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Now that would be cool. A 55-200 f/1.8L lens. Throw in IS and I'll take 2!

This one wasn't mine but it was sure fun to use for the night

VinnieJ wrote in post #11168889
Now that would be cool. A 55-200 f/1.8L lens. Throw in IS and I'll take 2!

ya rly wonna

Canon_For_Life
like ur 100-400 L , want mine back
i think i buy it in few days again !!! its rly nice with 7D

Thanks, I love it as well. Wish I would have more chances to use it though I've thought of selling it for a 70-200 2.8 IS but know if once I get the 7D (soon hopefully) I will regret it lol

VinnieJ wrote in post #11168889
Now that would be cool. A 55-200 f/1.8L lens. Throw in IS and I'll take 2!

Save some money for the cart you need to move them around on.

Coops wrote in post #11168426
Uggggggh looks like a Nikon get it away from me!

Hahaha. Gaffer tape couldn't fool you.

VinnieJ wrote in post #11168584
Looks like a D700

Indeed.

Anders Östberg wrote in post #11168617
That lens is on my want-to-try list though ... in EF mount, obviously.

It is a sensational manual-focus optic.

RaZe42 wrote in post #11168660
Leaf shutters. Yes, please. (they allow flash sync to the max shutter speed)

They also generally have slow maximum shutter speeds, 1/500 is typical. I'd rather just use NDs with flashes than be limited to such slow speeds, in fact due to being so slow you'd need NDs fairly often anyway. Focal plane shutter sync speeds can also be made much higher, one of the older 1D's did something like 1/500 and had a max shutter speed of around 1/10000, with the tech available now that could easily be beaten. Also a lot of Nikon flashes and cameras have a high speed sync mode, and I think some Canon's have it too now.

The 1D Classic does 1/16000 and flash sync normally of 1/500 but can really sync at any speed but that's because it was CCD, not CMOS and CCD has some real advantages in this area. Less in others which is why it has mostly lost out to CMOS.

High speed sync is a different beast.

hpulley wrote in post #11171100
The 1D Classic does 1/16000 and flash sync normally of 1/500 but can really sync at any speed but that's because it was CCD, not CMOS and CCD has some real advantages in this area. Less in others which is why it has mostly lost out to CMOS.

High speed sync is a different beast.

It is.

It is important to note though that the electronic focal-plane shutter of the 1D was a contributing factor in its success with wireless users.

The vertical shutter is what gave us higher sync speeds in the first place. Cloth horizontal shutters just couldn't move fast enough, too far to go, single piece to move. Modern vertical shutters from the 1V on are marvels, though they don't seem that way when they break.

Getting back to pictures, the body of a camera with a leaf shutter lens literally is little more than a light tight box. The lens does aperture, shutter speed and release, flash, self timer! The only thing the body does is hold, wind and rewind the film. Looking in the back you just see the back of the lens with the shutter:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/hpulley/4797546​163/

Infamous20V wrote in post #11171206

I have always been a fan of the D70(s)'s pentaprism appearance.

Infamous20V wrote in post #11171206

isnt it kind of hard buying lenses for 2 separate systems?

roosterslayer wrote in post #11171380
isnt it kind of hard buying lenses for 2 separate systems?

Buying lenses is hardly a concern for those who are or have used separate systems in the same outfit. The larger concern is the differences in user-interface and different shooting methods one prefers for each.

Luminodio wrote in post #11171410
Buying lenses is hardly a concern for those who are or have used separate systems in the same outfit. The larger concern is the differences in user-interface and different shooting methods one prefers for each.

Absolutely this.

If the differences are so great it's a non-issue, but for two cameras that are so similar it can get really confusing.