The Beercan (70-210 f/4) thread..

[Anbesol]

You know what they say about great minds.

Just my humble thought ;)

Is that your little one as well?

[Pink Dragonfly]

You know what they say about great minds.

Just my humble thought ;)

Is that your little one as well?

They do, don't they?

No, I've just got girls....When I was pregnant with the last one, I called "it" Kevin, but it didn't help...Kevin was a girl

Mette

[Ultra Magnus]

I love my beercan- but somehow managed to scratch the lens... I'm pretty sure it won't affect image quality, but it irks me that the lens survided other peoples' ownership for 15 to 20 yrs w/ mint condition glass, and in a few months in my hands it's got a couple tiny itty bitty scratches... :mad2:

Here's a few shots:
















BM

[Canuck935]

Nice to see this thread still going. Keep em coming! :thumbsup:

[pisco]

From the weekend:

[Pink Dragonfly]

Pisco, that bottom one is absolutely gorgeous

Mette

[OldClicker]

Our Barney through the 'can. - TF

[Pink Dragonfly]

TF That's a cutie

Here's another one from Sunday ("Great Beercan Day" ) : Hooded crow

Mette

[Anbesol]

Funny thing, I actually met through work a woman named Kevin, when she introduced her self, she had to say "Yes, my name is Kevin, my father wanted a boy."

Yikes! Glad you didn't force that on your last one ;)

Wish I had another can image but not at my main computer. Next time...

[Pink Dragonfly]

LOL... I wasn't that cruel....

Here's one from today, it's been cropped somewhat - I do find the beercan a little short for the birds, esp the small ones

Mette

City Bird

[Canuck935]

Some nice contributions here. :thumbsup:

Here's a beercan landscape.. Joshua tree's and snowy hills.

[Pink Dragonfly]

Gorgeous landscape Do you have some more???

Mette

[Canuck935]

Gorgeous landscape Do you have some more???

Mette

I never thought about it until you asked, but I don't really have any other landscapes with the beercan. The problem is that most of my landscape type photos happen when I'm out hiking and backpacking, and I don't usually carry extra lenses. Sometimes I'll take an ultrawide (Sony 11-18), but a telephoto zoom lens is just too big and heavy for me. I'll have to try it sometime though.

[Pink Dragonfly]

I completely understand - I'd never have thought of the Beercan as a landscape lens until I saw your shot You need an assistant to carry your stuff

Mette

[Anbesol]

Mhya - crazy dog. She is so fast her skin has a hard time keeping up with her.

[Pink Dragonfly]

Great catch, Anbesol

What kind of shutter speed did you use for this?

Mette

[cougarjim]

You guys and gales sure got some great photos here. I just hope I can get that good with my new A350.
I will have to look into buying a Beercan.

Jim

[Anbesol]

Thank you! The metering for that was 90mm, 1/1600th", f4, ISO 200.

[Pink Dragonfly]

Thanks, Anbesol!

Jim, you won't regret it - no way! I hadn't heard of the beercan when I got my A700 in September. I had just re-joined this forum before that and very soon these great guys managed to convince me that it was the best thing since sliced bread. I finally got my hands on one 2 months ago, and they were right!

They deserve a bunch of flowers from the beercan fresh off the press Just saw them yesterday for the first time this year - yippee, spring is finally coming

Mette

[PWhite214]

Hello,

I have been checking the price of the 210mm 'Beercan', I see one in my future. Thanks for posting all the photos, helped me make up my mind on what to go for.

Phil

[Pink Dragonfly]

Phil, go for it And we'll be looking forward to your beercan shots!

And here's a rather different one - just to show how versatile this amazing lens is... I had my first tries as a concert photographer last Friday, a Danish blues band. I was using the 50mm without flash and the beercan with flash. A rather fun experience!

And a rather intimate shot....

Mette

[Anbesol]

Pairing the can with the flash!? Wow, which flash?

[Pink Dragonfly]

Hi Anbesol,

Sorry for taking so long in getting back to you - my oldest daughter had her confirmation last Sunday which has been a rather time comsuming task (her dad lives in Singapore so it was ll on my shoulders...) - it's a really big deal in Denmark, the biggest party you have until your wedding!

For this particular shot, I actually just used the built-in flash :blush2: For some other shots I used the F58AM that I got on the good advice of Canuck (I'm still not quite at home with it...). I also used my beloved 50mm f1.7 a lot (without flash).

Mette

[Pink Dragonfly]

And here's yet another beercan shot, just to show the versatility of that lens

A BIF from a gorgeous spring day yesterday, a Black-headed Gull, all dressed up for the mating season

Mette

[OldClicker]

Nice shot. Looks very 3Dish. It's always good when this thread pops up. - TF