I am excited for you. I wish I needed that lens and had the money for it. It is a good thing I don't need it.
I will add the info that I do have the 17-40L, and I would get that over the 50 Prime. No matter how long it took me. It is a wonderful lens, and for weddings, you will need that width. Remember these are digital figures. I know with the REbel the film figures are 1.6 times the length of the digital figures, so a 50 is not really a "normal" lens on a digital camera. I too have a 20D now and I don't know how it computes, but it would be similar.
In weddings you get groups..........sometimes big groups. I would want, you will want, the flexibility that the 17-40L will give you. Besides, it is an awesome lens. I got mine from fish. Watch here, or FM, maybe someone else will have one for sale that is closer to your pennies now.
Hopefully I get the learning curve out of the way before really having a good opportunity with the whales.
What camera are you currently using? Your biggest learning curve my be processing the images to get the most out of each shot. This was the hardest thing for me moving up from P&S to DSLR.
Congrats on a great setup. I'm sure your going to love it.
If you got a spare battery, throw a one-hr charge on one of them, swap for the backup battery and go shootin'!
"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
No spares, this is my first step away from the Sony world. Helluva step too with all the money spent but I am stoked. Leave for Maui in the morning and can't wait to film the whales with the 70-200 IS L 2.8 with the 1.4x TC on it too. Equiv 448mm...this means of course all the whales will be 10 feet from the boat making the zoom useless
Words cannot describe how I felt when I opened the boxes I received, full of berand new camera gear. There is something about ordering it from somewhere far away and having it delivered (at work especially) that transcends any local camera store feeling.
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I will add the info that I do have the 17-40L, and I would get that over the 50 Prime. No matter how long it took me. It is a wonderful lens, and for weddings, you will need that width. Remember these are digital figures. I know with the REbel the film figures are 1.6 times the length of the digital figures, so a 50 is not really a "normal" lens on a digital camera. I too have a 20D now and I don't know how it computes, but it would be similar.
In weddings you get groups..........sometimes big groups. I would want, you will want, the flexibility that the 17-40L will give you. Besides, it is an awesome lens. I got mine from fish. Watch here, or FM, maybe someone else will have one for sale that is closer to your pennies now.
ginger
What camera are you currently using? Your biggest learning curve my be processing the images to get the most out of each shot. This was the hardest thing for me moving up from P&S to DSLR.
Congrats on a great setup. I'm sure your going to love it.
Dave
http://www.lifekapptured.com (gallery)
How long does the battery take to charge up??!?!?!?!
not that I am excited or anything
Richard
congrats on your purchase
Michiel de Brieder
http://www.digital-eye.nl
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
Though I forgot to bring a CF card into the office with me....I R smurt