The 9th UK South East "Who's in charge of the BBQ roster?" gossip thread

Swaffs wrote in post #10742828
Yup, definately letting my hair down!

although dropped back into work mode for a bit right now, completing the England Football photo accreditaiton form for 2010/11/12.

sent mine off the other day and just logged into the site and submitted a request, next game 12 October, Euro Qual V Montenegro. One after that is a friendly against France

adrian5127 wrote in post #10739288
Definitely looks nice if I am in that neck of the woods I will definitely pay it a visit.

Gents can I pick your brains

I am looking at getting a 70-200 and just mulling over which one to go for. I was thinking of a f4 is and get is new, advantage being it comes with a warranty, it is light and meant to be the sharpest one ( 2.8 mkII is out of my price range ).

Alternatively I have seen a second-hand 2.8 is for roughly the same price and the date code is 2006. Obvious advantage of 2.8 but I am not sure if I will need it but worried that I might change my mind at a later date.

What are your thoughts??

If anyone is interested in a 100-400 mine will be going up for sale to fund this enterprise

I have the f4 IS although my mate has it at the moment but I can pop round and get it back off him and bring it along to the BWC on Tuesday if you want a play with it, (thats if your going along) as for the 2.8 IS MK1 I was always a bit disappointed by the IQ at 2.8 which is one of the reasons I bought it, not that it was really that bad but I was always wondering if it was me or the lens, MA on the 5D2 helped a tad but my f4 IS was still better, the weight doesn't really bother me.
I ended up quite often using my 135L with a TC instead of the 70-200 2.8 as i trusted it more, (my f4 IS almost always lives with a mate of mine or I would have used that) so I sold it and now I have the MK2 version and what a difference, much better than the old version, wide open 1/20 at 200mm in a church the other week and I could see every hair on the grooms head as sharp as it can be, its up there with my 100L for sharpness IMO.
So if I was you and you cant justify the cost of the MK2 get the f4 IS, its a great lens, dont bother with the mk1 2.8 if your buying it for the 2.8 as it only gets really sharp when you get to f4 anyway so whats the point.
BTW I sold mine for £1250 and bought a MK2 version new for £1699 so theres not that much difference between the two.

how mcuch are you selling the 100-400 for Adrian - NOt for me but i have a mate who was thinking about buying one

and I have the f4 IS - very lens although i dont think mine is the sharpest however using it on 450d is probably not the best way to use it - plus i am relatively inexperienced at photography compared to others so im sure my opinion of itimprove over time

It should be very sharp on you 450, you should get someone else to test it on their body or you may need to send it and your cam to canon or maybe fixation for them to sort it.

My 70-200 non IS was sharp on my 300D

Ronin Silv wrote in post #10735860
That's good Jon I maybe asking to scrounge a lift on the way through depending on when we do it if that's ok.

Fine by me

Sylvester XxX wrote in post #10743047
It should be very sharp on you 450, you should get someone else to test it on their body or you may need to send it and your cam to canon or maybe fixation for them to sort it.

My 70-200 non IS was sharp on my 300D

+1
my f4 IS is the sharpest and most colour accurate lens I own. I have been trying to bring myself to sell it for ages but I can't!

Kaben wrote in post #10743168
+1
my f4 IS is the sharpest and most colour accurate lens I own. I have been trying to bring myself to sell it for ages but I can't!

If one day you can, let me know 1st

i dont know what i am expecting tbh Maybe it is sharp and i just cant see it

eg stormtooper/swimming shot on my site both taken with it

courier wrote in post #10743347
i dont know what i am expecting tbh Maybe it is sharp and i just cant see it

eg stormtooper/swimming shot on my site both taken with it

...they look sharp (in the right places) to me?!

courier wrote in post #10743347
i dont know what i am expecting tbh Maybe it is sharp and i just cant see it

eg stormtooper/swimming shot on my site both taken with it

Matt do you shoot jpeg or Raw? if its raw then give it a bit more oomph when processing them, sharpen more for screen than print, if its jpeg then up the sharpening in your camera till your happy, that lens should be fine on a 450, mine was great on my 40D, anyway your pics dont look that bad to me.

thanks guys

i am shooting raw. I dont really know how to sharpen things effectively in post (im guessing you mean PS?)

Photoshop.. Filter>sharpen>smart sharpen, that's how I do it if I need too!

Off out this evening to shoot a mk1 fiesta, gonna take the flashes so look out for a poor attempt posted later on! Lol

cool thanks - may give that a go. PS is so damn slow on my laptop though. You would think 3GB of RAM would help - apparently not..

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #10743799
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;10743799]Photoshop.. Filter>sharpen>smart sharpen, that's how I do it if I need too!

Off out this evening to shoot a mk1 fiesta, gonna take the flashes so look out for a poor attempt posted later on! Lol

me too, it's a "salt to taste" approach - see what works best for you!

i have got 3 or 4 actions in that TRA action set you sent me Mark but i cant seem to notice any difference when ive used it