nicely mirrored out the maids

taken 5 mins ago

I was just looking at that very sight out my window at work
(Except without so much detail!! New glasses needed perhaps... )

sweet_P wrote: I was just looking at that very sight out my window at work
(Except without so much detail!! New glasses needed perhaps... )

with a 10X zoom in them

Datsane wrote:

sweet_P wrote: I was just looking at that very sight out my window at work
(Except without so much detail!! New glasses needed perhaps... )

with a 10X zoom in them

Well - that would definitely be cool!!

woodsy wrote: nicely mirrored out the maids

Took me a while to figure out how he'd done that - if your post had been on the same page it might have saved me a few brain cells!

was looking at the moon on the way home, but I havent had much success with photographing it at night.

Here is one I prepared earlier



also found this really good guide on astro stuff http://www.redbubble.com/people/ccdoh1/ ... slr-camera

I have had or should I say would have had a couple of Awesome sunset pics from my house over the last week. Untill I noticed acouple of trees that were alot smaller the last time I took photos
The chainsaws also to noisey at night

VERT wrote: was looking at the moon on the way home, but I havent had much success with photographing it at night.

Here is one I prepared earlier...

wanker!

I just realised I am getting some massive OT cheques coming soon... bring on the bling.

QUESTION:

Lens I have been looking at, apparently it has a small crack in the window that shows where the zoom etc is... is this a major issue??

bump pleeeease

I went to every second hand camera shop in London looking for a pristine copy of that lens. Because it is such a staple of the Canon pro kit, you simply cannot get one that hasn't been thrashed.

Having said that, the lens you are looking at looks otherwise tidy. If you can have a look at it, and it looks fairly clean go for it. Move the through the zoom range, defocus it to infinity, then auto focus on something close, take some shots and chimp for sharpness. If it feels smooth with a reasonable amount of play for its age then go for it.

Ken Rockwell is a bit of a poseur, but his review of said lens has an anecdote about the lens he is testing being dropped 9 feet from the back of an elephant onto cobblestones, only to keep working perfectly:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses ... f28-is.htm

Duct tape over the cracked window for the pro look, but it may be worth looking for the part for repair. I have seen EOS service manuals with part numbers for every single piece of the pro lenses, so it may be an economical repair.