Kiwi - GKPE - New and Improved General Ramblings (5)

klippe wrote in post #5970700
Tony, did you get out to the west coast last night?

That surf report sounded insane.

Peace out muh homeys.

No was involved in another storm ..... sorry no photos

weka2000 wrote in post #5970864
No was involved in another storm ..... sorry no photos

I wonder what tonight holds.

I see that someone got swept into the sea on the Kapiti coast while taking photos yesterday. A woman passing by plucked him from the sea.

Now that's the sort of weather I want to be shooting in. Just need to come up with a "tent" type arrangement for the gear so that I can keep the lens(e) free of big drops of water. I am hanging out for some "vicious weather" shots.

klippe wrote in post #5971028
I wonder what tonight holds.

I see that someone got swept into the sea on the Kapiti coast while taking photos yesterday. A woman passing by plucked him from the sea.

Now that's the sort of weather I want to be shooting in. Just need to come up with a "tent" type arrangement for the gear so that I can keep the lens(e) free of big drops of water. I am hanging out for some "vicious weather" shots.

Well just dont talk about it
http://surf2surf.co.nz​/reports/index.php?loc​=AK
http://surf2surf.co.nz​/reports/index.php?loc​=AKM

Best spot would be the "gap" spary drift and sand maybe issue. Get a kata rain/weather cover and make a larger hood.

Right off home to see if I can get a jetstream connection.

weka2000 wrote in post #5972003
Right off home to see if I can get a jetstream connection.

whats happening with your interweb?

Hello from home

Wonder what Telecom did this time as they never tell me

weka2000 wrote in post #5972686
Hello from home

Wonder what Telecom did this time as they never tell me

"we're very sorry sir, there are no known problems on our network"

i bet you let the magic smoke out ...

Sorry - we just needed to borrow your bandworth for some movie downloads finished now.

well just had a play with the new canon kit lens with IS.

I was rather impressed with it, the zoom is smoth, and focus is speed if fast and quite, inifintly better than the old one.
The manual focus has been improved, but is still crap though.
And, the IS really works, and works well.
The 450D it was attached to however was cramped and difficult to use.

Woohoo. I now have my nice Cokin X series filter holder and a nice 3stop grad filter (soft).

The filter itself is 130mm wide, but I have purchased a 77mm adaptor to use with my super wide.

Surprisingly for platic, the filet holder has a very solid feel to it, as does the filter itself, which is almost 3mm thick. One big chunk of filter.

More motorsport next weekend to put it through its paces. Cool.

Cliff

who has experience with either the 1.4 or 2.0 extender and 70-200 F2.8L?

I'm thinking I may get one for a sports exchange next week

Right thats 2 issues fixed for the day. Normal life will resume.

Moppie wrote in post #5972820
well just had a play with the new canon kit lens with IS.

Is that a standard 18-55?

Moppie wrote in post #5972820
The manual focus has been improved, but is still crap though.

Please explain how it's crap.

Moppie wrote in post #5972820
And, the IS really works, and works well.

Cool, any price on it yet to buy as separate item? Is it worth it (in your opinion)

Moppie wrote in post #5972820
The 450D it was attached to however was cramped and difficult to use.

Harden up (actually I agree, got one here at work too). Then again, my 350D still gets hammered on select outings. Has served me well. I shall ask for a state funeral to be held for it when the time comes for it to go to camera heaven.

naqs wrote in post #5972837
who has experience with either the 1.4 or 2.0 extender and 70-200 F2.8L?

I'm thinking I may get one for a sports exchange next week

No issues with the1 .4 but the 2x looses IQ make sure you get the mk2 versions of the canon TC's

There is nothing wrong with the 2x but needs to be used only on big whites for which it was designed