Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

Whether I like it or not, I have made a conscious educated choice the day I decided to by my 100-400mm zoom, I have made my bed and I have to live with it. But how well am I living with it?

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Pascal Parent on April 29th, 2009

I finally got hold of the infamous Canon 24-70mm f/2.4 L lens, let me say that it was a mission on it’s own, there must be a serious shortage of these lenses in South Africa. Here is are first impressions.

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Pascal Parent on April 8th, 2009

CanonExtenderEF2xII I have herd many times that Teleconverter are useless, they take away too much from the lens native abilities. I agree that they do take away a lot, but I also believe that the Canon EF 2x II Extender has a place in my camera bag. Think of the price of an entry level 800mm lens, now think of the price of a Canon EF 2x II Extender coupled with my Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens…

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Pascal Parent on March 25th, 2009

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 I use to use a Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II kit lens for my indoor sports photography and had a lot of problems even with a Canon Speedlite 430EX flash. I eventually figured out that the optics and lens construction were really not up to standards for this and most other kind of photography. It’s an entry level lens with no features to speak of and is the cheapest Canon lens available. So the question is what will I replace it with?

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Pascal Parent on March 17th, 2009

Sigma APO 170-500mm F5-6.3 DGA while back I decided to go into photography all the way, I proceeded to buy a Canon EOS 400D and chose to kit it up with good lenses. Once I would have the lenses that are appropriate for what I do, wildlife photography, I would then proceed to buy a better camera, another Canon as you may have guessed. Good Canon lenses do not come cheap and I consider them an investment, but I digress.

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Pascal Parent on January 5th, 2009

Sports and advertising are two things that go hand in hand but check these 2 Johannesburg buildings out!

First is the Auto & General building at the corner of Empire and Barry Hertzog Avenue in Richmond for the Super 14. They are the sponsors of the Lion Rugby Team but I’d go further to say they are also BIG fans!

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