Did someone mention G.A.S.?
May 28, 2023 15:04:39 #
Robertl594 wrote:
That’s right! ATE = Acquisition of The Essentials!
Let the war of the acronyms begin:
Your A.T.E. ate my G.A.S.
May 28, 2023 15:12:08 #
Spirit Vision Photography wrote:
Awesome! I opted for the superb f/4 version.
Maybe I'm a masochist but I wanted the faster version. The exact why is not currently known but I have no doubts that the f4 version has great IQ as well.
My wasted knees will just have to deal with the extra weight until I can work out some artificial joints.
May 28, 2023 15:19:04 #
Dean37 wrote:
I have an 80-200 f/2.8 IF so I am happy and the 28-70 f/2.8 as well as the 17-35 f/2.8, all Nikon. I know they're not the latest, but until I become a real photographer these will have to do.
Dean, check the reply on page 6. It will be one of, if not the first.
You have some nice glass there. Nikon is, first and foremost, an optics company so make pretty with what you have and stop worrying about whether it is the latest and greatest.
If it does what you need and want, then what else could you possibly be looking for? With that said, go make some images.
May 28, 2023 15:20:25 #
Mike D. wrote:
Let the war of the acronyms begin:
Your A.T.E. ate my G.A.S.
Your A.T.E. ate my G.A.S.
Frequent Artistic RequiremenT
F.A.RT
May 28, 2023 15:28:41 #
Retired CPO wrote:
It won't!
Then I have these choices:
A) I can live vicariously through those who have posted many wonderful pics already.
B) I could possibly buy a 2x tele to get closer.
C) A Sigma or Tamron Superzoom could be rented.
Worst case scenario I stay with A, my heart will not be broken,
May 28, 2023 15:36:24 #
Burkley wrote:
That is one fine lens. Enjoy. It will change how you photograph.
May 28, 2023 15:40:47 #
Burkley wrote:
That is one fine lens. Enjoy. It will change how you photograph.
I am counting on it. :)
The goal is to buy things that I can grow into. Maybe it is the reason that I still have that 18-55mm. Not exactly a stellar piece of glass but it takes good images if you take the time to work it.
May 28, 2023 15:56:12 #
Delderby wrote:
This topic concerns a syndrome! A syndrome is defined as a physical or mental disease. Perhaps those who do not or did not understand this should not castigate those who do understand and replied accordingly.
I just love a man that can properly use multi-syllabic words and know what they mean but be careful Delderby, not all of us Yanks are idiots.
May 28, 2023 16:22:55 #
MrBob wrote:
I hear you mike... I have discovered that upgrading glass is sometimes a lot more productive than up grading bodies as long as you don't really need the advanced features of the latest and greatest. If you are a pro, thats a diff story...
I like my cameras, they teach me things almost every time I pick them up and more importantly, they still do what I need them to.
There is no need here for 50 mp sensors or a 30+ fps burst rate. I want to improve my images not buy more features to fiddle with so right now, better glass works for me.
May 28, 2023 16:26:05 #
frankraney wrote:
If you plan right (I thought I did) your income should stay at least the same (mine did). But in the last 4 years I've lost close too 30% of my income. Now for me, I'm penny pitching. Not a fun place. Now when I get GAS I take anti acid and live with what I've got, and sometimes cry from the pains.
You planned better than I did Frank which is why I'm trying to get certain ducks in a row before I can't...
May 28, 2023 16:36:15 #
Mike D. wrote:
I just love a man that can properly use multi-syllabic words and know what they mean but be careful Delderby, not all of us Yanks are idiots.
I never thought they were.
May 28, 2023 17:19:39 #
WOW. If you won the lottery or struck oil in your backyard, then it's not G.A.S. otherwise -----?
May 28, 2023 17:38:58 #
Delderby wrote:
I never thought they were.
I know, I'm just poking a little fun at you and honestly, I love the U.K. Your part of the world has more history in 10 square miles than the U.S. has from one coast to the other.
I will always remember a night spent at the IIlford Arms in Abbotsbury but that's another story.
May 28, 2023 18:05:33 #
May 28, 2023 18:24:20 #
mffox wrote:
WOW. If you won the lottery or struck oil in your backyard, then it's not G.A.S. otherwise -----?
You know, if I were to win the lottery I would hire Joel Sartore, a National Geographic Fellow to teach me how he takes drop-dead gorgeous pictures with ancient technology.
Things may have changed since, but I have a photo lecture series done by Mr. Sartore and at time he was using a 12 megapixel Nikon D 3.
One of his most iconic pictures to grace the cover of NatGeo was of a bear standing in the middle of a river with a salmon jumping through its mouth. In the lecture he said that it took him three days to get the shot.
Obviously he doesn't take his wife on photo shoots...
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