Is Justice Really Blind? - DPChallenge Forums

12/06/2011 09:39:31 AM · #1

Originally posted by sfalice:

Originally posted by PennyClick:

Cross me off the list Bear!! As you know, I got lucky over the weekend and purchased a lightly used 24-105 f/4.0 L IS lens from a local wedding photographer for a very good price.

Penny, my friend, I now expect you, with your superior feminine skills, to outscore that ol' Bear.
And yes, I'm gonna check!
(Congratulations on your new acquisition.)

Thanks, Alice! But remember that BRear's arsenal also includes those amazing processing skills!

Edited: Oops, better start using those new glasses I got!

Message edited by author 2011-12-06 12:18:28.

sfalice

Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

12/05/2011 08:07:41 PM · #2

Originally posted by PennyClick:

Cross me off the list Bear!! As you know, I got lucky over the weekend and purchased a lightly used 24-105 f/4.0 L IS lens from a local wedding photographer for a very good price.

Penny, my friend, I now expect you, with your superior feminine skills, to outscore that ol' Bear.
And yes, I'm gonna check!
(Congratulations on your new acquisition.)

12/05/2011 02:52:28 PM · #3

Originally posted by PennyClick:

Cross me off the list Bear!!

Yes dear :-) It has been done.

R.

PenelopeK

Sony Alpha a7 II

12/04/2011 09:31:36 PM · #4

Originally posted by robs:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Gawd, I don't know. Penny wants it, Paul wants it, YOU want it, Nicky wants it, Rick-in-Maryland wants it, the whole world wants it I guess... And he tried out the 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro, the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS, the 17-40mm f/4L... I think his wife hates me now...

After wanting this one since it was released.... I just pulled the trigger last night on a nice refurb one (see that saving thread for the code to get some $ off)....... Now... what's the bet mine will not take images like Bear's version :-)

Cross me off the list Bear!! As you know, I got lucky over the weekend and purchased a lightly used 24-105 f/4.0 L IS lens from a local wedding photographer for a very good price. This photographer owns a 24-70 f/2.8 and a 70-200 f/2.8 IS MKII, realized he was no longer using the 24-105, and needed some extra cash for holiday gifts!

12/04/2011 09:07:58 PM · #5

There ya go! Good to see some results. And, it IS useless...

R.

12/04/2011 08:54:28 PM · #6

heres a few shots, whole categories of shots are tied up in challenges. There is minimal editing except for the outtakes to challenges that I didn't submit.

There are more but heres a few...

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/02/2011 10:17:53 AM · #7

Originally posted by Melethia:

So I'm not on the "covet Bear's 24-105 list" but he DID make me by the 10-22 by letting me use his, and he did call my poor 20+ year old cheapie tripod a "piece of sh!t" and made me buy a new one, then and there at his personal "crack" dealer... so I truly do understand. :-) (Yes, Robert, I still love my 10-22, and that tripod has come in handy from time to time...)

similarly, he looked at my tripod and said, " this is useless."

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

12/02/2011 09:49:28 AM · #8

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Gawd, I don't know. Penny wants it, Paul wants it, YOU want it, Nicky wants it, Rick-in-Maryland wants it, the whole world wants it I guess... And he tried out the 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro, the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS, the 17-40mm f/4L... I think his wife hates me now...

After wanting this one since it was released.... I just pulled the trigger last night on a nice refurb one (see that saving thread for the code to get some $ off)....... Now... what's the bet mine will not take images like Bear's version :-)

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/02/2011 09:36:31 AM · #9

12/02/2011 08:03:24 AM · #10

Originally posted by cowboy221977:

I am anxiously waiting for my 1st L lens.....Yeah I decided to get myself a christmas present....

congrats but, what did you buy, where did you get it?

cowboy221977

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

12/01/2011 01:12:10 PM · #11

I am anxiously waiting for my 1st L lens.....Yeah I decided to get myself a christmas present....

Giles

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

12/01/2011 12:04:03 PM · #12

sent my beloved 28-70 2.8L to canon today was shooting with it tuesday night, in home studio and it locked up on the zoom at 28mm had to shake it to get it to zoom, then the autofocus went funny and i could hear a screw rattling around.

this is my favourite lens :(

so dilema do i throw £400 at a repair on my 2.8 or buy the nice 24-105 f4L they've got at £600 erm....

12/01/2011 11:54:37 AM · #13

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Geeze, Penny's right. That's a horrible haircut... Thanx for the verification, now to find a barber... And it's not a lake, it's a marsh.

R.

Your hair cut is not so bad at all, but then again, I am not the one to ask, any hair would be fine by me...

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

12/01/2011 11:00:06 AM · #14

Geeze, Penny's right. That's a horrible haircut... Thanx for the verification, now to find a barber... And it's not a lake, it's a marsh.

R.

mycelium

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

11/30/2011 07:59:29 PM · #15

Originally posted by blindjustice:

This doesn't do the lens Justice, and (neither does my pathetic attempt at post processing)
but someone with a giant lens stepped in the golden panorama-( a "bear-o-rama" perhaps?)

It looks almost like Robert is firing the entire lake out of his lens...

11/30/2011 07:43:44 PM · #16

This doesn't do the lens Justice, and (neither does my pathetic attempt at post processing)
but someone with a giant lens stepped in the golden panorama-( a "bear-o-rama" perhaps?)

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

11/30/2011 05:43:48 PM · #17

Originally posted by vawendy:

*sigh*... He must like you better. I didn't get to try out the 100mm macro IS.

I was afraid you'd beat up on it or something; that's the lens I used to ribbon with a seagull before you did, ruining your ambition to have the first seagull ribbon in DPC.

Originally posted by vawendy:

...he has my own son saying -- "where's the lens hood?? I agree with Bear, we should be shooting with a lens hood."

He's a smart boy.

R.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

11/30/2011 05:32:04 PM · #18

Originally posted by blindjustice:

Ok- so, I have privately thanked Robert for nothing less than spoiling me, entertaining me and schooling me in every aspect of photography. He's got infinite patience, only once referring to me as a Philistine(kindly pointing out I should have known a very simple landscape photography reference)- (and there was that time that he questioned whether I should move so fast leaving the ATM machine at daybreak wearing a dark knit hat... too funny)

A definite highlight of the trip- was the maniacal laugh and stopping the car at random points to hop out and photograph a scene. Great to share that experience and see landscape and compositional thoughts through wiser eyes. And, my one regret is not to get back into the mad scientists PS lab, but I learned more in a car ride about PS technique than I have in years of knocking about by myself.

Lenses: I was fortunate enough to try out a bunch of lenses from a big zoom and a sweet macro(which has me thinking about the small as well as the big) all the way to the 17-40mm f/4L- which would not be a bad addition, to the real star, the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM- the star of the show. It is magical glass. For those who follow forums, you will know that the only two words that need to be said about this lens is... "Buttery Smooth" - and I know, that refers to the 5D, but even my low rent Rebel was at ease with this thing. I have to decide how to make new glass happen, as well as eventually a new rig-I be interested in some giant wholesale power grab.

And I will post some shots, perhaps enter a challenge or two with some of the shots from the expedition.

Thats what I did on Thanksgiving vacation...

*sigh*...

He must like you better. I didn't get to try out the 100mm macro IS.

AND

he has my own son saying -- "where's the lens hood?? I agree with Bear, we should be shooting with a lens hood."

11/30/2011 05:22:02 PM · #19

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

11/30/2011 04:34:16 PM · #20

Originally posted by mycelium:

I hope that Paul will post a few photos in this thread!

I sent him a heads-up...

R.

mycelium

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

11/30/2011 04:23:17 PM · #21

Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM for a grand on Amazon new, $600 used... yeah, it'd be nice to have one. But I probably would upgrade my camera body first :P

I hope that Paul will post a few photos in this thread!

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/30/2011 04:06:43 PM · #22

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Get a couple more people on that list and you might be able to order a batch wholesale direct from Canon ... ;-)

That's sort of what I'm thinking, LOL: my camera store's a Canon dealer, and I was idly wondering how low I could get 'em to go if we got, say, 10 people ordering and prepaying, LOL. I know it'll never come to that, "wanting" and "being ready to buy" are worlds apart, but in the meanwhile it's fun to hijack my own thread :-)

R.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

11/30/2011 04:02:37 PM · #23

Get a couple more people on that list and you might be able to order a batch wholesale direct from Canon ... ;-)

11/30/2011 03:39:41 PM · #24

Bear_Music's semi-official [i]"Covets a Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM"[/i] list for DPCers.

~~PennyClick~~ (she bought one of her own)

VaWendy

BlindJustice

nickyb

SunDog

MinsoPhoto

Karmat

Message edited by author 2011-12-05 14:51:36.