Thread: Quandry (domino v lens)

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Yebbut don't you need the extra speed indoors?

life is a compromise

and I'm starting to question whether I'll be doing that much sport photography indoors in the future

This is an interesting scenario. My trade has also been/is my hobby (Carpenter) and I have also been a keen photographer. The photo shooting activity took a nose dive 25 years ago when It got too hard to buy 64 ASA slide film as well as my eye sight got old and now requires glasses. My wife did much the same but got onto digital photography, maybe 10 years ago. She gave her point and shoot camera when she updated to a 650D Canon. This little camera and the Scamanda threads got me interested and I bought a 1200 D at Christmas. I can now do some shutter bugging easily now so I can have a good look at them on the computer.
With the Domino. With a router and appropriate jigs you can cut mortices, all be it more fiddling and not as convenient. Those indoor sporting photos can't be duplicated without a decent lens and the recording of the event is a "one time only" affair. The weight issue is one thing that will be able to be justified when you put up those shots that you have captured

I would go for the lens first, then save up for a Domino.

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Why don't they call it an iWannabeverything?

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Do they make decent phone calls?

Why don't they call it an iWannabeverything?

My wife reckons they are a small tablet with a phone app (probably with bugs)

I have the Canon 70-200 F4 IS and find that the stabilisation is excellent and I get good quality photos in low light. Coupled with a full frame DSLR (EOS 1Ds III) the image quality holds up very well at higher ISO and the saving in weight and cost were the deciding factors for me, especially given the weight of the camera and other lenses I lug around. However, I do not take any indoor sports photos - all nature photos, so my experience is probably no use!

I don't have a Domino either but am trying the much less expensive Rockler Beadlock system as an alternative.

It is a choice only you can make as only you know which toy you will use the most!

Good luck with the decision. After all, these are not one-offs so you can always save up for the one you don't buy first.

Do your bit for the Australian economy.....buy both. You won't regret it.

I have the F4. I bought it and a 1.4x adapter for travelling and it really came to its own in Canada where the weight savings were a bonus on those hikes in the Rockies and at the Calgary Stampede parades.

I am very happy with this lens - here is typical of what it can do.
I had tripod with me but these photos are all hand held.

This is a 360º pano of Larch Meadow in the Rockies - taken with the stock Canon 17-85 kit lens
At position D is a glacier and I caught a glint of something moving
LarchMeadowPanoramasx.jpg

Put on the F4 with 1.4x Adapter
glaciers.jpg

From which can be extracted

Thanks Bob

M'mmm. Well I don't have the Domino but I do have that lens. It is absolutely stunning. Amazing optics and incredibly sharp at every stop. I've had mine in the back of the Land Rover for many many thousands of overland miles in arduous desert conditions - and never managed to kill it (The weather sealing is fantastic).

Like I said, can't comment on the Domino but can't recommend that lens highly enough.


Thx
Jon

Originally Posted by Mehrdad

...if I was going to do it again I would buy f4 instead of f2.8, half the price and half of weight

Interesting, I'd never go with that compromise. I agree re cost and weight and probably for 80% of the time f4 would be acceptable but when the light drops of you want to be a tad creative, that f2.8 absolutely rocks!

Just one other thought re the weight... Yes it's big and heavy, but I often carry it around all day (Motorsport & horsey events) without a problem.

To me the issue isn't the weight of the lens but the size & weight of your camera body - it's a question of balance. For example on the smaller bodied Canon cameras the balance is wrong and it's a bit front end heavy. Hook it up to a 5D or upwards though and it's a marriage made in heaven, perfectly balanced.


Thx
Jon

Originally Posted by ventureoverland

Interesting, I'd never go with that compromise. I agree re cost and weight and probably for 80% of the time f4 would be acceptable but when the light drops of you want to be a tad creative, that f2.8 absolutely rocks!

Jon
thanks for your comments
Is yours with or without IS?

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Jon
thanks for your comments
Is yours with or without IS?

Just checked... Mine is the 70-200 f2.8L IS USM - it's the MkI version.

Jon

It's a lot of years since I had my own darkroom for processing B&W but I've just been reading up on your new lens and WOW.
Photographic technology has come a long way.
You don't really need a Domino, you've got by so far without one but you really need this lens. Especially the IS variant.
How much extra $ is the IS? It's an extra 160g but I think it would be worth it.