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Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:32 am**

Yes that's right......my 70-200VR just arrived

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:34 am**

C'mon Kipper, it's not that thick..... compared to the 80-200mm AFS :wink:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:35 am**

kipper wrote:Yes that's right......my 70-200VR just arrived

What're you going to do with it now?

is that will help the noise down? :lol:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:36 am**

Well done kipper - I can promise you that you'll love the VR lens.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:38 am**

Another VR's victim :lol:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:38 am**

Hmmm.....box had the flap open. Hope customs goons haven't had it out. Oh btw, interesting price

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:39 am**

Huyhnie I've only ever had the Sigma 70-300 APO and the Nikkor 70-300G, so yeah this is big for me

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:43 am**

OMG....this things huge. Shit, how can I convince my parents that this is the 70-300G zoom lens that I've got.

Suppose I could say when they've seen the 70-300G before it was at 70MM focal length....lol

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:45 am**

kipper wrote:Hmmm.....box had the flap open. Hope customs goons haven't had it out. Oh btw, interesting price

I don't think so! if they opened it, you won't see it today! perhaps delivery contractor want to try it with his experiences and lust, who know/ he may be is one of our forum members or lurkers, who has seen the other thread last night. You need someone to escort you home this afternoon with two boxes hanging around your arms :lol:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:47 am**

It was a tight fit but it fits in my backpack.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:49 am**

Kipper,

you must have a very large backpack, cause that gold box is huge :wink:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:50 am**

kipper wrote:OMG....this things huge. Shit, how can I convince my parents that this is the 70-300G zoom lens that I've got.

Suppose I could say when they've seen the 70-300G before it was at 70MM focal length....lol

Easy, tell them: the lens has grown up itself due to extensive uses and after its upgraded firmware, you have to prepare your good "blue tongue" and telling "fib" :lol:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:51 am**

Heheh I was going to tell them it's been "working out" or "it's on steroids".

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:52 am**

Tell them you dropped your old lens in water and it expanded :roll:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:55 am**

Kipper stop talking and take some pics,

Also take some with it on your D70 so I can lust after it .

MATT

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:59 am**

MATT wrote:Kipper stop talking and take some pics,

Also take some with it on your D70 so I can lust after it .

MATT

MATT,
Salary Sacrifice time is now on :lol:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:02 am**

I would but I'm at work dude. When I get home tonight I'll send put some photos up. Which reminds me. Still need to clean about 3-6 dbs off the d70.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:06 am**

Birdy a few other LIFE expenses to pay, but the day will come.

Kipper looking forward to tonight, have fun with it. Isnt it terible that work gets in the way of life.

MATT

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:24 am**

Kipper,

What's lunchtime for but to go out and play with your new toys?

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:42 am**

Btw, I'd like to thank Birddog for making all this possible. You're a champ.
Sorry for constantly hassling you at the start with constant PMs, I just wanted it so badly!

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:12 am**

G'day Kipper,
Go forth and enjoy! Can't wait to see some examples taken with your new baby...

Cheers,
Mudder

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:05 am**

kipper

As a fellow 70-200 VR owner I know what you're in for. You'll find it hard to wipe the smile from your face. If you go use it at lunchtime your work colleagues are going to figure you did something seriously good during the break :wink:

So keep them guessing

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:11 am**

stubbsy wrote:kipper

As a fellow 70-200 VR owner I know what you're in for. You'll find it hard to wipe the smile from your face. If you go use it at lunchtime your work colleagues are going to figure you did something seriously good during the break So keep them guessing

Kipper won't have lunch today as he mentioned, he won't bring the luch box with him, I can imagine him as the boy with a new toy beside and not bother to eat and drink all day, his boss may look over his shoulder to see what's he doing :lol:

Please don't make him to hand you a final pay cheque :lol:

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:20 pm**

Stubbsy, unfortunately I don't have my D70 with me as Im going to struggle to get this big box home on the bus.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:21 pm**

Oh, there is another box on my desk. It's just like christmas.

Now for the introductions:

70-200VR meet TC1.7IIE
TC1.7 meet 70-200VR

Ahh, love at first sight.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:31 pm**

Congrats Kipper. I guess now you have no excuses for less than optimum images from the F1 this weekend!

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:47 pm**

Hey I have dbs, I can blame them for bad shots!

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:00 pm**

kipper wrote:Now for the introductions:

70-200VR meet TC1.7IIE
TC1.7 meet 70-200VR

.....But the Red Queen looked sulky, and growled `Pudding--Alice; Alice--Pudding. Remove the pudding!' and the waiters took it away so quickly that Alice couldn't return its bow.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:41 pm**

kipper wrote:Oh, there is another box on my desk. It's just like christmas.

Now for the introductions:

70-200VR meet TC1.7IIE
TC1.7 meet 70-200VR

Ahh, love at first sight.

Stop it Kipper...
You are treading on dangerous ground
*storms off in a fit of jelousy*

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:29 pm**

Hlop wrote:
kipper wrote:Now for the introductions:

70-200VR meet TC1.7IIE
TC1.7 meet 70-200VR

.....But the Red Queen looked sulky, and growled `Pudding--Alice; Alice--Pudding. Remove the pudding!' and the waiters took it away so quickly that Alice couldn't return its bow.

Hlop

Excellent quote - one of my favourite books - it's just sooo.... complex (the Annotated Aliceby Martin Gardner is a must have read for those who haven't revisited this as an adult)

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:50 pm**

Can't wait to see some pics from your new acquisition! I'm sure it will be fun.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:03 pm**

Found this outside when I got home.
Shot with thick and long

Cheers
CD

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:20 pm**

Speaking of dustbunnies, just done some cleaning. Geting close now. Down to 5. Two only noticeable with out autolevelling.

Btw, like Ive mentioned in the other thread. Clean once or twice. Put lense back on and go outside and shoot the sky. Come back in and use the shot as a reference shot while cleaning. I find it really helps to know where to apply extra attention.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:29 pm**

stubbsy wrote:
Excellent quote - one of my favourite books - it's just sooo.... complex (the Annotated Aliceby Martin Gardner is a must have read for those who haven't revisited this as an adult)

Thanks Peter. It's my favorite too since my childhood. I've red it in Russian first time and later in English

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