Hmm now what... noob with a 400D and a....

A[L]C · 20 Jan 2010 at 20:44

Shame I dont know how to use it!

peterattheboro · 20 Jan 2010 at 20:54

Give it to me

cokebottles · 20 Jan 2010 at 20:56

Someone on here is gona be mad....... you're going on the list!

famas · 20 Jan 2010 at 20:58

cant be that good, its only a canon

p0ss3s3d · 20 Jan 2010 at 20:59

Mmm... Shiny.

Mr Jones · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:05

Tell me you own a 5D MKII, and perhaps a 135mm too... Mr Phate is going to love you long time...

A[L]C · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:13

Unfortunately its not mine and I will have to give them back. Not sure when though, gonna hold on to it for as long as possible.

Wasnt gonna post anything, but

Phate said:
As long as it wasn't a 5D2, a 24-70L, or a 135L you remain off my ignore list

made me lol. Colleague has 3 lenses....

20-35 L
24-70 L
70-200 L

VirtualAdept · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:14

I think I hate you... yes, yes I do.

ScarySquirrel · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:17

That looks in much better condition than mine. Mine looks 'weathered'!

How can I make the black all nice and clean again?

beermonster · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:22

ScarySquirrel said:
That looks in much better condition than mine. Mine looks 'weathered'!

How can I make the black all nice and clean again?

You mean the black rubbery focus and zoom rings?

ScarySquirrel · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:25

Yeah. I might use a cotton bud with a bit of water to get the grime out of it.

beermonster · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:35

My 70-200 was like this when i purchased it 2nd hand, i got some of that antistatic foam cleaner sprayed in the lid and swabbed it clean, i figured it would do the least amount of tarnishing to the rubber and its still jet black now several months later.

syke · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:45

ScarySquirrel said:
Yeah. I might use a cotton bud with a bit of water to get the grime out of it.

Buy some surgical spirit from the chemist or somewhere. Cleans everything, handy too.

Raymond Lin · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:50

A[L]C;15783536 said:
Unfortunately its not mine and I will have to give them back. Not sure when though, gonna hold on to it for as long as possible.

Wasnt gonna post anything, but

made me lol. Colleague has 3 lenses....

20-35 L
24-70 L
70-200 L

20-35L? I think you mean 16-35L

A[L]C · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:53

Raymond Lin said:
20-35L? I think you mean 16-35L

Possibly but they do exist dont they?

ScarySquirrel · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:54

beermonster said:
My 70-200 was like this when i purchased it 2nd hand, i got some of that antistatic foam cleaner sprayed in the lid and swabbed it clean, i figured it would do the least amount of tarnishing to the rubber and its still jet black now several months later.

syke said:
Buy some surgical spirit from the chemist or somewhere. Cleans everything, handy too.

Thanks for the tips

Raymond Lin · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:57

A[L]C;15783859 said:
Possibly but they do exist dont they?

That must be quite old !!!

A[L]C · 20 Jan 2010 at 22:15

Dunno, I think your right though

p0ss3s3d · 20 Jan 2010 at 22:42

The 20-35 was introduced as one of the original L zooms in '89ish. It's the wide version of the 80-200.

It's a very nice lens and probably has the best colours I have ever seen in a lens. I actually wanted one but the lack of USM is off putting.

It's assumed the USM wasnt used since 20-35mm has a small focus travel.

It was later replaced by the impressive 17-35mm before the 16-35mkI then mkII.

The other similar lenses are the 80-200 in 89 then 70-200 in 97ish.

24-70 was a replacement for the 28-70.

Some lens facts there!!