Mike wrote: >Apparently the hot rig is the Canon EOS D30 with Canon's 100-400 Image >Stabilizer lens. It becomes a 160-640mm lens on the D30, and more than
>one person I asked SWORE that they could handhold 640mm with it. > >Several wildlife photographers are so crazy about this rig that they've >said they have no interest in trading up to the new EOS-1D (on which the >lens becomes just a 130-520mm). Although I'd only be interested in a full-frame CCD for my own phtoography, this shows that there's clearly a market for smaller sensors with "focal length multipliers" and why SLRs with smaller CCDs are likely to remain with us even after full-frame sensors become common. They'll be a "different" option rather than better or worse. That Canon setup sounds like the business for wildlife photographers. With the combination of focal length multiplication AND image stabilization I think anyone who actually earns a living at wildlife photography would be crazy to use anything else. Before long none of them will be I expect. Mike, do you know of any of these guys using the equivalent Nikon setup (with the 80-400 Vibration Reduction lens)? I'm wondering if Canon isn't taking better advantage of the transition to digital to win over a bigger share of the pro market. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
