Canon 70-200mm F4 L - just tried it.. big mistake

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Just had a fiddle with the Canon 70-200mm F4 down town, along with the 1.4x TC. Big mistake I think!

It focused so fast, the build quality was superb, and even with the 1.4x convertor the images look impressive.
The price was £489 in the shop, but even if I bought the lens along with the 1.4x TC (£289 in the shop), they'd only knock £30 off! Talk about tight!

Anyway, i'm seriously considering going down this afternoon to buy the lens, and then i'll probably order the TC off Ebay or something. They seem to be around £199 new on there. :)
 
Well i'm looking at Ebay atm. There is a seller based in Scotland who's selling it for £409 + £10 P&P. And the 1.4x TC for £195. If I have confirmation that they're in stock, and that he can provide a proper invoice for Canon cashback then I might just be losing a bit of money this afternoon :p

Off to Cornwall this weekend so a new toy would be nice!
 
JBuk said:
I think I know which guy you are talking about on Ebay, Kerso? , he has some great lenses for amazing prices

If it is him ,i asked about cashback and he said he would provide invoices, although I`m not sure if they will work as Canon will look at the serial number and know where it was made, and distributed to, worth a try though :)
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Yeah Kerso is the guy.

I'm also tempted by the 300mm F4 L IS for £790 inc P&P. With cashback that's £685, awesome :D
 
If he's in the US, then what's the deal with selling from Scotland?

Or is he constantly going back and forth with suitcases full of lenses... "No nothing to declare officer" :p

EDIT: Just found that thread on the "other" forum. Any reason why I can't post the link btw?
All signs point to him being a 1st class seller. So I think i'll be ordering the lens tonight along with the 1.4x convertor. Whoot! :D
 
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Order placed with Kerso:

Canon 70-200mm F4 L
Canon 1.4x TC
Hoya 67mm filter

£636.99 all-in, so around £130 cheaper than they were offering me on the high-street. Plus I can get £35 cash-back on the 1.4x TC. So if it arrives ok i'll be pretty chuffed :D
 
Well the kit all arrived this morning, as promised. All seems to be working perfectly :)
Still in the office today, but i'll be off to Cornwall tomorrow to give it good work out. Can't wait!

I just love how fast and swish the internal USM focusing is. :D
 
Ok, excuse the rubbish subjects, but heck these were the first things outside the back door :D

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Top one is F5.6, ISO 100, 70mm
Bottom one is F4, ISO 100, 70mm
Better ones soon I hope!

EDIT: Here's a full size image, hasty portrait of my father as he came home from work. Loving the detail! At F4 again:
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~penlon/Dad-big-image.jpg
 
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