Calling Dante.

[chancellor]

Dante, this lens is calling you: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...goryNavigation. I'm so confident that you'll like it that I'm willing to bet you. Say $50?

Cheers!

[BradT0517]

No he doesnt buy anything less than 2.8

[lensview]

I see it more as Calicokat's lens.
Anything over 85mm is really not Dante King's game.

[adas]

I thought Dante's switching on primes lately. I read somewhere he sold the 3 highest quality canon zooms he had to finance a prime. What a jerk.

[Tareq]

even it is just $300 NEW i will not take it, so i don't think those rich members as dante and calicokat will think of this lens. am i wrong?

[lensview]

Originally Posted by Tareq

even it is just $300 NEW i will not take it, so i don't think those rich members as dante and calicokat will think of this lens. am i wrong?

Well Tareq, those rich guys think differently than you and I. They have so much money that sometimes they buy a lens only to stash it in a closet "just in case" they need it. Now, imagine that.

[busterboy]

Originally Posted by adas

I thought Dante's switching on primes lately. I read somewhere he sold the 3 highest quality canon zooms he had to finance a prime. What a jerk.

Thats not a very nice thing to say..

If he wants to sell his house/diner or his kids to buy whatever its his business..

Some buy zooms and change, Some buy primes and change.

[Cathpah]

where's dante when you need him?
dante? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[adas]

C'mon, busterboy, just joking. Looks like it didn't catch. Should've put there a laughing smiley instead, that way at least it wouldn't be taken seriously.

[lensview]

Dante and Ronaldo appear to be in a business meeting this morning.
I have a hunch it is Ronaldo who will come out of it signature-enriched by a 300 f/2.8.
Great lens no doubt, just that some copies are not as good as the rest when it comes to fine contrast and detail. That's a real shame when you think about the price.....$3,200 for a well used one, $3,900 for new.

[baybud]

Originally Posted by lensview

Dante and Ronaldo appear to be in a business meeting this morning.
I have a hunch it is Ronaldo who will come out of it signature-enriched by a 300 f/2.8.
Great lens no doubt, just that some copies are not as good as the rest when it comes to fine contrast and detail. That's a real shame when you think about the price.....$3,200 for a well used one, $3,900 for new.

thats interesting you think that, may i ask how you base that?

[Tareq]

Originally Posted by lensview

Well Tareq, those rich guys think differently than you and I. They have so much money that sometimes they buy a lens only to stash it in a closet "just in case" they need it. Now, imagine that.

I disagree, if i have lots of money then i will buy most L's wether i need them or not.
just when i don't have something i say that i will not take photos, for example when i did't have any long zooms i said i will never do wildlife or sports, now with 2 tele zooms i can say i love wildlife and soon sports.
thats why i want to buy alot of gears as much as i can.

[chancellor]

Dante, while you're absent, people are discussing everything here about you, including, but not limited to: what lenses you should/or not buy, what lenses you shouldn't have sold, even your financial status was gently touched on.

Folks, the reason I mentioned this to Dante is because in a couple of threads him and I spoke about this lens, and now seeing it at 10 with about $400 or so off sounds like a real good deal to me. I know he'll like it, thus willing to bet a $50.

[runninmann]

Is this some sort of POTN papparazzi? We ambush a member and start a thread with numerous posts about him without his knowledge or permission? Sweeet!

[lakiluno]

tareq - why do you have the 17-35 and the superior 16-35? and why the Sigma 70-300 and the 100-400L?