Great eclipse pics!

Fantastic pics, cj. Damn, how does your ugly butt have such a gorgeous sis?

x2 beautiful girl, and a happy moment for dad and brother.

City of Angel

City of Angel? by drjlo1, on Flickr

The Battle.

The Battle by drjlo1, on Flickr

Crap. Anybody know the best way to eradicate Black Widows?

Black Widow by drjlo1, on Flickr

very cool video about zeiss lenses being tested.

http://www.popphoto.com/news/2012/04/inside-look-carl-zeiss-lens-stress-test

Trying crop body for more reach, with 1.4x TC.

IMG_0807 by drjlo1, on Flickr

does anyone have experience with the Nikon 70-200 2.8 vr1 or 2? Is it worth it? Also considering the 80-200 2.8 w/o VR.

Also, need a wide angle but don't want to break the bank. Any thoughts?

The 18-200 VRII is nice, but slow. Want to move to better glass but it's so expensive...

have you considered manual focusing? could go fast and wide and get very good iq.

Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 is the fastest wide angle for crop sensor camera, it got many great reviews too.

My friend uses that and 70-200 2.8 VRII for his paid job.

I handled a Canon 70-200/2.8 II couple of years back and one thing I remember is that it was rather heavy - and Nikon one weighs about the same (~3.3 pounds or so), which is to say it weight 2 pounds more than a 18-200. Methinks you should get yourself down to B&H and try it out. I personally wouldn't want to handle that much weight, but I've got tendinosis. Also, from what I read, Nikon 70-200 VR2 is actually bit shorter than 200mm and gets shorter as you focus closer.

As for Tokina, aren't they going out with an updated version of 11-16 soon?

Edited June 6, 201214 yr by Salt Peanuts

14-24 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8 mkII.

Buy them.

I wish the 70-200 could take a teleconverter.

I wish the 70-200 could take a teleconverter.

http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Camera-Lenses/2189/AF-S-Teleconverter-TC-20E-III.html

I use my 70-200 with a 2x teleconverter and it works great.

Thanks guys. I am teh stupid. I read the compatibility chart wrong. But jesus this stuff ain't cheap.

That is why you make big city lawyer money.

If you want to borrow the 70-200 mkII for a bit let me know.

So have you completely switched over, Jeff?

I have a 5D mk II still but no lenses.

I may just do that Jeff. Coulda used it today for the shuttle.

Looks great, and it has my first Jersey home in the background. Lived on the 29th Floor of that red building.

And Dinny, while you are at it, pick up yourself a D700 or D800.

Btw, anyone looking for a 105dc?

D800 landed Monday, in a box that UPS did their best to utterly destroy. The camera seems to run fine though. With the new business, I haven't had the time to do anything resembling really trying the camera out yet. It has a noticeably quieter shutter than the D800, and the new screen is definitely quite nice as well.

If anybody would be interested in my D700/grip/l-plate, let me know.

14-24 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8 mkII.

Buy them.

Rented both for the weekend.