GKPE: General Ramblings thread

Is 10-500 a typo?

lance v wrote in post #3933996
haha i better start selling some photos if i want more gear:p

a young Weka.?

tag141 wrote in post #3934003
a young Weka.?

i havnt been around here long enough to no what that means? lol

that reminds me. once u have the date code how do u check what the hell it means lol

http://www.the-digital-picture.com …ses/Canon-Lens-Aging.aspx

Cheers

lance v wrote in post #3933999
Is 10-500 a typo?

Thats the focal length from those 3 lens 10-20 24-70 50-500
Wazza beat me to it

Wazza wrote in post #3934013
http://www.the-digital-picture.com …ses/Canon-Lens-Aging.aspx

I had a 300F4 that was 15 yrs old but opticaly perfect. Its the older lens that have been upgraded you need to avoid i.e Canon 17-35 F2.8L

weka2000 wrote in post #3934032
Thats the focal length from those 3 lens 10-20 24-70 50-500

O i c. yea 10-20 looks like fun too haha. i need to win lotto

lance v wrote in post #3934061
O i c. yea 10-20 looks like fun too haha. i need to win lotto

Find a career woman would be better

So whats your intrest with macro?

weka2000 wrote in post #3934067
Find a career woman would be better

So whats your intrest with macro?

Hahaha thats sorta whats hapning now:p been with my GF for 3 years and she works full time(ie buys my lunch) haha i no its not sposed to happen that way but hey IM A STUDENT

I love macro because i like bugs

i tend to like things that other people dont like spiders, scorpions, snakes, frogs and lizards things like that. plus once u start looking in the garden theres soo many cool insects to see. if your stuck at home and there not much to shoot there always bugs

and its cool to see them upclose too

heres 1 i took today

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woops stufed that up

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Moppie wrote in post #3931757
Prior to that they had been building under license the Austin A series in 1,000cc 1200cc and 1500cc forms, as well a 1.8/2L 4cyl and a 2.4/2.6/2.8 6cly motor from Mercedes.
The Austin A series engine dates back to the 50s and even the English stopped using it in the 70s.

Oi! enough with the A series knocking already (they do a bit of this on their own accord ) 803cc is certainly more than enough to get the A30 to a speed faster than the brakes can safely stop it at. (actually the starter motor will but that's another issue)

FlyingPete wrote in post #3933498
Well interesting day, 20D and 70-200 almost bought it

Took the family to the Botanic gardens for a run around and some family photos. Whilst extracting our youngest from the tunnel at the potters garden a kid grabbed my 20D with 70-200 f/2.8 attached and ran off with it dragging it along my the lens hood! I quickly took chase and he dropped it on the concrete and ran off

Seems to all be OK, the lens hood took all the damage, a few scratches on it and a big gouge out of the end, found his parents, got their number in case anything is actually broken

eeek!

lance v wrote in post #3933765
would a 24-70 make a good walk around sort of lens as well for say a holiday in south africa?? or newhere for that matter

24-70 f/2.8 on a 1.6 crop body is my everyday lens. on occasion I bolt on the 100-400 (for stuff like at the zoo the other day or airshows etc) or even more occasionally these days I use the 16-35 (usually landscapes )
If I went on holiday & had to take only one lens, that would be it. For South Africa I'd be taking all 3 though.

joeseph wrote in post #3934303
24-70 f/2.8 on a 1.6 crop body is my everyday lens. on occasion I bolt on the 100-400 (for stuff like at the zoo the other day or airshows etc) or even more occasionally these days I use the 16-35 (usually landscapes )
If I went on holiday & had to take only one lens, that would be it. For South Africa I'd be taking all 3 though.

cheers joseph. the more i hear about this lens the more i am swayed towards it.

cheers

lance v wrote in post #3934313
cheers joseph. the more i hear about this lens the more i am swayed towards it.

cheers

Maybe it's just me and the type of photography we do, but I find 24mm is not wide enough for a walkaround... 24mm on a full frame is the equivalent of about 17mm on a crop body. The 24 was designed for full frame cameras... I would suggest you try one and see before committing.

BTW Mark, I think you've sold me on the 10-20.. hehe.. dammit... I knew that would happen...

Cheers momentZ(man i hope i got that right)

To be fair i dont do that much walk around stuff but i really want a 'person lens' as long as it will be good enough for shooting interinting places ect in SDouth africa it will be awsome. they have some sexy people to shoot over there aswell