Always nice when ups stops

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

Well as a few of you know from the nikon section, I ordered my Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR lens Wednesday from Calumet Photo. I paid for 2nd day delivery so I could have it for the weekend. I called my sales rep on thursday for a tracking #. He said it doesn't look like it has gone out yet then he said he will upgrade shipping to next day so I have it on friday :thumbsup:

About 9:30am friday ups guy stopped with a huge box





Man this thing is HUGE, and talk about heavy !!!

Here is one of the first shots with it - I am going to have so much fun with this !!!
ISO 800 (was messing with my tubes and forgot to drop it back down)
F2.8
1/20 sec
handheld
just resized and white balanced

[Tyson L. Sparks]

Nice, I wish I had a lens like that.

[Frog]

Nice. I'm hoping for one or two of those vr lenses one of these days. In the mean time I'll just be excited about the new circ. polarizer I got this week.

[Loupey]

There it is - congrats!

I can hear your dog thinking..."now what's he going to pester me with?!"

Make sure to post your results in the N/W forum

[mn shutterbug]

Congrats on your new toy. It looks like it's going to do a nice job for you. Have fun with it. UPS just dropped of a telescopic conversion lens for me yesterday. Found a mourning dove to test it on this morning. Loved the results. It sure is fun to get a new toy once in awhile, eh? Enjoy.

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

Tyson - thanks - took me a while to "justify" it and to save for it - wife still doesn't think its "justified"

Frog - someday you will have one - hopefully sooner than later -

Loupey - Thanks ! As you can see the enjoyment in my dogs eyes, he barely moves now when the camera comes out. Yes I will be posting more in the N/W forum with this thing.

Mike - Thanks - new toys are always fun - especially the more expensive ones - since they are far and few between. Now Loupey tells me I need the 2x converter too - don't know how to break it to the wife

[livin4lax09]

well i had a longer response written out last night but then this damned safari beta crashed on me so I lost it. it's just too bad the lens isn't white!

why the 2x? I heard the nikon 1.7x is pretty good. the 2x seems to be only be good with sharp primes.

pretty impressive for 1/20 with that lens, the vr must work pretty well.

and nikon boxes look so much cooler than canon boxes...damn....

[starriderrick]

Congrats' Ben.This lense is my next purchase.It's been on the "next purchase list" for a while now. The lense has earned quite a reputation.Heck...it's legendary. I look forward to your first shots with it.

b.t.w. update your equipment list. :O)

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

well i had a longer response written out last night but then this damned safari beta crashed on me so I lost it. it's just too bad the lens isn't white!

why the 2x? I heard the nikon 1.7x is pretty good. the 2x seems to be only be good with sharp primes.

pretty impressive for 1/20 with that lens, the vr must work pretty well.

and nikon boxes look so much cooler than canon boxes...damn....

Brent - Not sure if I would want to of seen what you had written ..... if its as biased as "it's just too bad the lens isn't white!" then probably not - I do have more I want to say but will keep quiet on that subject .....

Since reading your comment about the 2x vs the 1.7x I been doing alot of reading and searching online - I am looking at the 2x for the distance - most of my shooting is outdoors and wildlife so far - I don't do much for sports - I will keep reading and see what more I can find - I have seen some shots taken with the 2x / 70-200 and for the most part they seemed very nice - I will have to see if I can test them both out and see which I prefer. Thanks for the insight on it though !!!

I tell ya hearing the VR working for the first time was like music to my ears - took me a while to stop smiling

Doesn't everything Nikon look cooler than anything canon

Rick - Thanks !!! I don't think anyone can go wrong with this lens - as you said its legendary ! I will have to update my equipment list, been meaning too with the addition of the tripod and now this, soon the tamron 17-50mm 2.8 also, now to start letting go of the other lenses. :thumbsup: