Hi Rich,


Thanks for the quick, great and absolutely convincing comment. Your pics look very nice. In particular I love the one with the young lady - not only because she is so beautiful but because of the right moment you catched so precisely. That's exactly the trouble with my Tamron 70-200/2.8 and its flawed AF drive - nearly no chance with that short DoF and manual focusing to make such a hit.


And yep, that's an L bokeh, my Tamron never meets that. I know such bokehs from the other L lenses I have in my collection.


Your shots convince me that the new 70-200/2.8 obviously makes a very good combo with the 7D. With its AF performance I have quite a mixed experience depending on the lens I use. In short, new Canon lenses like the EF 100/2.8 II macro perform really superbly with the 7D, older lenses, even L ones, tend to make somtimes trouble even after AF microadjustment.


Quote Originally Posted by Richard Lane
he was using a basic Nikon 1.6X body (model?) and a 16-135mm f/3.5-5.6 DX zoom lens

can imagine... maybe he now starts saving bucks for the Nikkor 70-200/2.8 II which is said to be very good as well.


Quote Originally Posted by Richard Lane
Ok..., you all know that I'm a Sports Shooter, but I do have a softer side, so,.., lets just keep this between us, beacause I wouldn't want to get laughed off the field.

Don't worry: (1) I am located in Germany, (2) the only pros I know are not in the sports business []


Roland