Woo! It arrived this morning. I am itching to go out and play but am teaching all day so cant.... [:^(] Its a Canon 70-200 mm L f4 USM Lens So excited!!!
Is that a portrait lens? Just the size of it I am questioning! I pick up my 105mm tomorrow morning, I too am excited. It's ended up costing me 90 in the end, I got a flooring job to do at the camera shop so they gave me huuuuuge discount. I am off work tomorrow and so too is my wife. Perfect weather also for Friday so a trip out to the Derbyshire dales is in order.
It can be and is renowned for being used for portraits. The clarity of the glass is amazing! I am dead chuffed with this. The 105mm is a good lens. Is it Canon or Nikon?
It's a Nikon. I've just decided to sell my Sigma 170-500mm lens. I'm going to list it on the for sale section of CGTI. I cant get on with it for some reason so it needs to go. It's a beautiful lens too, I'll regret this some day lol
I've never really had the desire for really big lens. 200/300 mm I've coped with really well for along time now. I am on the look out for an extender though as I want some moon shots!
It wasn't so much the desire when I bought it, I was offered it at a good price and thought, what the hell. I didn't know a great deal about lenses at the time. My next purchase will be a 200 to 300mm which will complete my kit..... For now!
Cool looking lens, Ant. But hope you've got some strong arm muscles to carry it around with you (or a hefty tripod). Can we now expect some amazing photos from you, featuring the new lens?
PHWOOOAAARR Nice lens Sadly I still have my Minolta 100-300 f-waaaay too much Can't afford to upgrade my Sony Alpha A200 and my old Minolta lenses. Matt
Stella... those 70-200 F4 are relatively light actually. TBH mate.. i wouldnt bother with the extender. Every time ive photographed the moon i've taken some shots with and without a canon 2x extender, and its always the ones without that are the sharpest, even once scaled to the same size. (there you go... just saved you 200-300 quid) In fact i sold my 2x as I deemed it useless!
yeah it is lighter than it looks which is handy. Thanks for the info Rich, I guess it does save me some money. Well next purchase 5DmkII.
