jarrod white
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I really love the Tokina 12-24 F4 also. It is around the 500 mark, but it is a fantastic lens , very sharp.
off to Madison tonight to catch the Ohio State vs. Wisconsin, my buddy is the guest on college gameday in the morning.
Great game as OU pulled it off. Tennessee , well it was bad, and Alabama put it on Florida
I say Alabama goes to the championship game, for sure.
oops, I was misled , I am heading out in 2 hours on my way to Dallas area. I may not have committed to go had I known it was an away game. :-/
Heading to Oklahoma to catch the OU vs. Texas. complete weekend with a golf cart and sideline tickets ;D BOOMER SOONER.
the computer that we are all reading this thread on has changed the retail business forever. I mean come on, who has not bought something online. I try to keep it local if possible, but it costs money to have a brick and mortar retail outlet, and prices reflect that sometimes. I also have a hard time staying local when so many places don’t stock a lot of the new inventory and when you ask about it they say I can order that for you. WOW, thanks but I can order it myself for a much cheaper price. I am mostly hands on, if you have it where I can look at it in person, I will buy it, even at a higher price but if you have to order it, forget it. I think if they could figure a way to tax all internet sales (it’s coming in time) it would help local business some because that is 10% right there and throw in free shipping and you have a pretty good deal.
I also understand that it is a business decision , but also know that there are 2 kinds of decisions, good ones, and bad ones and this falls to the latter as far as I am concerned. I would say that if Sage or any one company will keep the same policy as always, they will take over the market. I think that would be a smart choice !!!!
Wow, that is bad news. I take good care of my equipment and infact have 3 orvis 5 wts that are 12 years old and have never been repaired. I also bought a pile of T3 and Helios last year and had some repaired over and over before giving up on them and switching to Sage. I have had clients snap a brand new rod (on a fish) the very first time out of the tube, but I can assure the manufacturers of one thing, if the warranty program gets sketchy, I will never put premium gear in the hands of a client again. I also will say that lots of times clients like the gear they use with us and in turn they go out and buy that same product. I guess the prices will be dripping also since you have no insurance so to speak ::)
I will be using it on a couple different bodies.
I already have the 70 200 2.8.
My main body for baseball games will be the 1d Mark iiN (until I get the mark III) I have seen the 400 5.6 in action and it is a great piece of glass for sure, just thought I would check around and get some opinions before I buy. I am also very interested in the 500 F4, there again, wanted to hear from somebody besides the other photographers at the ballgames who want to sell a 500 f4 :).thanks for that info Steve K., I really wasn’t sure what they were checking for, and usually too mad to ask.
I also noticed that when I switched my suitcase out for a large Pelican case, just for clothing etc., it has a TSA paper in it everytime saying it was inspected. I would think that when it runs down the belt an Xray looks through it, it should be fine it only contains my clothing.; :-/I know the feeling as traveling with a rock band has its problems. I hae 2 pelican style cases with a ton of equipment, and I have been checked numerous times by the TSA. although we do fly mostly private now, on occasion I fly alone to meet up and the last time I did that I got checked so hard I felt like a criminal. I will also say that they are very rough handling your gear and I have seen stuff dropped and the last time I got checked they pulled everything out of the cases and wiped it down with some type of a wet wipe looking thing and ran it through a machine :-[ and when they were finished all my gear was laying eveywhere and he said ok you are free to go. >:( 20 minutes worth of packing back up and I was on my way. I guess I looked like a criminal trying to move about rom state to state 😉
Well I guess I had trouble making the original choice and I went with the 50d (which is an amazing camera) and today I picked up the 7d so now I guess I can shoot both and decide which is the best. I promise it would be tough to choose either as they are both great.
Now which lens to get next 😛I went with the 50d since I am just switching from Sony to Canon, I am learning about the system. I bought the body and 24/70 L
I am going to buy the 70 200 2.8 L II and the 100mm L macro and the 17-40L f4. for starters I’m sure. i would love suggestions on other good glass to hink about also.Money is not the deciding factor in this choice, but I have an incredible video camera that I doubt the 7d can compare to. I just dont see myself using that feature and I don’t think I want to go full frame either, so that only leaves 1 option and I guess it will be the 50 d.
I fished Orvis rods for years and I found the tip flex rods like to be overlined by one size. Mid-flex rods do well with the heavier lines like a gpx taper. T-3 is probably one of the better rods Orvis had, and when they discontinued them I moved on. I did try the Helios :-X
