Gratuitous male appendage waving topic!

Derek W · 20 Feb 2011 at 10:58

So yesterday I took a trip down to Fife to watch and take photos of the East Fife v Brechin game as per normal but before the match i had the pleasure of meeting a woman with some bits of camera gear for me.

I had contacted Kerso to see if he could set aside a couple of items, which he could and I took delivery of them yesterday afternoon.

I am now the proud owner of the 70 - 200 f2.8 L IS USM Mk2 along with the EF 1.4x extender (not used this yet).

I will post up a few pics from yesterdays match but I have to say I'm really impressed with the sharpness across the range. Yesterdays conditions were overcast, quite dull although the sun tried to break through once or twice and typically i was using ISO 500 - 1000 and getting a shutter speed of anywhere between 800 and 2000th of a second.

ElDude · 20 Feb 2011 at 11:05

Hey it's my birthday today! That should be mine!

Trick · 20 Feb 2011 at 11:10

Nice!

sbi5ar · 20 Feb 2011 at 11:43

ElDude said:
Hey it's my birthday today! That should be mine!

Snap!

(you can have the EF 1.4x extender

hehe)

P_A_N_I_C · 20 Feb 2011 at 12:47

Any pics from the day Derek?

happy birthday to the above

bloodhunter · 20 Feb 2011 at 13:13

Nice lens indeed. I want the Nikon equivalent but can,t afford one at the moment so i am making do with a Sigma 70-200 f2.8 mkII at the moment.

Derek W · 20 Feb 2011 at 14:45

P_A_N_I_C said:
Any pics from the day Derek?

happy birthday to the above

yeah, will post some up later / tomorrow. Just back from the pub after watching the old firm match but got photos from yesterday to process for Tuesdays programme along with shots for the paper then the website as well :eek:

so I'll have a busy day or two ahead of me.

adamau5 · 20 Feb 2011 at 14:57

dear derek.

i am jealous.

that is all.

footman · 20 Feb 2011 at 16:59

Which one of the 2 items resembles the said waved appendage?

The 70-200 in all the forms I have owned is a cracker of a lens. If the Mark II is an improvement then it must be stunning. A wonderful purchase for you and I look forward to seeing some images.

Derek W · 20 Feb 2011 at 16:59

Former Rangers and Scotland Legend Gordon Durie with Hearts Legend John Robertson in the background.

ISO 800 1/500th at f2.8

Spot metering on black really is a pain since it over exposes everything else.

Derek W · 20 Feb 2011 at 17:01

footman said:
Which one of the 2 items resembles the said waved appendage?

The one on the left up until i read that comment then it retracted to the size of the one on the right

Gaffer · 20 Feb 2011 at 18:02

Derek W said:
I am now the proud owner of the 70 - 200 f2.8 L IS USM Mk2

That's a fabulous choice of lens. (And that's from a prime snob)

Derek W said:
Spot metering on black really is a pain since it over exposes everything else.

i have been listening to a noted sports tog who shoots in manual on the grounds that the light in a venue isn't changing much an your subject may have blacks that you want to be black or whites that you want to be white.

Learn to meter on the grass. Adjust under or over according to your experience of how the camera thinks the turf at Brechin compares with 18% grey. Keep an eye open for lighting changes and meter again as required.

Oh and don't get into willy-waving contests in forums that I frequent :-)

Raymond Lin · 20 Feb 2011 at 18:46

Gaffer said:
That's a fabulous choice of lens. (And that's from a prime snob)

i have been listening to a noted sports tog who shoots in manual on the grounds that the light in a venue isn't changing much an your subject may have blacks that you want to be black or whites that you want to be white.

Learn to meter on the grass. Adjust under or over according to your experience of how the camera thinks the turf at Brechin compares with 18% grey. Keep an eye open for lighting changes and meter again as required.

Oh and don't get into willy-waving contests in forums that I frequent

It is a lovely lens and it is a hell of a piece of engineering.

As for willy waving, there is always someone with a bigger lens..I.e. 200/1.8... :eek:

Tysonator · 20 Feb 2011 at 19:22

I want one !

cochoc · 21 Feb 2011 at 10:04

Tysonator said:
I want one !

I want one too. And a 100-400, whilst I'm dreaming.

Rojin · 21 Feb 2011 at 11:00

Nice purchase Derek, enjoy

When I win the lottery...

Tysonator · 21 Feb 2011 at 12:56

I was going to buy the 70-300 L IS USM lens, however it does not work with a the 1.4 extender !
pants ! !

Derek W · 21 Feb 2011 at 13:14

processing the footy photos from the weekend tonight. will stick a link up to them but the photos will be restricted to 640 on the longest side.

And Gaffer we all know about your willy its been waved in public by several 'members' here from the previous photography meets

dannyjo22 · 21 Feb 2011 at 13:29

I adore mine, mine gets better upwards from 70mm wide open. Not had massive amounts of chance to use it for various reason but this was at 200mm when I was mucking around.
Hope you love it as much as I do Derek, the price has gone up about £300 since I bought mine

Derek W · 21 Feb 2011 at 22:25

dannyjo22 said:
I adore mine, mine gets better upwards from 70mm wide open. Not had massive amounts of chance to use it for various reason but this was at 200mm when I was mucking around.
Hope you love it as much as I do Derek, the price has gone up about £300 since I bought mine

I'm totally blown away by the clarity of the shots compared to my previous 70 - 300 f4.5 - 5.6

Latest gallery is here http://brechincity.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3790 and when you nail the shot, on the full size image the quality is simply superb.