinking about it, but I might need it for another day ;) lol. I'll just see if I can leave early.
I hope my copy of the 100-400L is a sharp copy, I am gunna be sad if it isn't.

[zxrider]

... why didn't my other post show up? I didn't want to post twice... OOPPSSS!!!! :( haha.

it wasn't showing my first post so i thought I didn't post...but then i post again..and then it shows up...lame... I must be retarded

[SuzyView]

Well, congrats! Sounds like you need to come here to VA, where it's sunny and cold. :)

And I got the brick first, then the 70-200 2.8 IS and the 100-400 is nothing! :)

[zxrider]

lol :). Well, for now, this is my only lens, I have no more money...all gone! :( But it's worth it. Time to start saving, by then, I should have a lens picked out... well I hope, I tend to change my mind a lot :)

[Ook]

I hope I got a sharp copy of the 100-400...
Lol... I know I looked funny earlier, running in and out of the house because of the rain.

You could stay inside and take test shots of focus charts all night!




(don't do it!)

[iddycourt]

Curious to know whether you had a sick day and it was raining, or you had to slave at work while it was sunny knowing what you had at home waiting to be used?

[zxrider]

Curious to know whether you had a sick day and it was raining, or you had to slave at work while it was sunny knowing what you had at home waiting to be used?

So mean... lol. Well, I got up extra early thinking it was going to be sunny. That was a waste of time, it was foggy as crap, but I got some cool foggy shots, so maybe not total waste, but not what I expected. Slaved at work ALL through the sunny, nice, warm weather. Just got home about 1 hour ago, and now it is getting dark. And they wanted me to stay longer...pfft, nope, had "things" to do. :) Lets just hope tomorrow the weather man in wrong, and it will be sunny, not raining.

I think I got a fairly sharp copy of the lens, it seems like it at f/8 anyways. But I just got the camera, and it is my first canon and I haven't been into photography for more than a year, soo.... I have a lot of learning to do.

I am interested to know what camera settings you all use on your canons for birds and bif? or Animals in general. How all of you with your 100-400L are getting such damn sharp photos, it's amazing. I'd hate to have a bad copy (it is refurbished, so it is probably just me, dont know though.) Eh, if it is ill just sell or send it back or something and get a 300 f/4.

[iddycourt]

hanging out to see some photos now.
any good days for photos yet?
hope it hasnt been raining the whole time