I have a like-new 72-C Macro Lite adapter for sale. The adapter is used to
mount the ML-3, MR-14 and MT-24 macro lites on to a lens having a 72mm
filter size.
I'll ship it to you (in the US) for $20.
Please contact me privately.
Gary Ru
000 and I
know that getting a decent grip on the Rebel 2000 was an issue for some
people. Maybe they'll come out with a battery pack/vertical grip...in
silver tone no doubt.
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he didn't think much of that.
The build of the lens is very good, solid construction, and it does work on
an Elan II, 1v and also a D30 so don't believe you'd have any compatibility
issues with your D60 or EOS 3.
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makes a whole bunch of difference as long as you carefully align everything
before you do the lens mount. Also, there are times when I'd rather not
have camera body open for very long...dust, rain, etc.
hing about the Zenitar fisheye plus ordering info.
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r than B&H...it's now $65
more! Yep, that's Ritz.
Maybe the only good thing is that they've done a clean-sweep and replaced
the showroom sales staff that usually treated (List member) Evrim Icoz like
hael,
> You just did. You let us know it is for sale. You may get queries as
> to price, etc. from folks here.
Wrong Michael Bob.
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through about four rolls before recycle time dropped to 3-4 seconds or so.
Oh, and Evrim the CP-E2 costs $119.95 at B&H, that's where I got mine.
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attached lying flat to the bottom of your camera (or BP-E1 in my case) via
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y Tiffen as its very hard
to
>get in Australia.
Ethan:
You may want to try the Tiffen Soft/FX filters. They have softening grades
from 1/2 up to 5 with five giving you the most effect. I have the Hoya
diffuser too and actually like the results I
and you can do some very creative things with
the grads. They're better when you're set up though as they don't travel
well, when you're moving around they tend to snag on things. Oh, and they
don't work out w
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vibration reduction technology on one of their existing 80-200 lenses.
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From: Malcolm Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Many thanks to Marc for setting up this site. I'll have to work on
improving my
>images now that you all can see and criticise them!
You *already* have some nice images there Malcolm; Marc, Alex and Die
take care of the eyecup coming off when you don't want
it to, but you are able to remove it when you want to use the viewfinder
cover. If that fails, get a roll of duct tape and
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>1. I'll be using either a 28-135 and/or a 100-400 both of which I find too
>sharp for this kind of work. I'd like some advice on a good subtle
>softening filter which doesn't otherwise alter the image in any obvious
>way.
Norman
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>>BTW any other suggestions than B&H for buying this lens?
Not with the quality of service, good prices, customer satisfaction and
unfettered return policy if needed. Now Henry, about that "patronization
disco
ir site and they don't
accept credit cards as payment, just money orders and such. Order a catalog
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mount for connection.
Hi Darrell:
Sorry, I misspoke, I meant the ML-3 ringlite unit not the ML-2. Anyway, for
the Sigma 180 f/3.5 EX Marco, you get the Canon 72C ringlite adapter (about
$30 from B&H) and it screws into the lens' filter mounting threads. It's
got a lip on it and the ML-
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>> Nikon has several lenses they offer in white as well as black, I
>> think they
>> refer to them as a gray color, that are special order I believe. You can
>> see them on their web site.
>
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black, I think they
refer to them as a gray color, that are special order I believe. You can
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clearly better in sharpness over the Nikkor 200 macro (micro ?) and probably
as good as the EF 180 f/2.8 so I'm anticipating some nice results when I
improve my technique.
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LRs with their 1.5X and 1.6X conversion factor may not pay much
attention to edge sharpness. Sigma I'm sure would reject this but then what
reason would they have for designing/designating a lens for "digital"? What
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>I would suggest a Olumpus e-10. The response time is really good, manual
>focusing and zooming is like SLR's.
What about the E-20? Is it that much better for the additional cost? I
hear both are real battery h
g, more
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what's a "200/2.8 mushroom"? A special macro just for shooting mushroom?
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t the
28-135 seems to have rather loose tolerances. It's the only lens (of six) I
have that has gotten dust particles under the front element. And I wish
they'd engineered it so it didn't have so much lens creep. But other
is Christmas; I'd send Santa one
of those "How we doing" questionnaires and tell him you expect better
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>Stirling Gosa wrote:
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>> Merry Christmas to All from sun drenched (read no snow) South Florida.
>> Guess I'll have to slog over to the beach and photograph Santa's bikini
clad
>> helpers.
I guess this means you won't be photographing any of the "Polar Bear" swims
that happen on New Years Day :
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>Kim
>who for the first time in years couldn't think of any new photo equipment
to
>ask Santa for :)
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birds) and mixed up seasons (hot in the winter, cool in the summer)...and I
understand Santa wears shorts in the Land of Oz. But I hope Santa brings
*everything* you want. Merry Christmas Tim, and everyo
can add or leave off depending
upon what the photo needs are, and while the pack itself is not gigantic, it
will hold a heck of a lot of gear for when you're traveling "lighter". No
use giving your osteopath more business than you need to ;-)
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what real production costs were going to be. But after the hype, backing
out of actual production would have been a PR debacle.
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bout 2,000 miles. Also, CWs prices frequently seem
to be higher but if you call in an order and mention you've found a better
price, such as at B&H, it's been my experience that they'll match it.
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the piece of equipment is brought into the market. And perhaps that's why,
contrary to the "official line", Canon will still repair gray market
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Thanks Ken and Bob...I have such a hell of a time trying to get to the
archives anymore, and I must have spaced on the previous discussion about
the sharpness of macro lenses...now could I have forgotten Vaseline? ;-)
Anyway, your responses have hit the mark on the questions/concerns I had
about
e. Horizon replaces original plastic parts with metal ones and
can, I understand, turn an A2e into an EOS 5 if requested--I don't know if
that's possible with the A2 model however. I see Horizon has a site at
www.horizon-electronics.com you may wa
when the lens hood is on, you can't "see" the 28-70 L getting
longer or shorter ;-) Buy one if possible, it's one of the best zooms made.
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And maybe http://www.birdsasart.com/b13.html , Confession #1.
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from them some months ago, than anyone else. Pays to shop around for the
specific item.
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Ya, it is a little windy...but good-windy...with well thought out opinions
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Ray Amos
I think the gist of the question Ray was do you have other IS lenses, *and*
is the image stabilization
feature of these lenses also non-functional as it seems to be with your new
70-200 f/2.8 L IS when using your EOS D30?
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Those List members who get ESPN2 will be excited to learn that another
season of Canon Photo Safari will be aired starting October 6th.
So cancel any photography lessons you had planned as everything you ever
wanted to know about the subject will be covered by this immensely accurate
and informat
logy that
results in production costs being so much lower that the considerable
savings will be passed along to the consumer?
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on it's hands in response to this one.
"History does not entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the
timid"---President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Inaugural Address.
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USD with two days to go and no bidders at this point
and it's not a reserve auction. He does have a "Buy it Now" option that
reflects a $3,500 price tag too I see.
So, if marital bliss is not a big priority for yougo for it ;-)
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apparently as plenty are eager to shell out the kind of dough it's going to
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hur Morris are
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n just about any model SLR are completely
non-competitive--at least 20% higher. But then their clientele has probably
never heard of B&H or Camera World. A Quantaray lens anyone? ;-)
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>Canon's EF lens line-up."
Thanks for the information Gary. I also think you're right about what
Canon's pricing strategy might have been had they just replaced the non-IS
with the 70-200 IS model, and that they may have felt compelled to
Since a thread has come back to the new 70-200 IS, I have a question about
the 'old' one. That is...will it now be discontinued? Or, will you have a
choice (ala the 75-300 f/4-5.6), to IS or not to IS?
Ga
rd
Agnew concerning his "EOS 300mm non IS focurs speed settings". My in-box
is bulging with about 90 other messages from the ListHELP! ;-)
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So I guess we all have our different priorities, shooting styles and related
equipment preferences--that's what makes EOS stuff so neat though, it offers
something for just about everyone.
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>I wonder if EOS 5 and A2/A2E (US version) have same number of the command
>dial problems. I know several Pro photographers, that use A2(E) a lot and
>never had any dial problems. Was it, maybe, just some models made during
som
>Bob Turner wrote:
>
>Folks,
>
>The following is a quote from UK professional Wildlife Photographer Andy
>Rouse that appeared on another list :
>
>'For anyone's interest I have the first 70-200 f2.8L IS in the country and
>it is wonderful! '
Does h
600, how many will he sell?
"There's a sucker born every minute"---P. T. Barnum
While it's questionable Barnum actually made this quote, it is a truism when
applied to many Ebay bidders. Sure it'll sell.
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>>Hi Gary, If it isn't causing a noticable problem on the images I really
>>don't know that I would bother at all. I'd probably wait until I had
>another
>>reason to send it in and get it all done at the same time. Then again, it
>>c
st of a new 28-135 IS.
I guess too, my question at this point is about how long would it take a
trained technician to perform this service? It just seems like a lot of
money to blow some dust particles out of a lens.
Gary Ru
further underscore their stature as a magazine of obvious limitations.
Peter, your letter and proposal of an interesting AF speed test was right on
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while the
(Nikon..ha) guy next to me with his 300 f/2.8 Nikkor on a tripod was waiting
for the subject to get to the right distance for decent framing while I'm
popping them off at 400, then 300, then 200 millimeters as the subject gets
closer. The creme de la creme part was
Gary Russell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> > But the 70-200 is not all that long at it's 200mm end, and clearly not
slow
>> > with it's f/2.8 aperture, so I guess I just don't see a pressing need
to
>> > equip it with image stabilization.
>Fr
s around with an already excellent lens? What am
I missing here?
If Canon wanted to introduce image stabilization adding it to an existing
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Someone explained in a very unstandable way how the bayonet mount tolerences
needed to be how they are, and how the minor rotational looseness is more
pronounced with heavier lenses like yours. As others have said, not to
worry. Wait until you mount a 100-400 and an extender, then you&#
ra with one hand while you hold the flash with the other.
I've been thinking about getting the 420EX because it's smaller and lighter
and also won't be as massive as the 550EX while it's hanging around my neck
from the Off-Camera Shoe Cord when not it use; plus of cour
better the chance of further image degradation. While the 28-135
doesn't seem to vignette at 28mms when I've got two filters on, I try not to
do that because of the image quality issue, and also because I don't like to
spend an extra
nted his use of the
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Skip:
The "clunk" is completely normalor, in a worse-case scenario, we have
the only two 100-400 "clunkers" ;-)
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1st.
>From: Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video Canon's site is not up-to-date,
Apparently it's not only the site, Canon's rebate coupons are also flawed as
the one I sent in with a recent purchase indicated an ending
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>Hi Gary,
>
>You can predict what I'll say: ...
>Buy one of those, and a couple of those, ... and the tilt-shift
>one, no not that beaten-up one, the good one, ... and the adapter
>for that one, and the zoom, and the ... ... ...
No
hat the rebates end
August 31st.
Is this the same rebate program, or are there two going on? I'm holding off
listing my EOS 3 until the rebate program ends (OK, a little rapacious) so
it is of some interest to me. If this has been mentioned previously on the
List, I must have missed it
>> "Ken Durling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> How do you check for decentered elements?
-From: Julian Loke A gross test is to look for impact damage on the barrel, and
>confirmed by shaking the lens and listen for glass rattling
>inside or bits falling out..Check for uneven sharpness, or asymmetric
r long periods, and figure in the kind of lens
you'll be using (probably a pretty big hunk of glass for sports photography)
along with the booster. Be sure to get some "hands-on" experience before
you make your decision :-)
Oh, and your husband raises the term "supportive s
airly well,
but am actually more pleased in having gotten the off camera shoe cord which
I use frequently now and hand hold the 550EX rather than shoe mount it for
nicer flash angles.
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turer (Ex: a 28-80 zoom is in reality a 30-81 or something like
>that).
Photodo indicates the EF 17-35 f/2.8 L has an effective focal range of 17-34
millimeters. Pretty close to what's advertised...more so than
v as
opposed to the EOS 3 (as a glasses wearer). Perhaps this is a function of
the EC-II eyecup for the 1 series models, or that the viewfinder is 100%,
but I don't seem to have to "look-around-the-corner" to the right to see the
vertical
with any
dust problems...is this lens just susceptible to collecting dust I wonder?
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>Bird photography is a fairly specialized pursuit, in the sense that
relatively expensive equipment is necessary >to get the kinds of results
you're probably visualizing..(much snipping)...When budgeting this
out, be
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>I also sent my A2E to Horizon when my dial broke in April, on the advice of
>list members here. In addition to the dial repair I also had the EOS 5
>upgrade
What I want to know is if my dial breaks on my EOS 5 and I
ct I wanted, or I was just not inclined to mount the flash
unit.
I was thinking though, if I did a lot more urban shooting, what a dream the
35-350 L would be. To a large extent, I could have just substituted a fanny
pack for the Mini Trekker, and taken the one 35-350.
Gary Russell
Olympia, Washing
to omit their Silent Wave motor as one of the
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bars). Anyway the ability to make a quick switch to an alternative power
supply is a good Ace-in-the-hole I think.
Good shooting.
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