Playing with my 20D this afternoon on the beach and Balboa Isl. (pics)
 

Some nice surf coming into the Orange County beaches. Hot weather.

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Great pics man..was that a fish eye?

Nice! :thumbsup

It was fantastic today, love So Cal summers. And winters for that matter. :1orglaugh

75-300 USM Canon lense. :)

the 20d is fucking incredible.

Looks like a horse eye....but very cool....

Good stuff man....you'll enjoy that little cam :thumbsup

LOL sweet pics Cory, I see it didn't take you to long to start playing with it.

Very fricken nice man:)

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Great pics you are getting much better at taking them

oh man, great pics. great camera.

great shots dude, thanks for sharing.

awesome photography you got there. great CU's.

Great pics of the surfers. I like the water and miss it.

So what your saying is that there were no chicks on the beach? Cuz all I see is fucking dudes!

Great pictures

wow.....i need a new cam!

awesome pics!! Exactly which lens - model number if you can.

You are a good photographer dude, nice shots.

nice surfer pics ;)

Nice pics ;)

Some wicked snap shots :)

Nice camera.

These are all for Cory's personal collection :winkwink:

GREAT pictures, Cory!!!!

is that for a NN surfer boy site?

I really need one of those.... how much did it cost you? and can you lend me that very same amount? :)

GRRR? I want that lens. That is insane. I just got a 20D with a 17-85.

Great shots? really cool!

That lens is about 2000 euros here in Germany. One intense lens though, with image stabilizer.

Sorry, I was thinking...

Objektiv EF 70-200mm 1:2,8L IS USM

it is about 2000 euros.

The EF 300mm 1:4L IS USM is about 1300 euros...

The Canon IS glass is amazing... but bring your wallet!

Amazing pics!

Think this is the exact lens

http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=ModelTechSpecsAct&fcategoryid=150&m odelid=7445

Ah yes, Sorry... I was thinking L series...

Nice pics. I love my 20D but got to get some long lenses ASAP!

They only have hundreds to choose from. Like the EF or EF-s when it comes to the 20D.

So can spend a lot or really drop some cash.

You got it. That lense costed me about $220. It lacks IS, but I have never needed IS. The Canon Optics are the same.

It is a superior lense. I will get IS in the future, but only for 100-400.

With IS:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...65512?v=glance

Without IS it is reasonable.

If you come to a show you can snap mine on and see if you like it.

It's not that superior with all the chromatic abbreation (purple fringe, the pink/purple highlights on the white spots) going on in some of those shots, more specifically, some of the surfering shots.

I noticed a great jump in optic quality when i went from my 70-300 to my 70-200 2.8.

That should be your next lens IMO.

The 2.8 is the key.

I just want to get a bigger zoom at some point.

What did that run you?

Very Nice pics!!!

2.8 isn't the key, but it helps, the lens quality is just 10x better quality than the normal tele-zoom.

You can always go bigger by getting extension tubes, or teleconverters, saves you money, and you don't lose that much quality from it.

Unless your shooting NFL games, I don't see the need for anything over 300mm. I stopped using my 70-300, 200mm is enough for me right now.

As far as price, i shoot nikon, so I got the 70-200 VR 2.8 AF-S ED. Ran about 1600 US market, not gray market (about 200 cheaper but warranty is in japan).

Every lense has its place. 2.8 is essential for a lot of things. 400 range is great for a lot of purposes, including surfing shots depending on the break layout. Bigger zooms are great for perception shots that require it, etc. Just my opinion though.

400 isn't gonna get that much more depth over a 200, just closer. I'd rather buy a 2x teleconverter for 300 bucks, rather than a 400mm lens for like, god, probably well over 2k.

Haha..
I see your point though, time to buy one of those waterproof camera boxes and get closer ;)

Oh man..I wish you would not have said that :) I want to water proof is so damn bad. I am a surfer, so I would be very comfortable shooting out in the breaks.

Man, those damn things are expensive though!

I used to see them on ebay for around the same price as a body...

this company makes one for 1200, but i'm not a fish, not even close, never surfed, shit, i've rarely even seen surfing in person before (only a couple times) so something like this is simply useless to me...

http://www.backscatter.com/HostedSto... sings&sop=AND

Wow I never knew you could take pics like that

Those are amazing fucken pictures!

That price isn't bad considering what you "should" be able to do with it.

I just wonder how it works?