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Well I've just contacted Birddy and placed an order through for the 70-200VR, TC1.7 and a UV Filter. Will be going to the bank tomorrow to wire through the money as my internet account is limited to $500

Congratulations Kipper, you will love it

kipper,

So you have bitten the bullet, and taken the plunge - Congratulations.

Therefore, Tripod and Ballhead next on the shopping list .

ta ta for now,

Great lens. You will love it.

Hi Kipper,

welcome to the club.
You will get a shock when you pickup the box, it is hughe !
You will get another shock when you have the actual lens in your hands.
Get a proper neck strap.
Last not least, enjoy.

Cheers
CD

Good one mate, you'll definitely enjoy it - good combination. Take more photos !

Hey Kipper congrats mate with parting with some $$$ and welcome to the VR club, i dont have that lens but have the 80-400VR. Wonder if the 70-200 is longer it looks longer, but i am sure you will enjoy it.
Cheers
John

Interesting.....50mm 1.4 with TC1.7 gives 85mm. Wonder how many stop I will lose.

The TC17 is only designed to work with AFS lenses, and only certain ones are recommended (you'll bang the rear element of the lens with the tc for certain lenses - which is not good)

You'll lose 1.5 stops with the TC17.

Kipper congrates, but I hope you're not intending to cripple the optical quality of the 70-200 with a UV filter permanently stuck to the front of it! The lens already has a reputating for flaring under adverse conditions (with 20+ elements construction), adding another two air to glass surfaces may severely hinder its performance! Use the lens hood.

Also, don't try to fit the TC on the 50mm, you'll ruin both.

Of course I'd have looked into that before connecting as I know the rear glass on the 50mm protrudes out. I've already scratched it a little bit when mounting to the D70 in a hurry.

It's funny Onyx, I don't use my UV filters much anymore but it's nice always to have one for the lenses you have. After reading an article by some photographer, I decided to just use the hood.

Congrats Kipper, I too will shortly be contacting Birdy for the same.
Whats the current waiting time.


Regards
Nige

Kipper

Good move. You won't regret it. These are as scarce as hens teeth at the moment (do hen's have teeth?). Anyway - I've just got mine with a 1.7 TC and it's an awesome combo. Unfortunately I've had little time to play with it since I got it last Saturday, but this weekend I plan to put it through its paces during the Wetlands field trip.

Kipper,

I have this combo and find it awesome. Have an assignment to shoot this Thursday night and the lens I will be using for this is the 70-200.

This lens is so versatile. I still cannot decide if I like the 70-200 or the 12-24 the best.

Cheers,

Darryl.

Oh no....not another Darryl

Guess that makes two of us.....mines spelt the same way too!

kipper,

kipper wrote:Well I've just contacted Birddy and placed an order through for the 70-200VR, TC1.7 and a UV Filter. Will be going to the bank tomorrow to wire through the money as my internet account is limited to $500

Your bank balance will be very today, but you will be when you receive your new toys.


ta ta for now,

my 70-200 was handed over today... just in time for the 2 weeks holidays i have. kids will be at friends houses... wife will be at work... i'll be wandering the streets with this new found love...

what a beautiful lens she is....

congrats guys, looking forward to seeing your pics. Seems like once you get this baby it's all over. I remember when no one here had this lens. Then Birddog came along...

dooda wrote:congrats guys, looking forward to seeing your pics. Seems like once you get this baby it's all over. I remember when no one here had this lens. Then Birddog came along...

First members on this forum have the 70-200VR were Pluckaduck & Myself and we had this lens before the forum formed last August 04.

xerubus,

Congratulations on your new lens, it is a true beauty. And even better with a TC-17E11 .

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ~Ansel Adams

Fozzie you need to change this to read.....
"There are two types of people in this forum... those who have a VR lens and those who don't"

Sadly I am the latter..

fozzie wrote:xerubus,

Congratulations on your new lens, it is a true beauty. And even better with a TC-17E11 .

the tc will have to wait... just spend a lot of money on studio equipment...

Mal,

Mal wrote:

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ~Ansel Adams

Fozzie you need to change this to read.....
"There are two types of people in this forum... those who have a VR lens and those who don't"

Sadly I am the latter..

Sorry...but one day you will .

The 70-200VR is just his temp. solution! Mark will have new acquisition of his 200-400VR/ 400 or 600 soon.

dont flick the uv too quick it will protect your expensive glass and yes the uv will work as well. i use my 70-200 with uv and a circular polariser at the same time . safety in numbers i call it