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Subject: [Leica] Canon 800mm IS
From: sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)
Date: Fri Dec 26 11:14:32 2008
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Shocking, Doug. Canon was thinking that if they say it, viewers will believe 
it. And that most people are gullible fools.


Seth


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Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 1:39 PM
Subject: [Leica] Canon 800mm IS


>I saw this link posted on another list:
>
> http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2526
>
> promoting the Canon 50D and EF 800mm f/5.6 IS
>
> Look at the full-sized photos of the bull moose and griz and tell me if 
> you
> think these are effective photos for promoting this equipment.
>
> Two questions come to mind:
>
> ) have standards dropped so much that these are considered sharp?
>
> ) what was Canon thinking?
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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