sid, you might wanna start 'nother pool ....

Andy · April 2, 2005

:lol3

David_S85 · April 2, 2005

Oh brother
No bird can hide now. What is that, an f/1.2???? Or is that a picture of the Hubble?

patch29 · April 2, 2005

Are you pending on FM?

Lucky dog. We only need a pool if we think you will sell it soon.

David_S85 · April 2, 2005

We could parlay that pool idea into an actual futures exchange. What Andy will buy next; what Andy will sell next; what Andy will hold on to, and for how long. Gotta be lots of money to be made in this sort of speculation. Andy would be barred from trading or buying a seat, of course.

Andy · April 2, 2005

patch29 wrote:

Are you pending on FM?

Lucky dog. We only need a pool if we think you will sell it soon.

no, i'm not pending on mike hatam's deal... that's someone else ...

and the other part, patch?

Andy · April 2, 2005

David_S85 wrote:

No bird can hide now. What is that, an f/1.2???? Or is that a picture of the Hubble?

200 f/1.8 pretty sweet, eh what?

Andy · April 2, 2005

David_S85 wrote:

We could parlay that pool idea into an actual futures exchange. What Andy will buy next; what Andy will sell next; what Andy will hold on to, and for how long. Gotta be lots of money to be made in this sort of speculation. Andy would be barred from trading or buying a seat, of course.

:lol

i love the idea. guys in my office are already doing that with ipods, laptops and other stuff that i flip just as fast as my lens collection.

btw: david... that quote was thos. watson, my old man was his "camerlengo" for several years as he climbed the corporate ladder at ibm.. i love the quote!

wxwax · April 2, 2005

Jeepers, I saw hatam's for sale and thought it a big, honking thing. I'd love to see you make some piccies with it, tho. I just couldn't figure out how I'd take advantage of it.

Andy · April 2, 2005

wxwax wrote:

Jeepers, I saw hatam's for sale and thought it a big, honking thing. I'd love to see you make some piccies with it, tho. I just couldn't figure out how I'd take advantage of it.

well, trigger pulled. i bought it from chamcamera via ebay. this is a guy that finds them in asia, and has been selling them about 3 or 4 a month on ebay... an honest seller, loads of referrals and happy clients.

i guess i'll have something new to try out in about a week :uhoh

the cool thing:

one user reports really great results with tcs...

200 f/1.8
200 f/1.8 + 1.4tc = 280 f/2.5
200 f/1.8 + 2xtc = 400 f/3.5
200 f/1.8 + both tcs stacked = 560mm f/5

owners i've email conversed with say it's dayum sharp even with the 2x... one guy routinely uses it with a stacked 1.4 and 2x!

wxwax · April 2, 2005

Congratulations! So this is for birding? Did you consider a 300 f2.8 or a 400 f2.8?

Andy · April 2, 2005

wxwax wrote:

Congratulations! So this is for birding? Did you consider a 300 f2.8 or a 400 f2.8?

i considered it becuase is so dayum fast and sharp. seems to be universally loved - great at 200mm for outdoor portraits, sports heck even creative landscaping... indoors for sports like hockey and bball in a big gym, or gymnastics, or swimming, it's killer.

sure, it'll be great for birding, i'll slap a tc on it (heck, maybe 2!)and still have fast glass and reach.

no, i didn't consider the 300 f/1.8 or the 400 f/2.8, because to me, they are more limited, due to their length. if i were doing tons and tons of birding i'd go that route. those lenses are excellent btw!

finally - they aren't making any more of these, so it's a good investment. which means, if i need/want to sell it, there'll be lots of willing buyers

wxwax · April 2, 2005

andy wrote:

finally - they aren't making any more of these, so it's a good investment. which means, if i need/want to sell it, there'll be lots of willing buyers <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/lol3.gif" border="0" alt="" >

Well, I can't imagine you'll sell it, so I look forward to many <S>{years}</S> months days minutes of your shots with it. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/naughty.gif" border="0" alt="" > <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/lol3.gif" border="0" alt="" >

Andy · April 2, 2005

wxwax wrote:

Well, I can't imagine you'll sell it, so I look forward to many years months days minutes minutes of your shots with it.

why waxy

i haven't the vaguest idea of what your referring to :lol

wxwax · April 2, 2005

andy wrote:

why waxy i haven't the vaguest idea of what your referring to :lol

Trying to do a damn strikethru. :bluduh :bash

Andy · April 2, 2005

wxwax wrote:

:lol

Trying to do a damn strikethru. :bluduh :bash

well, stop that! we don't have strikethrough

good thing for me, eh what?

luckyrwe · April 2, 2005

I wanted that lens but am still worrioed about sending money overseas like that. Well when Andy tires of it I can be sure to get it that way.

wxwax · April 2, 2005

andy wrote:

well, stop that! we don't have strikethrough good thing for me, eh what?

Hhmmph. :bluduh

Andy · April 2, 2005

luckyrwe wrote:

I wanted that lens but am still worrioed about sending money overseas like that. Well when Andy tires of it I can be sure to get it that way.

i'm actually going to use the the escrow service but i've spoken to a bunch of folks that wired money - no probs. this guy chamcamera is a legit legend ...

Andy · April 4, 2005

changed my mid

andy wrote:

i'm actually going to use the the escrow service but i've spoken to a bunch of folks that wired money - no probs. this guy chamcamera is a legit legend ...

i wired the money, and the lens is now on the way

Steve Cavigliano · April 4, 2005

andy wrote:

i wired the money, and the lens is now on the way

Ohhhhhhhhhhh :wow :wow :wow Good one Andy

I had a feeling you'd eventually cave on this one....lol I mean, you brought it up out of the blue on 3 seperate occassions. I hope you ordered next day air, so you'll have it for this week's shoot :lol

Congrats and it shore looks sweet (and soooooo white....lol)

Steve

ian408 · April 5, 2005

Sweet. I've heard many good things about it.

Going to bring to Yosemite? Between us, I think we have a good
chunk of the super-tele set.

Maybe we can convince PF to get a 600?

Ian

pathfinder · April 5, 2005

ian408 wrote:

Sweet. I've heard many good things about it.

Going to bring to Yosemite? Between us, I think we have a good
chunk of the super-tele set.

Maybe we can convince PF to get a 600?

Ian

Too big - I'm going to stick with my 300 + 2x - so far, it has seemed to work for me and it is much smaller, lighter, and PAID FOR!

Andy · April 5, 2005

ian408 wrote:

Sweet. I've heard many good things about it.

Going to bring to Yosemite? Ian

does harry shoot egrets?
is fish backed up?
do i like ribs?

ian408 · April 5, 2005

pathfinder wrote:

Too big - I'm going to stick with my 300 + 2x - so far, it has seemed to work for me and it is much smaller, lighter, and PAID FOR!

Hmm....hard to argue with logic

ian

pathfinder · April 5, 2005

ian408 wrote:

Hmm....hard to argue with logic

ian

:lol4 :slurp

Andy · April 9, 2005

pathfinder wrote:

:lol4 :slurp

just an fyi on the seller: chamcamera on ebay -- this guy specializes in finding this lens. he's from south korea. totally reliable. lens arrived in perfect shape, shipped in one day via dhl. lens totally as advertised... looking forward to shooting with it...

... after my spring cleanup chores :uhoh :whip

sid, you might wanna start 'nother pool ....

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