Waiting for Mr UPS....

divamum · July 7, 2009

Nobody else will understand (my family think I'm NUTS), so I'm posting here ...

Despite having planned on waiting for quite some time before getting one, I stumbled over a bargain 200L 2.8 at KEH, and it was way too good a deal to walk past. I've sold a few more things and dipped into the camera slushfund and It should be here tomorrow.

Can we say, "impatient"??!!????! My first L lens!!!

ziggy53 · July 7, 2009

At the resk of personal injury I would suggest that "Diva" and "patience" are mutually exclusive.

Congratulaions (in advance).

divamum · July 7, 2009

ziggy53 wrote:

At the resk of personal injury I would suggest that "Diva" and "patience" are mutually exclusive.

Congratulaions (in advance).

bwahahahahahahahah

Don't worry - I'm not QUITE in the Miss Piggy Samurai league (yet

)

::taps fingers, looks at watch and wishes it were already Wednesday::

Scott_Quier · July 8, 2009

divamum wrote:

bwahahahahahahahah

Don't worry - I'm not QUITE in the Miss Piggy Samurai league (yet )

::taps fingers, looks at watch and wishes it were already Wednesday::

Well, it's Wednesday - have you got the lens yet??????

We want pictures!!!!

divamum · July 8, 2009

Scott_Quier wrote:

Well, it's Wednesday - have you got the lens yet??????

We want pictures!!!!

Waaahhhhh! No, not yet. I have to teach for a couple of hours now, so I'm hoping it will be here by the time I'm finished. My daughter has been warned that she WILL act as a model today, like it or not! (Her response was merely to roll her eyes and say, "MOOOOOmmmmmmmm!!!")

jeffreaux2 · July 8, 2009

Sheesh....I guess you havent watched the news....UPS went on stirke last night.....

Just kidding...congrats on the new glass, can't wait to see some samples from it!:D

lindazgrin · July 8, 2009

wow....now that's a buy! I'm a Nikon girl but I still appreciate good glass when I see it

Can't wait to see pictures from that one. Congrats.

Mitchell · July 8, 2009

Congrats on the new glass!!

DM: Mommy will be taking your photo today. You name the time.

Progeny: Mom!!! I'm busy now.

DM: I'm locking you in your room. Tell me when you want to be let out and have your picture taken.

divamum · July 8, 2009

It's HHHHHHEEEERRREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Mitchell wrote:

Congrats on the new glass!!

DM: Mommy will be taking your photo today. You name the time.

Progeny: Mom!!! I'm busy now.

DM: I'm locking you in your room. Tell me when you want to be let out and have your picture taken.

Wait - how did you install the hidden camera in my house????!!!

:lol4

Of course, I was imperiously told "Later", but I can wait. The light will be prettier then too

(to those who haven't seen the thread to which we're referring, don't worry. No children were harmed in the making of this post...

)

Mitchell · July 8, 2009

I have a Nikon 180mm, f2.8 that is a lovely, light prime lens. I suspect it may be similar to what you have purchased.

A wonderful focal length for portraits. I shoot mine in my garage when I think to use it.

divamum · July 8, 2009

Little more than a snapshot so far (and no magic garage to play in

), but... I think I'm going to enjoy this hunk o' glass

Can we say, "Bokeh"? And this thing focuses to die for, practically faster than I can point it. Have to be super-careful about where *I* put the focus point and make sure I keep the shutter speeds up (not quite as perfect here as I'd like, but it will do for a first attempt), but when I do.... YUMMY!!!

I still can't believe that I picked this up net cost to me (after all was said and done with my own sales) ~$250. I was going to buy a 50 1.4 next, but this was such a silly great deal that there was no way I was going to walk past it, and I think I was right!!!

This wide open at 2.8

ziggy53 · July 8, 2009

ziggy53 wrote:

...
Congratulaions (in advance).

Congratulaions (for real this time).

Scott_Quier · July 8, 2009

Wonderful ... and what a deal on the price! Sounds good. How does the lens look?

Jeremy Winterberg · July 8, 2009

Congrats on the L glass! Can't wait to see some photos taken of models that actually want to be in front of that beast!

I too have been waiting for the UPS man for the past couple of days.

Today I received my Scott Kelby World Wide Photo Walk Leader T-Shirt

... And now I'm waiting for my new business cards to finish printing and get shipped... :cry I'm so impatient.

Anyone want to buy a Canon XSi... that should give me enough money to get some L glass, ok so maybe only 1/4 of the way.

divamum · July 8, 2009

Thanks all! I knew folks in here would understand the absurd thrill of not only a new lens, but a new really COOL lens

Scott_Quier wrote:

Wonderful ... and what a deal on the price! Sounds good. How does the lens look?

As far as I can tell, it looks like new - no marks, obvious brassing or anything else I've found yet. It's the Mk 1 (with built-in hood, which is the one I wanted), was EX grade, and the gross price was $525, so I sold my 55-250is and dipped into the slush fund (I've been like a little kid all year, dutifully putting a few dollars aside each week for camera gear and/or emergencies. Happily, so far it's only been needed for the former). Sure, I could have haunted FM et al for months and maybe picked one up privately for around $475, but with a return policy? No-brainer. I already have the 50mm 1.8, so the 1.4 can wait a little longer. So I now have the Tam 17-50, a 50 1.8, 100 2.0, 200 2.8, and am hanging on to the 70-210 4.0 until I absolutely HAVE to sell it so that I have something in that 70-100 gap if I ever need it, which I THINK should cover me for a while. I hope....!!(????!!??)

The only thing I don't like about KEH is that any lenses below the "like new" grade don't come with caps, but I picked up some cheap Chinese generic ones on fleabay - I seriously don't care if they say "Canon" on them as long as they keep the dust out

Now to get used to the extra weight when shooting this - if this is the "light" 200, there is NO WAY I'll ever be considering any of the 70-200 zooms, because this thing feels like a boulder in comparison to my other lenses

.

Toshido · July 8, 2009

Time to hit the gym. I love my 70-200 2.8 IS. It may be a beast but I still love it.

Congrats on the new glass, getting a nice collection of lenses there.

Elaine · July 8, 2009

Yay! Congrats on the new glass! That should be a really fun one to play with. Sounds like you got a great deal.

I'm guessing by 70-200 zooms you were referring to the 2.8 versions? The 70-200 f/4 L is super light and sweet, which makes it hard to think of getting a 2.8 version for me. I think, like you, I'd rather have a really nice prime in that range though.

Still salivating over the 135 f/2 L.

divamum · July 8, 2009

Elaine wrote:

Still salivating over the 135 f/2 L.

Yeah, me too, but that one isn't going to be in my budget for quite some time! Eventually I'd love to attain the 85/135/200 trifecta - oh and a 5d Mk II to put them on

- but for now....

Seriously. This is even more fun than buying shoes

WingsOfLovePhoto · July 8, 2009

Congrats on your new glass Diva! Enjoy it!

Elaine · July 9, 2009

divamum wrote:

Seriously. This is even more fun than buying shoes

No doubt about that!

Mitchell · July 9, 2009

Where are the ears???

divamum · July 9, 2009

Mitchell wrote:

Where are the ears???

HA!! You noticed :giggle

They are being sloowwly retired over the summer in anticipation of Middle School. I hated doing it because she's so darned cute with them, but given the well-documented awfulness of 11-13 year olds to one another, several months ago I told her that she needed to start middle school (this fall) without them. So at the moment she's starting to explore other headband options from time to time

She still wears them, but we have graduated to wearing them by *choice* instead of necessity..... Sigh. Where's my baby gone??!:cry

Mitchell · July 9, 2009

This is so sad. I hate when they grow up.

My wife cried the other day when my 4 year old said "yellow" instead of "yeyow":cry

aktse · July 9, 2009

Congrats on the new glass! I know you'll put it to good use!

jeffreaux2 · July 9, 2009

Come on Dive....we know you took a bunch of pics already......lets have 'em!:D

Mitchell · July 9, 2009

jeffreaux2 wrote:

Come on Dive....we know you took a bunch of pics already......lets have 'em!:D

I agree.

Who knew she was such a tease!!

divamum · July 9, 2009

If only! Just been silly busy and am getting to know the new baby. You can be sure I'll post in due course...

divamum · July 12, 2009

SINCE you asked....

Sharp enough for ya?

This is ~100% crop, otherwise pretty much sooc/f3.2 and 1/800, handheld. (wish I'd been stopped down so the bee was in focus, but given I was just footling around, I'm not complaining

)

This lens is really superb, but there is definitely a learning curve with it... it's far less forgiving of my mistakes than some of my other lenses.Most particularly, it certainly demands photographer accuracy - I guess the better the glass, the more "user error" starts to show! As I work with it a little I think 1/focal length isn't actually enough to prevent camera shake at that magnification, so I think the MINIMUM handheld shutter is probably 1/250 with this one (if they ever decided to make this lens with IS I would be all over it!)

Anyway, there ya go. It's really a fabulous piece of glass, and I'm having a lot of fun getting to know it!

Scott_Quier · July 12, 2009

divamum wrote:

SINCE you asked....

Sharp enough for ya?

This is ~100% crop, otherwise pretty much sooc/f3.2 and 1/800, handheld. (wish I'd been stopped down so the bee was in focus, but given I was just footling around, I'm not complaining )
This lens is really superb, but there is definitely a learning curve with it... it's far less forgiving of my mistakes than some of my other lenses.Most particularly, it certainly demands photographer accuracy - I guess the better the glass, the more "user error" starts to show! As I work with it a little I think 1/focal length isn't actually enough to prevent camera shake at that magnification, so I think the MINIMUM handheld shutter is probably 1/250 with this one (if they ever decided to make this lens with IS I would be all over it!)

Anyway, there ya go. It's really a fabulous piece of glass, and I'm having a lot of fun getting to know it!

The 1/FL rule of thumb was/is from the days of full frame. With crop sensor, you have to throw in the 1.6 (1.5 for Nikon) multiplier. So, at 200mm, you might think of your "rule of thumb" being 1/200 * 1/1.6 = 1/320s

divamum · July 13, 2009

Scott_Quier wrote:

The 1/FL rule of thumb was/is from the days of full frame. With crop sensor, you have to throw in the 1.6 (1.5 for Nikon) multiplier. So, at 200mm, you might think of your "rule of thumb" being 1/200 * 1/1.6 = 1/320s

Well

. Talk about "not considering the blindingly obvious" - I can't believe that never occurred to me! I shall now mentally recalibrate myself properly

Waiting for Mr UPS....

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