Santa came early. I guess I was nice :)

11/23/2005 03:46:22 AM · #1

I can't wait for the UPS delivery man to bring me THIS

11/23/2005 03:48:55 AM · #2

Santa baby, slip a camera under the tree, for me
I've been an awful good girl
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

i need to get hooked up with the santas at all your houses. I was told yesterday i was getting coal.

11/23/2005 03:50:10 AM · #3

coal becomes a diamond ;)

11/23/2005 03:51:38 AM · #4

not in my lifetime lol

suemack

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/23/2005 03:51:49 AM · #5

I'll dream about your santa getting a bit lost and coming to my house instead! LOL ......hey I can dream! Congrats Rikki :))

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/23/2005 03:52:09 AM · #6

maybe i am just not sitting on the right old man's knee...!!

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

11/23/2005 03:53:28 AM · #7

Nice! Pricey, but worth it, huh.

I am also an early-shopping, get-myself-something-good-this-year kinda guy. I should be getting this in a day or two and this in a week or so.

11/23/2005 03:55:02 AM · #8

damn you've been really nice Art :)

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

11/23/2005 03:56:05 AM · #9

Originally posted by mesmeraj:

maybe i am just not sitting on the right old man's knee...!!

'cause that ain't his knee you're sitting on :O

*rikki quickly runs away*

mistertoc

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

11/23/2005 04:28:26 AM · #10

HEHE I'm a mister brown but in Belgium SORY ;-)

DanSig

11/23/2005 05:25:41 AM · #11

last christmas Santa gave me these

now he came early and gave me the 5D and a phototrip to Paris, London and a short trip to Stonehenge....

I don't think I'll get any parcels to open on Cristmas.. unless the 24-70L gets here in time :)

yido

Canon EOS-5D

Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF for Canon

11/23/2005 11:32:21 AM · #12

lucky you.
Santa only gave me dust bunnies in my stocking, boo hoo. :(
The 10-22 is a remarkable lens. Just goto photozone.de and look at the review and the MTF charts, if you already haven't. I personally have used it and know two photogs who have and use it. Probably the best of the ultrawide zooms for the Canon cropped sensor.

Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF for Canon

11/23/2005 12:10:39 PM · #13

i'm excited and can't wait to get it ;)

here's the question, i want a CPL for this one as well but it's too damn expensive for such a thin glass. Does anyone have experience with Cokin filters for the P-series? I have Cokin holders, etc. and figured the rotating CPL that they have for the P-series would be decent at only $38 for the glass ;)

Any advice?

yido

Canon EOS-5D

11/23/2005 12:36:35 PM · #14

According to Bob Atkins review. With a regular CPL, he saw vingetting at 10mm but it was gone by 11mm. I've the same experience with my Tokina 12-24. With a regular CPL, it vingettes at 12mm but is gone by 13mm.

One option is to consider a cheap CPL on eBay. I think there is a seller named American Eagle Filters out of FL that sells US made CPL for about $25 or so. You can avoid vingetting by using upto 11mm but not 10mm and see if you like that. Thin CPL's are very expensive and over $100 so they are a significant investment in my mind.
Good luck

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

11/23/2005 12:55:28 PM · #15

Originally posted by Rikki:

Personally, I'm iffy on using a cpl at all on the 10-22mm. The angle of view is so wide that the cpl just exaggerates the variation in brightness across the sky, at least when down at the wide end and to an extent allt he way through the range. However, the cpl can be useful for non-sky pictures. Typically with those you won't have a problem zooming in a tad, so I'd go with the less expensive alternative, at least until you decide you really NEED a polarizer for this lens.

Robt.

yido

Canon EOS-5D

Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF for Canon

11/23/2005 01:06:46 PM · #16

That's a good point. The angle of view is very wide at 10mm so that the polarization is only effective for only a part of the shot. I see it all the time in mine, but I don't mind it for me. It's a very personal choice.

11/23/2005 01:28:06 PM · #17

i ought to smack you rikki!
it's a good thing you hughged me in the other thread.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

11/23/2005 01:28:10 PM · #18

Do I need a lens hood as well? It doesn't come with it right?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

11/23/2005 01:35:52 PM · #19

Originally posted by Rikki:

Do I need a lens hood as well? It doesn't come with it right?

Yeah, it's an "extra". I have it and it is very useful sometimes. However, the lens is remarkably flare-free, so you can get by without it. I usually don't mount it, nor even carry it reversed on the lens like I do my other hoods, because it increases the diameter of the lens dramatically and it won't fit in its compartment in my bag with the hood on. So I sleeve the hood in vertically on the side, and take it out as needed.

Note relative freedom from flare: the sun is IN these pictures.

Robt.

Message edited by author 2005-11-23 13:36:39.

11/23/2005 03:58:12 PM · #20

Thanks Robert ;) I can't wait. Is the UPS man here yet? I even got the three day delivery even though it was $8 more :D

Once I get it, I can strike out that goal of mine on my profile page ;)

WooHoo!

Bobster