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My pictures with flash SUCK compared to those without. All the more reason I lean on fast glass.Pretty sure you need 2 flashes to get it to work worth a shit. Flash is for light control and fill. Just take it off the camera. 2 flashes is cool but I do just as well with one and the light in the room/outside.

You love cameras and computers. Both are needed for all the pornographic material you consume. And how else would you send D pics?

That is a spaceship!

What I really need to learn is flash. I don't find myself in asituation where I want one often...... But when I do, not knowing how to set it up quickly really sucks.

If I traveled like Sean, I would probably pack the ultra wide and the 50mm 1.2. The shallow DOF and wonderful light capturing ability makes the 1.2 so useful. While not ideal for portraits as far as flattering goes, it's so useful. For headshots/torso shots, for a business type shot, I would pick the 70-200 if I have the room to back up. It's just a better lens and more predictable. Manages background lighting so much better.

I did use the 70-200 on my crop for a family picture once.... It's all I had that day. Wow, it sucked. I was 30+ feet back.

You mostly shoot people and people doing things, I mostly shoot stuff or multiple people. Thus my preference for the wide end and yours for the zoom. I NEED the zoom though and should be getting it before Saturday since Aidan has only 2 soccer games left.Correct on all counts. I was hoping that message came through. Most of my shooting has been with no set up time, and mission critical. As in won't happen again.

I don't know if that helps you out at all, but it's my observations in real life scenarios. Weddings, bike races, funerals, and work events. I just took my whole bag of equipment out to the local renn fest. I only used the 50mm 1.2 and the 70-200 2.8 IS II. If I went again I might have messed around with some wide angle stuff, but the low light situations and the need capture things quickly in dynamic situations meant all the light needed from the 1.2 to get really high speed shots, or the 70-200 to get close on the action.

If I could only pick one it would be a nearly impossible decision between the 70-200 and the 24-70 but I would choose the 70-200 every day of the week. And that is 100% because the 70-200 is a better lens in every way, and not because of the focal length. If there was a lens as good as the 70-200 in the 24-70 focal length it would probably swing in the other direction. I can't make that call as the 70-200 is so far and away a better lens than anything else I have ever used it makes it impossible to know.

The 70-200 gets the absolute most time on my camera. Especially if you include how much I used it with the 2.0 extender. It is the fastest, sharpest, most predictable, fastest, with lowest distortion, and did I mention fastest? If always works and is the most flattering in every way. It's for people, wildlife, shooting my buddy racing his bike, everything. It's heavy but the best lens in my bag. By fast I mean fast to focus. The second most used is the 50mm 1.2. It's fucking magic. If I had the 85mm 1.2 I might use it more..... But the 50 is AWESOME. I use it at 1.2 and its a life saver in really low light. It gets shots that are amazing. The ultra wide and the 24-70 tie for time spent on the camera, but the 24-70 is MUCH more important. It gets the people photos. The ones I can't stage. And why I purchased a camera in the first place.

The 24-70 is always on when shooting randomly, especially indoors. Because of Europe and the need for so much wider angle the ultra wide zoom got a lot of love. It NEVER left the wife's crop sensor as second camera unless I needed it.

Interesting lens. More light is always better.

What did you end up with?

I'm ready to ride....but my sled deal fell through. Come up here, I have 3 atm. double Sweet. I'll be there when we get the first big snow.

Yikes.... Who needs a heater core for the cabin when you can just have turbos.

We all had to wrangle a porker once or twice. Now everyone has cameras all the time though.

Only way caffeine does anything to me is if I drink a FUCKLOAD of it. Then I get jittery. Normally it makes me sleepy.One of the best signs you have ADD.ROFL. I didn't need caffeine to tell you that No, but it chemically proves what is known otherwise.

7D Mark II son!

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/15/canon-7d-mark-ii/

Best stuff if you have a cold though.

Guaifenesin in that stuff. Can't hang with it.

I heard about that.... I haven't seen any. Sudafed has ephedrine. Just be ready to show an ID to buy it, and your only allowed to buy small amounts at one time. Reminds me of going to the store with a car load of ppl to clean out the rack. It has pseudoephedrine. Similar, but not even close in the end.

Sleepiness and tolerance are quite different.

Only way caffeine does anything to me is if I drink a FUCKLOAD of it. Then I get jittery. Normally it makes me sleepy.One of the best signs you have ADD.

I heard about that.... I haven't seen any.