SPLASH!!! I took the plunge

[sinjans]

Well a sleepless night, a morning of caffine and some peptobismol and here i am. Just back from the shop with the brand spanker 70-200 2.8 IS. Feeling buyers guilt at the moment. Very happy though. almost happy enough to photograph office supplies . I will post some shots soon. Love the build of this lens. cant wait to put it to work.

 

[Overread]

Hehe you are going to have fun with that lens
Come on come on get some office shots up

(and I know very much how you feel - the only difference being that buyers remorse is far worse when the item has to come by post - postmen are never fast enough!)

 

[sinjans]

Ha. Tell me about it. I could barely slow down for traffic lights this morning. Its 1 degree celcius here now with rain coming from the side so i'd say it will be tomorrow before i walk. Indoor this evening

 

[Big Mike]

Congrats!

When I bought mine, it came via UPS. I wasn't home and they driver put the package in a window well on the side of my house. WTF?

If I wasn't so honest, I would have reported it as missing and made them pay for another one.

 

[sinjans]

LOL Mike. I dont know if my ethics would crumble on that one.

On a side note. Is it normal for the IS to be noisey when engaged? Nothing rough, just like a computer processor doing its job. Just wondering if its normal?

 

[Overread]

Yep perfectly normal sound - its actually not as loud as you think when you shoot outside - just indoors when everything is really quite is about the only times I really notice it.

 

[inTempus]

LOL Mike. I dont know if my ethics would crumble on that one.

On a side note. Is it normal for the IS to be noisey when engaged? Nothing rough, just like a computer processor doing its job. Just wondering if its normal?

Perfectly normal.

 

[sinjans]

Thats for the quick response Intempus. I cant afford another bottle of pepto:lmao:

 

[Big Mike]

Yup, you should hear it 'sort of click' when it engages, 'whur' when it's running and also hear when it stops.

 

[Hardrock]

Congrats on the new lens, I can't wait to get one!

 

[sinjans]

Thanks people. I managed to get the pooches to the dog park before dark here today. Very low light handheld f/4 1/320 ISO 1000. Again not expecting C&C on this as it is a snapshot. I have a family shoot this wekend and will post some of thos eon sunday. Thanks again

 

[R6_Dude]

you lucky bastid!!!! haha congrats and get to shooting!

 

[Montana]

Wow, congrats! Surprised you didn't go used on this though. THen again, I have never bought a piece of used equipment. Seems folks like Tim (gear whores) are dumping them in anticipation of the mkII version.

Its a great lens, and now I can stop drinking pepto too. I was worried you were still gonna want mine. And I was wanting to keep it. LOL

 

[Big]

Seems folks like Tim (gear whores) are dumping them in anticipation of the mkII version.

Gear whores?! Look who's talkin!!! I'd love to have your equipment!

 

[LarissaPhotography]

I keep going back and forth between whether I'm going to get this lens. Every time I start thinking about getting it again, I always ask myself (meaning my wife asks me) whether the money would go further on the lens or invested somewhere else in our business. So far I haven't been able to justify the expense, so I'm stickin with my 50mm 1.4 for now.