-=1D Mk II and Mk IIn Owners Unite!

you pay shipping both ways and it's a deal

I hear you man, I'm sure it's also pretty rewarding too...

tnguyen600 wrote in post #9551419
hahah i knew someone was gonna bring that up. Then before you know it, the bird guys are gonna come in "stop whining! try the 400mm f2.8 blah blah blah" lol

Yes sir.....try hike around with a 500L + 1.4 converter, 1dmarkIII, monopod/gimbal head, and 430ex flash unit for 4 hours in the park.

sweet, send me all those items and I'll do it, and take photos to prove it

I think we all should get a chance to try that cominbation! I don't believe it's THAT heavy!!

So, go ahead and pass around the 500 and converter!

I'm still waiting for my uncle to call me, he "claims" he's got an old manual focus 500L that i can barrow, but i still haven't seen it... Depending on how "old" it is, how far back do EF mounts go, and if its too old, where would i find an FD to EF converter ?

Forget it.....ain't worth it if you value quality images.

The FD to EF converters with glass degrade the image BUT you can convert many of the old telephoto lenses without using the crummy glass adapter. In fact my old 300mm f/4L will focus to a useful distance (not infinity but useful) without glass OR other modifications. A friend of mine uses a fully converted FD 600L on his 1DIII and 7D and it works great, aside from manual focus.

See:
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/ontarian/433872​7083/

Oh, i didn't know the converter used glass, I thought is was just a FD to EF mount ring...
But my uncle swears that he's used it on his Rebel Xt, so we'll see IF he ever calls me back on it, I'll deffinately post a pic if I get my hands on that thing and it actually works!

You can get adapters without glass, in fact the glass just pops out of most of the cheap ones. Perhaps he means the 1992 500mm f/4.5L which is an EF lens, should be autofocus. If he really means the FD then it must have an adapter of some sort. Be interesting to see what it really is, sometimes these things turn out to be a Pentax 200mm...

yeah, I'm REALLY curious to see what it is, think i need to give him another call soon.

So do you own two MKII's now Tim? They seem to be popping up everywhere lately. I'm still on the hunt......

nah.... JODI from Craigslist hasn't called me yet......

So now I'm starting to wonder if I should just keep the 20D for now and save for the 100-400 or 300 f/4L + 1.4 TC


I just don't know what to do!

granted, it IS tax season, but i really need to put some $$$ back into my savings account since I've pretty well blown my accident settlement
( i just bought a 16-35 2.8 mark I, still in the mail )

Doesn't the 70-200 just look great on a 1D2

Just playin' around with the light box since it's so cold outside.

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