My 70-200 is here :)

Yep, Just got here a few hours ago...

After doing the obligatory shooting random crap around the house to make sure the thing is working and fucntioning fine I deicded the best test of my new lens was to take it outside in the snow with my dog...

Now I admit two failings on my part:

1. I underestimated how fast a 13 year old Catahoula can run, and my shutter speed was a tidge too low (I was using ISO100..shoulda gone to ISO400) 1/320-1/400 on average wasnt really cutting it

2. AF Point Expansion is not the right mode for this...Shoulda stuck to plain ol single point... It tracked the dog but frequently had the wrong part of the dog in focus...

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Looking good! You are making me want to pick one up!

^- its quite worth it, its easily going to become my workhorse lens and i know it

I think they look good and the doggy looks really happy to be in the snow.

Makes me wanna take my 70-200 out.

Vixen89 wrote in post #13733233
I think they look good and the doggy looks really happy to be in the snow.

Makes me wanna take my 70-200 out.

Oh shes quite happy in the snow XD She probubly shouldnt play too much because then shes all crippled for the rest of the night sadly

Looks like you had a blast shooting with it, and that is the real reward Congrats!

BrickR wrote in post #13733460
Looks like you had a blast shooting with it, and that is the real reward Congrats!

Indeed, i actually went out with her again just a few minutes ago, the light is getting a bit dim but even with f/4 i managed to get some good shots at ISO3200

My shutter speed was 1/200-1/320, Given the ones i posted before that were higher SS and still had motion blur I doubt the f/2.8 would have really "helped"

!nice- congrats!
i'm slowly savin' for a 70-200

Heck yes, 70-200 is such a sweet lens

the 70-200 is a must-have piece of kit, imo. did you get the f4? your dog reminds me so much of Lucy....man i miss her.

how many Canon 70-200's are there, six?

N.V.M. wrote in post #13735521
how many Canon 70-200's are there, six?

with kenji it's likely to be a sigma ! canon makes four 70-200Ls if you are counting only current models.

ed rader

KENJI!!!!!! GET INSIDE, QUICK!!!!!!

I, for one, haven't forgotten what happened when you took your 30D out in the snow!


And, I'd also like to hear which one you got....f/4? f/2.8? With IS? Without? Mark I? Mark II?

Come on....more details please!

Which one is it?

Since he posted some of these images in the F4 IS thread I think that is the one he has!