View Full Version : Just caught the 'L' virus (200mm prime) - warning highly contagious
wattsgallery
15-03-2010, 2:11pm
Just reporting my first foray into the world of L glass from which I fear I will not return.
Was intending like many others for my first L lens to be the 24-105 f4 which is still on the shopping (wish) list but I picked up a mint condition 200mm 2.8 IIL for $700 which I could not resist. I have used a friend's one of these before and was blown away by the IQ and while it doesn't have IS it is amazing quality for the price.
Will post some picks soon but keen to hear about other people's experience with this lens.
Cheers
Josh
hongbongkid
15-03-2010, 2:41pm
Highly contagious and virulent disease.... :cool:
wattsgallery
15-03-2010, 9:27pm
I think I'm in love.
Just starting to process some test shots from my first weekend with the lens. This below is by no means the sharpest - partly because I took it at 1/125 handheld (no IS) and partly due to the number of beers I'd had - but I like it and it is amazing that it produces these colours and contrast staight out of the camera.
Comments and tips welcome.
Cheers Josh
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The Breakdown - 1/125, f2.8, ISO400, Canon 40D, 200mm 2.8L II (no crop)
mikew09
15-03-2010, 9:59pm
I hear you for sure. Have just bought a 70-200 f4 L series and it has not been off my camera since I strapped it on. A bloke at work today commented on a image I had up about the colour, sharpness etc - I am now saving hard to purchase another. L-virus is highly contagious once you come in contact with it.
ausguitarman
15-03-2010, 10:08pm
I have the same issue after getting the 24-105. Looking at the 100L Macro and a 70-200 :eek:.
I have the same issue after getting the 24-105. Looking at the 100L Macro and a 70-200 :eek:.
Ditto, 24-105 is the bomb. It wont be my last L!
Welcome to the world of the L series: and it is addictive definitely. I would have gone with the 24-105mm first too but I fully understand you going for at 2.8 at that price, nice work. Any of the 16-35, 17-40, 24-105 or 100-400 L series are very good lenses which you will no doubt be looking at after getting your first L. It is not just a fashion statement, these are actually all top quality lenses well worth the investment.
Well done,a great price for that lens,my first was the 24-105mmL and the 100-400mmL,both at the same time,100mmf2.8L IS USM Macro is next on my list.:D
haha its a great virus to have! Loving 24-70mm 2.8, its a great indoor/portrait ##### and the 17-40 is a great landscaper :o:th3:
It's not a disease exclusive to Canon users, us Nikon users have a variant of the same disease.;)
It's not a disease exclusive to Canon users, us Nikon users have a variant of the same disease.;)
"climb the fence to canon'itis" virus? I hear its common :p ... ;)
dulvariprestige
12-04-2010, 4:44pm
I went the same route as Kev, 24-105 and then 100-400, as I'm happy with my sigma 70-200, I'm not sure what's next, but a big prime would be nice, as I'm really enjoying wildlife ATM, won't be enjoying the price tag that comes with that big prime though.:(
Dylan & Marianne
12-04-2010, 4:47pm
I too have an L virus - though I just got a 70-200 F2.8 IS version I
I wonder whats the next seasonal strain of the L virus to hit me lol
I think I'm in love.
Just starting to process some test shots from my first weekend with the lens. This below is by no means the sharpest - partly because I took it at 1/125 handheld (no IS) and partly due to the number of beers I'd had - but I like it and it is amazing that it produces these colours and contrast staight out of the camera.
Comments and tips welcome.
Cheers Josh
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The Breakdown - 1/125, f2.8, ISO400, Canon 40D, 200mm 2.8L II (no crop)
Very nice for someone with a few beers in his system ;)
How'd you get so close to the players?
How close were you to the action? For a shot sans crop you must have been very close. :eek:
wattsgallery
14-04-2010, 8:42pm
Very nice for someone with a few beers in his system ;)
How'd you get so close to the players?
How close were you to the action? For a shot sans crop you must have been very close. :eek:
Hi thanks for looking. Could get reasonably close to the sideline at Canberra stadium (maybe 10m) so was able to get in this tight even with a 200mm on a crop sensor.
I got some good constructive critisism on this and a few other shots from that night in the 'Sport' forum. As a rugby fan I quite like the action and varying points of interest among the players as each looks to their respective next move but I understand some of the valid points about it not being a classic close face or ball focus - I have a long way to go for that but its fun.
Cheers
Josh
kwokask
16-04-2010, 7:20pm
Caught the disease a couple of years ago.
Recently caught the more dangerous L prime strain!
pixelphotographics
20-04-2010, 5:01pm
Hahahahaha, could think of worse virus to have, lol
i caught the l bug after borrowing a mates 24-105f4l and now im hooked
nouveau1
22-04-2010, 4:12pm
I too have an L virus - though I just got a 70-200 F2.8 IS version I
I wonder whats the next seasonal strain of the L virus to hit me lol
I have the 70-200f2.8L is, but have resisted (with great difficulty!) any further exposure to the L virus; until yesterday when the 100-400IS arrived... I am now terminally ill... when (and not if) i start considering a prime lens my wife will kill me if the disease doesn't...
milspec
22-04-2010, 4:23pm
My L-feaver is brewing, only kept at bay by a waining bank account.
JM Tran
22-04-2010, 4:31pm
Whats an L lens?
Whats an L lens?
L for .....
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Do they fit on an iphone?
Congratulations..............I'm an Lcoholic as well
would be nice to have a 1.3 croped sensor instead of a 1.6 or even a full frame, tried it out in the b&h nyc with a 24-105 on a canon 1dmk4. made the lens look a wide angel compared to my 40d. for sure L glass is the only way to go but the exposure to a smaller crop is crazy how it affects what you are able to capture, plus the 100% view finder is prime.
carioca
04-05-2010, 4:53pm
When I bought the 5DII last year, I picked the kit with the 24-105L lens. Very happy with this kit (a Canon user from some 50 years ago, this was my first digital camera, and I am still recovering from tech shock LOL).
Since then I've shouted myself the 100 mm L macro lens - still coming to grips with it - for my birthday AND, although it's still a week away, am already saving up for the 300 mm L prime to get some shots of the amazing birds on our block...
This certainly proves to be an addiction, particularly for someone still on photographic L-plates...
Cheers,
LMH
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