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tokengirl · 28th December 2009

I'm not sure really why I bought it. I hardly ever take photos of people, and I hardly ever use telephoto lenses.

And it can be a b!tch to use - it's so slow to focus, and with that razor-thin depth of field, you better bring your A game. I decided to practice on an 11-month old baby, which was probably not the best idea I ever had. Trying to get that bobbing and weaving little head in focus was baptism by fire, let me tell you. At f2.0, I got 10 shots that I can live with out of 209. Ouch.

But when it's on, it's ON!

The rest of the set is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmambo...7622962735189/

Now I remember why I bought it. It's just that there aren't really words to describe it.

28th December 2009	#1
tokengirl Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 613	The Oh-So-Lovely 85L II I'm not sure really why I bought it. I hardly ever take photos of people, and I hardly ever use telephoto lenses. And it can be a b!tch to use - it's so slow to focus, and with that razor-thin depth of field, you better bring your A game. I decided to practice on an 11-month old baby, which was probably not the best idea I ever had. Trying to get that bobbing and weaving little head in focus was baptism by fire, let me tell you. At f2.0, I got 10 shots that I can live with out of 209. Ouch. But when it's on, it's ON! The rest of the set is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmambo...7622962735189/ Now I remember why I bought it. It's just that there aren't really words to describe it.