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Sep 16, 2006 00:15 as a reply to @ post 1993175 | #736

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Part of the outrageous price of the L lenses (well, at times) is that one basically pays for a lens that shines from wide open...

I have always felt that I can stop any lens down and enhance its performance, even the 18-55 can be awesome at f/8-f/11 (been there, done it, and I STILL like the results even after being spoiled by all the good stuff), but a lens that one can shoot wide open and still trust to deliver the goods.....now that is awesome.

Things like the 60 macro at f/2.8....absolutely NO hesitation to use it wide open.

My 300 f/4L is nice and sharp at f/4, and ULTRAsharp at f/4.5. The 300 f/2.8.. I don't like to think

Yeah, I'm going to have to click off the forum for tonight...every time I think "I'll JUST BUY IT" I think "I don't THINK it's worth a divorce...." Time to go think about something besides L primes!

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Sep 16, 2006 00:15 as a reply to @ post 1993178 | #737

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Peregrin wrote:
Those are just excellent!

(Did you see that there are over 12K views on this thread?? I just notice that...how weird considering only 9 or 10 people have posted...)

It always happens when a charming and spirited lady participates in a thread....men start to swarm....

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Sep 16, 2006 00:16 as a reply to @ post 1993184 | #738

Yeah, everybodies probably picked the 9 or 10 of us out as annoying forum trolls, lol.

J/K (or so I hope.)

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Sep 16, 2006 00:20 | #739

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Curiously, both Ron and Dante King are absent coincidentally.
Those two must be up to something together ...like having a date, or eloping or something....yeah, that's very odd.....

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Sep 16, 2006 00:28 as a reply to @ Permagrin's post | #740

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Yeah, I'm going to have to click off the forum for tonight...every time I think "I'll JUST BUY IT" I think "I don't THINK it's worth a divorce...."

Time to go think about something besides L primes!

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Sep 16, 2006 00:28 as a reply to @ lensview's post | #741

lensview wrote:
Curiously, both Ron and Dante King are absent coincidentally.
Those two must be up to something together ...like having a date, or eloping or something....yeah, that's very odd.....

I was just thinking the same thing :eek:

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Sep 16, 2006 00:34 | #742

Ronnie is not my type. Unlike you guys, I am working hard to pay off my camera gear!!!

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Sep 16, 2006 00:35 as a reply to @ Dante King's post | #743

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Ronnie is not my type. Unlike you guys, I am working hard to pay off my camera gear!!!

Ah.. your just an Lcholic, go see a doctor and fix that, then all your money problems will flow away in the wind.

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Sep 16, 2006 00:35 | #744

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Sep 16, 2006 00:38 as a reply to @ JaGWiRE's post | #745

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Ah.. your just an Lcholic, go see a doctor and fix that, then all your money problems will flow away in the wind.

Ha, then I would have to get rid of the kids, wife and fine automobiles to really shore up my finances!

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Sep 16, 2006 00:39 | #746

OH, why did my duck cross the road? To get to Ronnie Poo's house!

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Sep 16, 2006 00:45 as a reply to @ Dante King's post | #747

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Vivid colors and very sharp. Interesting. This is the same lens as in the OP?

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Sep 16, 2006 00:46 | #748

300 2.8 BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sep 16, 2006 00:48 as a reply to @ Dante King's post | #750

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300 2.8 BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you feed your children, or cut out the grocery money for them and spend it saving for lenses?

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