My Canon 70-200 f4L lens arrives on Tuesday, and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped me out with advice and recommedations in making this excellent choice.

This is a great community and long may it continue!

Thanks again.

-- canonlover (canoneosd60@aol.com), March 09, 2002

Answers

I'm sure you'll enjoy owning and using this lens a great deal, as I, and many other people on this forum, have and do.

-- Isaac Sibson (isibson@hotmail.com), March 10, 2002.

Be careful, that red stripe is addictive. Good luck and have fun!

-- Peter Hughes (ravenart@pacbell.net), March 10, 2002.

Ain't that the truth Peter....

-- Isaac Sibson (isibson@hotmail.com), March 10, 2002.

Just a snap, of my father-in-law, a few weeks after heart surgery, with the 85mm f/1.2L.

-- Peter Hughes (ravenart@pacbell.net), March 10, 2002.

Peter,

This is a great emotional portrait, even not knowing the person you can feel the mood of the shot. It's very sharp too!

What film did you use, and how did you get it on to the web? What size resolution is the image, and did you scan it or use a photo CD?

Or have you got a D30 or 1D hiding away somewhere?!?

Thanks

Sam

-- canonlover (canoneosd60@aol.com), March 11, 2002.

i don't this pic is sharp enough.....esp the face..

-- legnum (legnum212@email.com), March 11, 2002.

Many shots that are really sharp before they are posted on the net come out less sharp when viewed on a PC, through compression. This is a jpeg, so this is likely to be the case. I have posted a number of super sharp shots on the net that have been pin sharp, then had them slated on photo.net etc for them not being sharp enough. I was giving Peter the benefit of the doubt taking this into account. I don't think he was posting the photo for a major critique anyway.

Peter, I'll let you fight your own corner now!

-- canonlover (canoneosd60@aol.com), March 11, 2002.

Fuji NPS, scanned with a CanoScan FS2710, uploaded to my website. The image was shot at f/1.2, hand held, EOS-1v, in "A" mode, shutter speed unrecorded.

Peter Hughes Photography

-- Peter Hughes (ravenart@pacbell.net), March 11, 2002.

Here's the companion photo to the one above. Nothing fancy. Just the simple power of photography.

-- Peter Hughes (ravenart@pacbell.net), March 11, 2002.