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Lens lust anyone

Postby Catcha on Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:35 pm

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Taken at the V8's Supercars today in Darwin

Since everyone has lens lust. I decided to share what I saw. I got no idea what gear they have though.
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Postby redline on Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:44 pm

how do you get the lenses out the middle back case without dropping it?
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Postby christiand on Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:50 pm

yeah,

If I made enough dough to pay for and entertain $4.500 and $10000+ or $20.000 lenses; no worries !!!
And I'd also have a kuli to carry them ...

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Postby yeocsa on Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:12 pm

Do you envy them? May be not. The load that they have to carry and the kind of pictures they have to produce. When hobby turned into responsibilities minus the fun and excitement.

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Postby mic on Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:00 am

There not Lenses,

Couldbe Jet Packs though :lol: :lol:
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Postby gstark on Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:19 am

That's all Canon gear, btw.
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Postby spada on Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:22 am

The load that they have to carry and the kind of pictures they have to produce. When hobby turned into responsibilities minus the fun and excitement.


Athur , I 100% agree with you.For Pro shooter that is what they have to do.

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Postby birddog114 on Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:41 am

They're Canon gears, and you can carry like that on your back with the harness and swing around to shoot when you need. The guy on the left hand side wearing the cheapo Lowepro harness, I have the Lowepro vest + harness system wich can help me to carry 4 camera with big zoom lenses above 300 AF-S/ 2.8 and heaps of stuffs.
On other vests I have are not the ordinary one, make and desgined as same as the survival vest for the aircrews, which I can carry two camera bodies and few short lenses with other gears, with the attachment, I can carry the pro-body with 400 AF-S in the back.
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Postby Heath Bennett on Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:40 am

Nice setup Birdie, I'm beginning to believe the dream setup is what you have. Hope your mini-meet runs smoothly. Being pretty much Jewish, I won't be able to attend Saturday meets - are there ever Sunday ones?
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Postby gstark on Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:43 am

Birddog114 wrote:and desgined as same as the survival vest for the aircrews,


Obviously designed to help survive serious cases of lens lust. :)
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Postby birddog114 on Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:59 am

Heath Bennett wrote:Nice setup Birdie, I'm beginning to believe the dream setup is what you have. Hope your mini-meet runs smoothly. Being pretty much Jewish, I won't be able to attend Saturday meets - are there ever Sunday ones?


HB,
Sorry! No Sunday is a worship day for our fellow members after the early pray and mass of Sigma & VR on early Saturday before the mini meet, then a self confessed session which they have to think about the future of the lust.
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Postby fozzie on Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:08 am

If only these guys were shooting with Nikon equipment. I reckon that our member Kipper/Darryl would like to borrow the lens on the left on a long term basis, if not eternity.
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Postby Heath Bennett on Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:50 am

Birddog114 wrote:
Heath Bennett wrote:Nice setup Birdie, I'm beginning to believe the dream setup is what you have. Hope your mini-meet runs smoothly. Being pretty much Jewish, I won't be able to attend Saturday meets - are there ever Sunday ones?


HB,
Sorry! No Sunday is a worship day for our fellow members after the early pray and mass of Sigma & VR on early Saturday before the mini meet, then a self confessed session which they have to think about the future of the lust.
:lol: :lol: :lol:


WELL THEN... I won't be feeling the lust to the extent of you other poor souls. I will pray for you all! :shock: :D :lol:
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:46 pm

Heath, there is a night of atonement... the AA dinner.

That's on a Saturday night. :)

And I think you'll be forgiven for forgoing synagogue for one weekend... just practice Chabbash on Friday night with your Nikon sitting next to you... :)
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:23 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:Heath, there is a night of atonement... the AA dinner.

That's on a Saturday night. :)

And I think you'll be forgiven for forgoing synagogue for one weekend... just practice Chabbash on Friday night with your Nikon sitting next to you... :)

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Postby DanielA on Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:03 pm

gstark wrote:That's all Canon gear, btw.

Do the car racing photogs all use cannon? Here's one from the Clipsal 500, looking very smug...

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Postby marcotrov on Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:12 pm

Heath Bennett wrote:Nice setup Birdie, I'm beginning to believe the dream setup is what you have. Hope your mini-meet runs smoothly. Being pretty much Jewish, I won't be able to attend Saturday meets - are there ever Sunday ones?


Certainly a dream setup for most of us 'Lens Lust Lemings'.

I'm so jealous of you regular meets. Wish I were there, but then again I'd miss the ol' paradise here in Cairns, not to mention the dint in the SLOWLY growing cash reserve for to accommodate the much faster growing lens lust syndrome.

Here's an idea how about we organise a field trip cum workshop and general jaw session here in Cairns. I'll supply the barbecue and drinks. How's that sound!!
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Postby gstark on Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:29 pm

stubbsy wrote:
Nnnnsic wrote:Heath, there is a night of atonement... the AA dinner.

That's on a Saturday night. :)

And I think you'll be forgiven for forgoing synagogue for one weekend... just practice Chabbash on Friday night with your Nikon sitting next to you... :)

Heath

At the risk of proving I'm a gentile :wink: - Is the Sabbath sun down Friday to sun down Saturday - if not, there's a Friday AA dinner. Maybe we Newcastle-ish people need to organise a Sunday get together.


Peter,

Nothing wrong with being a gentile; some of my best gentiles are friends.

:)

And to answer your question, yes.

But to be prefectly frank, if one is online, there is little reason one can't be at the minimeet.

They're both grade 4 trangressions, earning 42 demerit points, except that the points don't matter. :)
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Postby gstark on Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:32 pm

DanielA wrote:
gstark wrote:That's all Canon gear, btw.

Do the car racing photogs all use cannon? Here's one from the Clipsal 500, looking very smug...


Many do, but there's plenty of Nikon photogs at the races too.
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Postby lejazzcat on Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:37 pm

DanielA wrote:
gstark wrote:That's all Canon gear, btw.

Do the car racing photogs all use cannon?
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Yeah - they do if they want the best :?
Canon makes the sharpest,fastest AF telephoto lenses on the 35mm market.
(sure that comment could get me booted out of this club, but...)
IMAO, Nikon have recently lost the 'eye on ball' !
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And i love that Canon (dont they make photocopiers ? :shock: lol) make a full frame CCD( the real thing ! 8) ).
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Postby Catcha on Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:51 pm

Was talking a freelance photographer today at the V8's his was doing for 10 years . All his gear was canon :D
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Postby Atorie on Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:51 pm

lejazzcat i think you should check out this link:
Canon Office Products
Sort of shot yourself in the foot there with the printer remark.
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Postby lejazzcat on Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:04 pm

Atorie wrote:lejazzcat i think you should check out this link:
Canon Office Products
Sort of shot yourself in the foot there with the printer remark.


ya lost me Atorie .
My remark about Canon being a p'copier maker is meant to suggest that Nikon could/should be the leader in photographic equipment, seeing as they can focus on photography, and that Canon has such a broad vision(pun not intended).
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Postby robboh on Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:14 am

Drool...
Would be nice. But as various posters have commented, this is their job and probably in a lot of cases they dont even own the lenses, the news agencies that they are working for do!!
As for the other comments. Nikons lenses, as far as Im aware, have never been behind (and are usually as good if not better) in terms of actual resolve or sharpness, they just have been behind in terms of things like AFS and VR. However, as far as Im aware, they have pretty much fixed that in all their higher-end lenses.
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Postby kipper on Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:27 am

Fozzie, yes I very much would like :)

And yes, I think all pro-photogs at car events using Canon. Lots of Canon at the F1GP.
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Postby lejazzcat on Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:35 am

robboh wrote:As for the other comments. Nikons lenses, as far as Im aware, have never been behind (and are usually as good if not better) in terms of actual resolve or sharpness, they just have been behind in terms of things like AFS and VR. However, as far as Im aware, they have pretty much fixed that in all their higher-end lenses.


True enough, but theres now alot of guys buying old MF/AIS glass to get the sharpness they expected from nikon - without having to pay a few thousand for it .And I wish they'de stop outbidding me damn it! :wink:
Canon users have been getting that quality out of their AF lenses.

4.8 35mm/AF Canon EF 200/1,8L USM
4.6 35mm/AF Canon EF 85/1,2L USM
4.5 35mm/AF Canon EF 135/2L USM
4.4 35mm/AF Nikkor AF 50/1,8
4.4 35mm/MF Nikkor Micro 55/2,8
4.4 35mm/MF Nikkor 85/1,4
4.4 35mm/MF Nikkor 105/1,8
4.4 35mm/AF Canon EF 50/1,4 USM
4.4 35mm/AF Canon EF 50/2,5 Macro
4.4 35mm/AF Canon EF 400/2,8L II
4.4 35mm/AF Canon EF 400/2,8 L IS USM
4.4 35mm/MF Canon FD 50/1,8
4.3 35mm/AF Nikkor AF DC 135/2D
4.3 35mm/AF Canon EF 300/4L USM
4.2 35mm/AF Nikkor AF 50/1,4D
4.2 35mm/AF Nikkor AF Micro 60/2,8D
4.2 35mm/AF Nikkor AF 85/1,8
4.2 35mm/AF Nikkor AF-I 300/2,8 IF-ED
4.2 35mm/MF Nikkor 50/1,2
4.2 35mm/AF Canon EF 50/1,8 II

Results from http://www.photodo.com/prod/lens/
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I realise that the new nikons havent been tested so its not up to date and that MTF testing is subject to debate.
But i think it points out why "Pro's" have/had a penchant for Canon telephotos in recent years.

Note- not a zoom in their midst.

DX glass bothers me too, especially as its the same price as 'full frame' glass! Once you stop these down to get max sharpness and a good dof, youd be using the centre of a lens the size of a 10 c piece or smaller.
Is this Nikons way of maintaining lens quality ?And they want how much for that ? PS - its just a second thought for the next time you get a bad case of nikon LL. works for me !
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:37 am

Nikon do a lot more than just photography, lejazz. :)

Try medical equipment for starters... :)
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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:52 am

gstark wrote:
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Nnnnsic wrote:Heath, there is a night of atonement... the AA dinner.

That's on a Saturday night. :)

And I think you'll be forgiven for forgoing synagogue for one weekend... just practice Chabbash on Friday night with your Nikon sitting next to you... :)

Heath

At the risk of proving I'm a gentile :wink: - Is the Sabbath sun down Friday to sun down Saturday - if not, there's a Friday AA dinner. Maybe we Newcastle-ish people need to organise a Sunday get together.


Peter,

Nothing wrong with being a gentile; some of my best gentiles are friends.

:)

And to answer your question, yes.

But to be prefectly frank, if one is online, there is little reason one can't be at the minimeet.

They're both grade 4 trangressions, earning 42 demerit points, except that the points don't matter. :)


Agreed. Religious people are mostly like myself even if they don't admit it. Failing constantly. Synagogue's and churches are full of them. Many people hate religion because of this failure. Simply human.

Sabbath starts at Friday sundown, and finishes Saturday sundown.

Gentiles are fun... I have more Gentile friends than christian/jew/catholic/buddhist/hindu/new age/etc.

I'm sure that I'll make it to a meet one of these days. Lucky I don't believe in a vengeful God :D
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