1DIIN still has it!

jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
edited May 13, 2010 in Sports
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shot with a 300/2.8LIS (rented)

just pleased, had to share. are these too big on the forum?
-Jack

An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.

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  • JSPhotographyJSPhotography Registered Users Posts: 552 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2010
    That's some good stuff there.
  • PaintguyPaintguy Registered Users Posts: 101 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2010
    not to big for me. I've never rented a lens.. can I ask how much per day to hold that thing?
  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2010
    Paintguy wrote: »
    not to big for me. I've never rented a lens.. can I ask how much per day to hold that thing?

    I rented it for a month for $465 plus shipping from www.lensprotogo.com
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • VitaminVVitaminV Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited May 12, 2010
    Jack, that first shot is gold!

    A couple of weeks ago, I received my first L, a 70-200 f4 non IS. That night I brought it to my daughter's lacrosse game. My wife and son set up our chairs and I unzipped my bag and removed my new toy. I walked across the field with a big smile on my face and pick out my spot. Another guy comes over with his monopod, opens his bag and pulls out his 300 2.8. I'm like, ooohhh, wow, is that a 300 2.8? Oh yeah this is my baby, he tells me. At half-time I walked back across the field, my son is cracking up, and my wife started the 'don't even think about it' lecture when I was still 10 feet away!
    -MikeV-

    http://www.vitaminv.smugmug.com
  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2010
    VitaminV wrote: »
    Jack, that first shot is gold!

    A couple of weeks ago, I received my first L, a 70-200 f4 non IS. That night I brought it to my daughter's lacrosse game. My wife and son set up our chairs and I unzipped my bag and removed my new toy. I walked across the field with a big smile on my face and pick out my spot. Another guy comes over with his monopod, opens his bag and pulls out his 300 2.8. I'm like, ooohhh, wow, is that a 300 2.8? Oh yeah this is my baby, he tells me. At half-time I walked back across the field, my son is cracking up, and my wife started the 'don't even think about it' lecture when I was still 10 feet away!

    Thanks! Yeah, the 300/2.8 is awesome, but it's in another league. The images are outstanding of course. But there is nothing hobbyist or prosumer or GWC about this lens. It is all pro. Whip this thing out at any event and all of a sudden you are the pro on the scene. This is good and bad. There is no hiding or blending in with it. Everyone is aware of it. I'd feel a little silly shooting just my kids with it at a game. But being the official league photographer, it goes with the title very well, and people respect it. There is no mistaking who I am and what I'm doing. Also it weighs a metric ton. It's not like you can just carry it around on a family outing. When you are shooting with it, that is all you are doing. And then it costs five. thousand. dollars. I couldn't justify owning it unless I was making significant cash with it, and I'm not there yet (if ever). I think a better choice for a lens that you can actually throw in a bag and carry around and get similar IQ and bokeh would be the 135/2.0L. Of course you'll have to get a lot closer!

    But hey, I have that 70-200/4LIS too and it is a spectacular lens as well.
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
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