Lens Love
Our good friend Amanda went out shopping with me yesterday. I was going out to pick up a like new in box Canon ST-E2 wireless transmitter from a local store, I was all happy because someone just came in and sold all of his Canon gear for a Leica M8 (nice camera) and so I got my ST-E2 for $170.
After the salesperson remarking the guy had dumped his whole kit, I asked half jokingly he didn't happen to sell a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L did he ( I knew Amanda loved my 24-70mm and wanted one of her own... )... he remarked "in fact he did, and it had basically never been used", Amanda asked how much... He said $950, but since the guy never submitted the rebate for the lens she could get $50 off the lens since she was buying it from an authorized Canon reseller... It took her only about 20 seconds to make up mind... he hadn't gotten a used 24-70mm in since I bought mine from him used well over a year ago.
...needless to say Amanda is a very, very happy girl. Quite an improvment over her 18-55mm kit lens.
Tech Details: Taken with a Canon 20D and Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L lens, shot to RAW and processed in Adobe Camera Raw/Photoshop CSIi.
Lighting Details: Two Photogenic 1250 strobes, at a 45 degree angle to the right with a Photogenic 4'x'3' softbox about 2.5 ft. away from the subject. The second Photogenic 1250 strobe 5' away to the left of the subject and powered down a bit to only provide fill lighting. Lighting triggered by Pocket Wizard plus units.
Lens Love
Our good friend Amanda went out shopping with me yesterday. I was going out to pick up a like new in box Canon ST-E2 wireless transmitter from a local store, I was all happy because someone just came in and sold all of his Canon gear for a Leica M8 (nice camera) and so I got my ST-E2 for $170.
After the salesperson remarking the guy had dumped his whole kit, I asked half jokingly he didn't happen to sell a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L did he ( I knew Amanda loved my 24-70mm and wanted one of her own... )... he remarked "in fact he did, and it had basically never been used", Amanda asked how much... He said $950, but since the guy never submitted the rebate for the lens she could get $50 off the lens since she was buying it from an authorized Canon reseller... It took her only about 20 seconds to make up mind... he hadn't gotten a used 24-70mm in since I bought mine from him used well over a year ago.
...needless to say Amanda is a very, very happy girl. Quite an improvment over her 18-55mm kit lens.
Tech Details: Taken with a Canon 20D and Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L lens, shot to RAW and processed in Adobe Camera Raw/Photoshop CSIi.
Lighting Details: Two Photogenic 1250 strobes, at a 45 degree angle to the right with a Photogenic 4'x'3' softbox about 2.5 ft. away from the subject. The second Photogenic 1250 strobe 5' away to the left of the subject and powered down a bit to only provide fill lighting. Lighting triggered by Pocket Wizard plus units.