First Shots With 300 F/2.8L IS

Peregrin wrote in post #2020634
SO strong I spelled Bailey's wrong!

Off to sleep it off guys!

Cat, hope you find an acceptable conclusion to your "trade dilemma"
Lightstream, hope you don't mind being our friendly neighborhood pub bum
G'Night to all!

The very drunk bum too.....

i thought that this was the only kind of bum you can be???

I must introduce you folks to Ugly Mean Chickie and his drinking habit...... (warning: language. NWS if speakers are on at high volume)

http://www.hoving.com/​umc.html

Seriously, if you do nothing else today, check it out! Goes perfectly with the POTN ThreadPub... and he even sounds like me when I yell at my computers

ahahahaha, just saw the first episode and i can't stop laughing

Oh, you think the first one is good....keep going.....it becomes MAGNIFICENT

My favorites in particular are 5 and 6.

BTW, did you actually get the Sigma 70-200 2.8 in the end? How do you like it?

Geez, I go away for an hour and two pages are added. You chatterboxes

Woolburr wrote in post #2020590
The good news is I don't have to milk these lame jokes for a laugh. I can just enjoy my drink.


I saw that ad...I don't know how serious this guy is about trading...seems like a dumb move on his part to swap cameras just before going on a trip like that. I also saw a 1Ds for sale at KEH for a decent price....that is looking like the deal of the day.

I am thinking of waiting to see what Canon releases next before making any decisions. If they release a 1DsMII successor, then the 1DsMII goes down in price. If they release anything, older camera's go down in price. Should I wait and see

blonde wrote in post #2020600
I KILLED THE FLY!!!!! I KILLED THE FLY!!!!!!!!!

now all i have to do is organize the dvd rack that i knocked over and buy a new lamp...

Big congrats

Lightstream wrote in post #2020697
BTW, did you actually get the Sigma 70-200 2.8 in the end? How do you like it?

who me? yes i did get it and i did like it very much. i sold it because i wanted to try out some macro and because i didn't have much use for it at the time...

blonde wrote in post #2020711
who me? yes i did get it and i did like it very much. i sold it because i wanted to try out some macro and because i didn't have much use for it at the time...

I have a macro question for you, I have the 100 as well. How can you make the macro more than 1:1, will kenko tubes make it 2:1 by chance

hmmm, you are asking the wrong person because my experience with macro is very limited. however, i do know that using extension tubes will increase the 1:1 but i am not sure by how much. i also know that i had a hard time focusing with a set of kenko tubes on my 100 but i am sure that it was because i am not used to it...

calicokat wrote in post #2020698
Geez, I go away for an hour and two pages are added. You chatterboxes

GO AND READ UMC!! http://www.hoving.com/​umc.html

btw, if you are serious about macro and want higher than 1:1 mag, check out the canon MP-E65 lens. it is MF only and it is hard to master but it is amazing and can do 5:1

blonde wrote in post #2020711
who me? yes i did get it and i did like it very much. i sold it because i wanted to try out some macro and because i didn't have much use for it at the time...

Yes you

Your old thread resurfaced somehow, so I read it even though it was backdated. I have a 70-200 myself. Nice....

How was yours wide open? Good?