Quote Originally Posted by Mark Elberson


Quote Originally Posted by Dallasphotog


This is funnier than you can imagine. Only this forum will truly appreciate this reply. There was another very serious photographer roaming the sidelines near me with two Nikon D3x bodies. One was sporting a 70-200mm f/2.8 and the other had a 200-400mm f/4.0 on it, but of course, those lenses are black. The picture nazi's never even spoke to him. Apparently, white lens equals professional while black lens makes you an amatuer.


Maybe they just knew all pros shoot Canon...
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Wow! That's over $22k in gear!!!
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Yep. That Nikon 200-400mm f/4.0 is more than $6,000 by itself.


If we had been hit by a meteor, the insurance guys wouldn't have believed the claim. I had the EF400mm f/2.8 on the 5D MK II and the EF70-200mm f/2.8 of the 1D MK II, plus the EF24-70 f/2.8 on the old XTi.


..and we were shooting 14-year old soccer players.