Important! : New toy... - Page 2 - Saxperience

mattchewone · 4th August 2008, 20:55

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Originally Posted by adsayer

the sayer will no longer dwell in the south of england mr Chewone...

You monkey! I meant once brands has finished or once we have finished we could do some portrature style stuff??

Barry123 · 4th August 2008, 21:14

oh right... might be able to... depends on state of house and whether I want to photograph at Harpers one last time

Ryan^p · 4th August 2008, 21:30

when leaving harpers bash as many girls back doors in as possible lol

jaybiss · 4th August 2008, 21:32

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Originally Posted by Ryan

when leaving harpers bash as many girls back doors in as possible lol

this is sayer your talking about...

Danr · 4th August 2008, 22:45

Sayer, when do you actually leave as it's a strong possibility that i'll be frequenting Guildford this weekend with some talent.

And to stay on topic, yar that new toy is awesome man. Bet you can take some photo's with it

Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 15:52

Monstrously sharp lens... doing a reccy before I do some promotional photos for a Farm Visitor Centre in Yarrrkshire - low as fuck light so 85L saved the day. Also animals are by far the best way to test a lens... they fuck out and move all the bloody time (AF speed response) and they're hairy (good for judging sharpness)... here's a few.

neilandhisvtr · 13th August 2008, 16:10

mmm crispy..

Jungle_Jim^m · 13th August 2008, 22:08

damn you sayer with your lens whorage lol your making me want to spend lots of £££. what front diameter does that beast have.
sharpness in those animal pics is awesome

Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 22:15

I've just forcibly taken some pics of my mother using it... this is really the first time I've had a chance to piss about the lens properly... it get better and better.

If you think the animals are sharp dude (sadly most were at f/1.2) you should check out the pics of mothersayer, you can see the wrinkles and lines in superb detail.

Yeah the 85L was an impulse buy I've always had a fascination with the thing ever since I saw one at a geeky photographer meet in london

£1200 it aint cheap but I'm ignoring that fact until my bank statement comes through...

EDIT: sorry front lens diameter is only 72mm but it's the rear element that is FOOKING scary.

mattchewone · 13th August 2008, 22:27

The lens is awesome i have had first hand experience of seeing Sayers big one ..

(lens that is lol)

Jungle_Jim^m · 13th August 2008, 22:30

£1200 blimey what you been doing over the summer robbing post offices lol, to be fair im starting to generate a bit of a shopping list myself. will probably be looking into getting a

40D, or see what the replacement is (50D?)
sigma 10-20
canon 70-200mm IS w/ x1.4 teleconvertor
a 500 lens possibly a sigma 170-500mm or 50-500mm
studio flash kit of some sort, ideally with 3 flash heads.
light meter

Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 22:35

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Originally Posted by Jungle_Jim

£1200 blimey what you been doing over the summer robbing post offices lol, to be fair im starting to generate a bit of a shopping list myself. will probably be looking into getting a

40D, or see what the replacement is (50D?)
sigma 10-20
canon 70-200mm IS w/ x1.4 teleconvertor
a 500 lens possibly a sigma 170-500mm or 50-500mm
studio flash kit of some sort, ideally with 3 flash heads.
light meter

good list

5D mkII is top of mine at the moment... price dependant.
10D, 40D and 5D... somethings gonna have to go really

good shout on the TC man, it's a must sooo frustrating knowing you have this nice nice lens and it's just a bit limited in range for sports.

naa no post offices, as said before, doing ok off the back of the degree and the odd photography job.