My New Toy!!!

[almo]

Ok, so a thousand dollar, give or take, professinal lens is not exactly a toy, but it sure is fun!

It's the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM telephoto lens. I have had it for roughly 3 hours, but due to inclimite weather I have only had about a 5-10 minute window to grab some shots. I will do some sharpness comparrisons with teh IS feature soon, but today I just flipped it on and had some fun. I tell you, if you have never tried IS it is quite amazing to see the frame in the VF go from shaky to steady. I didn't know it would have such an effect in the VF itself, but it does. I had AS in the Pentax K10D, but I do not recall the effect being so dramatic.

Below you will see some pics of my camera and lenses, then some FF and 100% crops.

The family... Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM, Canon EOS 30D/w EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, EF 50mm 1.8 MK II, Kenko EF/EFS Auto Extension Tubes, Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4 EX DG HSM


Fully retracted at 100mm


Fully extended at 400mm


All SOOC, shot HH at 400mm, with IS on mode 1:

f/5.6, 1/125, ISO 400


100% crop


f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 400


100% crop


f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 400


100% crop

[Lori11]

Im so jealous :cornut: <<< me green with envy but happy for you at the same time lol
Awesome shots too, hope the rain clears out, anxious to see more!

[mn shutterbug]

Dandy shots, but I'll be waiting for a birdie.

[almo]

Im so jealous :cornut: <<< me green with envy but happy for you at the same time lol
Awesome shots too, hope the rain clears out, anxious to see more!

Thanks Lori!

Trust me, you would not be so green if you saw my credt statement...

I just got sick of using consumer lenses. I was getting to the point where I was so frustrated that I couldn't get the shots I wanted to when I went out that I was either going to get the stuff I needed or I was going to give up photography.

Thanks!

[almo]

Dandy shots, but I'll be waiting for a birdie.

Me too!

Maybe tomorrow...:thumbsup:

Thanks!

[Frog]

First two don't look very sharp but the rest do.
I just got a vr (18-200)lens but haven't had much chance to use it but plan for it to be my main lens tomorrow when I'm shooting 4x4s.

What's that little thing on the table to the left? Wonder what it looks like in your hands.

[mjs1973]

Congrats once again on the new toy John!

I tell you, if you have never tried IS it is quite amazing to see the frame in the VF go from shaky to steady. I didn't know it would have such an effect in the VF itself, but it does. I had AS in the Pentax K10D, but I do not recall the effect being so dramatic.

I agree, seeing the IS work in the VF for the first time is a pretty cool thing. As far as you K10D goes, you wouldn't have seen it in the VF at all do to the different style of shake reduction used.

[almo]

Congrats once again on the new toy John!




As far as you K10D goes, you wouldn't have seen it in the VF at all do to the different style of shake reduction used.

Yeah, I realized that after I posted this that I made it sound as though I thought it did.

It is a very helpful feature for focusing, and composition too.

[frleal70]

"It's ALIVE"!!!!!!! Man, that thing's a beast! ;D
Congrats.

[bluesguy]

which end of the barrel do you drop in the mortar shell? That thing is huge.



bluesguy

[almo]

First two don't look very sharp but the rest do.
I just got a vr (18-200)lens but haven't had much chance to use it but plan for it to be my main lens tomorrow when I'm shooting 4x4s.

What's that little thing on the table to the left? Wonder what it looks like in your hands.

That little thing is a Canon PowerShot A60 2MP. It was the first digicam I ever used for more than one shot. It belonged to my Ex-GF but when she replaced it with a Fuji s1500 it became mine. I love that lil' thing. However, I do look a bit like the big tough guy walking the chiuaua when I use it...