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Subject: [Leica] Photo: One More Tiger
From: leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)
Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 20:50:30 +0200
References: <3cad89990905061104q674c433egf73770f38b20f320@mail.gmail.com> <C6274C8F.4DE62%mark@rabinergroup.com> <3cad89990905061129w72c2ef3ar25ad00afb66f1c84@mail.gmail.com>

and that weighs almost 4 kg.; but oh what a wonderful lens, and oh so  
sharp.

that's why i bought a canon 400/4 do; weighs under 2 kg., and does  
not cost as much!

b.

On 6-mei-2009, at 20:29, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> I already have and use the 200-400 f4.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Mark Rabiner  
> <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>> I would dig up the spare change from the bottom of your suit  
>> pockets and go
>> buy a
>> AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8G ED VR
>>
>> Oh I see its at B&H     $8,499.95 -
>> Chump change!
>>
>> Leica only gives you 21mm's for that!
>> Nikon gives you 400!
>>
>>
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 23:34:18 +0530
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo: One More Tiger
>>>
>>> Mark,Bruce,Marc,
>>> Thanks for looking.
>>> You shoot what you get - you cant change position very easily,  
>>> nor can
>>> you make them pose.(-: . You see tigers probably once in three or  
>>> four
>>> days, maybe for a minute or two at a time (the last trip was just
>>> plain lucky - I am fairly sure it will not ever happen again that I
>>> will see tigers with such frequency). BTW, this was shot with a  
>>> D300 +
>>> 70-200 with a TC1.7 attached at 120mm @f5 - practically wide  
>>> open, and
>>> at the shortest end - she was that close.
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>
>>
>>
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