clay johnston » canon http://www.clayjohnston.com Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:24:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 My Photo Gear Is More Expensive Than Yours! http://www.clayjohnston.com/2008/03/my-photo-gear-is-more-expensive-than-yours/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-photo-gear-is-more-expensive-than-yours http://www.clayjohnston.com/2008/03/my-photo-gear-is-more-expensive-than-yours/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:45:04 +0000 Clay http://www.gojohnston.net/archives/17 [Continue Reading]]]> canon70-200.jpgEvery year or so (twice this year), I evaluate my highly used gadgets and decide whether I need to sell and upgrade so that my useless material items don’t lose all of their value. This month I have been going nuts. I have always wanted Canon L lenses for my wonderful Canon 40D digital SLR camera. These L-class lenses are in a whole new class than my previous glass (hip photographer’s term for lenses). This month I decided to bite the bullet and put 3 of my lenses on eBay, do some freelance web development and a couple of paying photo gigs to afford a couple of these precious photographic commodities. I’m happy to announce that the transformation to equipment-spoiled photographer is complete.

So this is what I recently acquired to bring my photo clarity to a new level:

I filled the backpack with all that gear and my 17″ MacBook Pro. I almost fell backwards it was so heavy. Actually, lifting the pack was a struggle, but once it was on, it wasn’t so bad.

The only thing I am nervous about is the 24-70. It has a history of not being calibrated correctly from the factory. A friend of mine sent hers back and it was definitely suffering some back-focusing issues.

I will be putting these lenses through their paces in the next couple of weeks and will report back with my findings.

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