Bleeding...

Just bought 2 Nikon manual lenses this evening...

(1) 35mm/1.4
(2) 50mm/1.2

Bleeding

It's Tiger's turn.

(1) Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM

http://www.canon.com.hk/en/Consumer/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product_id=10204&series_id=41

(2) Tamron AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4.0 SP Di LD ASL IF (A05)

http://www.tamron.com/lenses/prod/17_35mm.asp

ZEISS Apo Sonnar T* 4/1700 - The World's Largest Telephoto Lens

256KG!!!

Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 1700 mm F4 lens
Sunday, 1 October 2006 13:00 GMT

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/photokina2006/Misc/IMG_0919.jpg

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Bleeding

2008.01.12

Nikon AFD 105mm f/2 DC
B+W 72mm UV

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 DI (for Nikon)
B+W 55mm UV

Finally...

It's bleeding time for Tiger...

He got Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, hood & Hoya filter from Wing Shing.

And then a Canon 40D body, battery, lcd protector from one store in 298 and 8GB CF from another.

Good for him... :)


Full review from dpreview => http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos40d/

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

To Tiger:

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/ming.n1234/article?mid=597

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Recent price from http://www.ygdragon.net/index.php?page=photo/cameraprice.htm

Canon	EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM	Prime 定焦		10,800	27/8/2007	Mongkok Wing Shxng
Canon	EF 50mm f/1.4 USM	Prime 定焦		2,500	15/10/2007	Mongkok Wing Shxng
Canon	EF 50mm f/1.8 II	Prime 定焦		600	24/9/2007	Mongkok Wing Shxng
Canon	EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM	Prime 定焦		15,600	26/11/2006	Mongkok Wing Shxng

Glass

I have been reading some discussions re Nikon lenses. I think one brought up a good point that they might have devoted more effort on lenses for sports to catch the Olympics mania. Probably true for other vendors also.

Have fun... bleeding...

Steve McCurry

I am reading forums re portrait lenses and one asked a question on 85mm f/1.8D (http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=24183&forum=DCForumID6) and someone posted the following response.

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I have the 1.4 version but plan on purchasing the 1.8D version because it significantly smaller and lighter for travel photography.

By the way, Nikon USA www.nikonnet.com/dyn/articles/article_detail/76.html reports that Steve McCurry, the one who shot that famous Afgan Girl portrait, carries the 85mm f1.8D in his bag.

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About what's in the bag:

In the Bag

As you can see from his photographs, Steve McCurry likes to work up-close and in low light, and that calls for short, fast lenses on his two F100 and two N90s bodies-generally a 28mm f/1.4D or 35mm f/2D AF Nikkor. He also carries an 85mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor and a 105mm f/2.8 AF Micro-Nikkor. He packs an SB-24 Speedlight for those times when fill-flash is necessary, and almost always uses a sturdy tripod.

His non-photographic, but absolutely essential gear includes a Swiss Army knife ("because you never know when a corkscrew might come in handy") and the all-purpose, all-in-one Leatherman Tool ("more than once my driver has used it to fix the engine").

Bleeding

Wing Shing called me this morning and said they got the lens. Without any hesitation I told them that I would pick it up in the afternoon.

So... it's bleeding time again.

Tokina AT-X 124 AF PRO DX
AF 12-24 f/4



It came with a lens hood. I added a filter.

Tokina suggested Hoya Pro1D (low profile, whatever). The guy suggested B+W and he said it is better. I did try. But given that Tokina recommended Hoya (same company?) and I made up my mind to choose Hoya, which is a bit cheaper.

Posted 2007.09.01 16:40
@XXX Office

References

Digital Wide Zoom Comparison from KenRockwell.com

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-wide-zooms/comparison.htm