Its 2am...'nuff said -- ver 9.0

themadman wrote in post #12318435
Only $400 for a week

http://www.lensrentals​.com …hoto/canon-800mm-f5.6l-is

good god!!my salary can't even cover that cost + shipping..

I should sell my FOOT hehe

FricksPhotography wrote in post #12318441
you could be a pilot. A first monkey pilot

haha but Pilot flies..I want those Lonely Planet kind of stuff..or Long way down thing adventure...I am doing it now but just here in our country how I wish I could drive from China to Russia all the way to Europe then down to SOuth Africa woohooo

FJ LOVE wrote in post #12318443
the faster the T1 time the more ability to freeze the subject with a relatively slow shutter speed

your strobe speed essentially becomes the shutter speed in a sense, profoto and broncolor strobes have 1/6000 or better times

I suspect they are way expensive then?

I heard Einstein have a really fast T1 time, it was over 1/10,000 if I remember correctly.

FricksPhotography wrote in post #12318447
I shoot surfers with my 70-200 II it works ok but i have to crop quite a bit which the lens does good with but would like something longer.

400 f5.6L, cheap, long, sharp, fast AF.

themadman wrote in post #12318435
Only $400 for a week

http://www.lensrentals​.com …hoto/canon-800mm-f5.6l-is

http://www.borrowlense​s.com …er_tele/Sigma_8​00mm_canon

only $176 for a week!

KenjiS wrote in post #12318457
http://www.borrowlense​s.com …er_tele/Sigma_8​00mm_canon

only $176 for a week!

OMG... I almost want to rent it... lol

themadman wrote in post #12318461
OMG... I almost want to rent it... lol

I know how you feel!

they got pretty good prices..wonder how much their shipping is

themadman wrote in post #12318424
So is it possible to fire non-Elinchrom strobes along with the Elinchrom strobes?

I currently have two Interfit 200WS strobes, I want to get 2x RX300 and 2x RX600 for a studio setup.

when you get eli's you will end up with the skyport reciever/transmitterse​t up

the RX use an RX reciever and you would need to buy 2 universal skyport for your other strobes

http://www.warehouseex​press.com …iversal-receiver/p1028349

then you can fire all six, but you will only be able to raise and lower power to the RX strobes from the transmitter not your other strobes

FricksPhotography wrote in post #12318447
I shoot surfers with my 70-200 II it works ok but i have to crop quite a bit which the lens does good with but would like something longer.

See my suggestion, Sigma 50-500 OS or Canon 100-400L or 400 f/5.6L

themadman wrote in post #12318456
400 f5.6L, cheap, long, sharp, fast AF.

yeap I am really thinking hard about getting one of these...ain't there an IS version though? I think a 1.4 TCON would work very nice with that lens hehe

KenjiS wrote in post #12318457
http://www.borrowlense​s.com …er_tele/Sigma_8​00mm_canon
only $176 for a week!

hahahaha that's manageable

themadman wrote in post #12318461
OMG... I almost want to rent it... lol

do it!!! just use it handheld

or do you have a good steady tripod to mount it in?

Skyports are expensive... maybe I'll just set them to optical trigger mode

themadman wrote in post #12318456
400 f5.6L, cheap, long, sharp, fast AF.

Ya i think i might have to get one of these. i would really want the 500 f/4 but i would have to sell a kidney in order to so that.

monk3y wrote in post #12318484
yeap I am really thinking hard about getting one of these...ain't there an IS version though? I think a 1.4 TCON would work very nice with that lens hehe

No is version

themadman wrote in post #12318359
7D to a 5D2 is hardly an upgrade when it comes to certain types of photography

well i was going to suggest the mk 4 as a compromise to Jake because that's what i did

but i figured it would just be too rational and i would get flamed by haters

monk3y wrote in post #12318484
yeap I am really thinking hard about getting one of these...ain't there an IS version though? I think a 1.4 TCON would work very nice with that lens hehe


hahahaha that's manageable

do it!!! just use it handheld

or do you have a good steady tripod to mount it in?

No IS, but with Surf, you are on a tripod anyways

As for tripods... I have a few I don't know if any of them can take 800mm... but I can try, better than hand holding!

monk3y wrote in post #12318414
and remember he uses all this just to shoot those food shots

food shots with grids get it right