Sigma last year introduced a really sweet rival for Canon's 70 -200 F2.8
white monster.
No IS but a really great macro facility, very well suited to a 5D.
http://www.ryadia.com/POD/July/13-07-07.htm

first I want to apologize for my poor english :)
I would like to try a fisheye to play with these kind of pictures.
Unfortunaly I found some fisheye models far too expensive for me and I
can t actually afford a new camera.

Went down to the swamp this AM to do a little sweating.
Took my shirt off and worked on my tan as I took these:
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/82208715/original
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/82208716

http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/romeo.htm
Too cute or Crap?

eBay: http://301url.com/Leica_MP

Yeah, yeah, I know, rules are made to be broken, be creative, think
outside the box, it doesn't always work, for every rule there's an
exception, yada yada yada... but, it's still a much-taught and accepted
"rule".

Wide open (f/1.7, 1/800, open shade, WB@7500K, from RAW, Maxxum 7D, ISO 100)
Unsharp maks... note the staircase in the middle, back petal.  This is
apparent in the RAW file as well.  See last linked image [W/O sharpening])
Downsampled

I have a Canon Elan 7 with a speedlight flash, a 50mm prime, 28-105
zoom and a 75-300 IS zoom.  I am now considering adding a digital
camera body to my bag and need some help.  A budget of $600 to $700
puts me in the ball park of the XT or XTi body.  The difference I find

eBay: http://301url.com/SP_Rangefinder

I've picked up a Yashica MAT 124G camera a few days ago. It is in very
nice shape and I will be taking some pictures in a few days.
Anyone here have any experience with Kodak Portra film? I got a roll of
iso 160  12 exposures and I'm wondering what to expect in the way of

I didn't have to walk very far from the car for this one!
http://www.annika1980.com/mansloth.htm
My daddy said there were a lot of creatures in the backwoods that looked
like me and I shouldn't be afraid to make friends with them. Now I know

http://www.ryadia.com/POD/July/10-07-07.htm
The sun rises behind the camera yet it glows in the sky where it normally
sets.
Is dark frame subtraction supposed fix the noise in shadows issue? It

OK, everybody ready for some Roadkill shots (taken from the car
window)?
Ready!  Get Set!  Click!
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/82135165/original

A long time ago, I was given some really old pics.  All of them prints
and negs from the early '20s and some even older.  But one in
particular was different from all the rest.  It caught my eye because
it was so unique.  It's just a bit bigger than a wallet size, but it

OK.  If the "Fabulous Hudson Hornet" wern't enuff for you, how about
something direct from the GYF's mouth?  Admittedly anecdotal but, given the
photographic times we live in, mildly interesting nonetheless...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/378m4e