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There is nothing constructive in the last few posts and until there is i have no interest. I will

not tolerate insults , period. There is no need for me too. I am still waiting for you guys to

give a opinion to the OP which neither one of you have done except for 1 post out of about

15 in total. Sorry but that is not a constructive opinion on lenses for a canon body. Your right

i won't play . Sorry go find someone else to bait , i see it everyday here.

Vinay i may have my moments but you are a little over the top on this and you know it . Let's

move on. But you also need to read your comments they come across as very insulting to

some people. No one is perfect but once again your off topic and that is not helping the OP.

This is not about me at all but some of you want that to be and I am not biting so goodbye, i

don't have time to play tit for tat and frankly it is very childish and not something i am

remotely interested in. Please think what you will but I won't play in this field. This forum

seems to like to insult one another and sorry guys leave me out, I am simply not interested in

that behavior

Well when you insult my wife than he crossed the line and i won't be accountable for anything

I say or do now. Sorry that is uncalled for and he is just another troll and deserves no respect

and that is all i will say.

 

Jacob what would you call his comments pleasant , wanting opinion or what same old stuff

that goes on each day is to insult others . Sorry i don't go for that so, he it is obviously

something. I don't need the BS. I see he and others have really answered the OP questions.

 

I am without further comment at this point. Enjoy this place

Interesting he even says the 200 1.8 on paper is the better lens but does not agree with that ,

I say it is because i shot it for a long time. Do any of these people actually use gear and make

test . or is it jealousy that or distaste for people that actually do. This thread is not about me

and what i use . That is my choice but i simple came and answered the orginal posts , if he

takes that opinion and uses it for his beneifit than great. If not than that is great also. But

Boris i never seen your name in my life so i can only assume that either you changed your

name or once again on this forum you joined the troll parade but i never even of heard of you

and i am not here very much at all. But it is obvious you have some agenda. For me I'm off to

work. have a nice day. Hopefully the OP got some answers that may help him in his decisions

Nels fishing in the lake is alot more fun than trying to bait me, it won't work. Have a pleasant

evening

No don't thank me, you can thank 100's of others that say the same thing day in and day out

but i don't follow canon anymore since i don't own them for well over a year. I see no point in

keeping up on there forums , something many should also do too. Can't see posting on a

forum where i don't own the gear. But I will visit them at PMA, like to see there new camera

 

Boris if you only knew how wrong that is.LOL

Nels , Canon is not too fond of me that you can be sure of. i did my share of telling them

about there wide angles. There glad i'm gone but the new 1dMKIII is kind of intereting for

alternative lens shooters that live view maybe very useful for focusing. Actually the first

guy that comes to mind is Jan Britenson on modifying the Leica 19mm for the 1ds, I went

with the Zeiss 21mm but this is back when the RG forum was alive and kicking pretty

good, now who knows what it is like but the grandfather comment was a figure of speech

but this did start back when the 1ds was brought out. Which still in my mind was ther best

image maker. It's interesting to see how many folks did ultimately go with alternative

lenses on the Canon which with it's big mount can handle many brands . For me i got tired

of the hassle and just bought the DMR it really is a PITA to work in stop down mode

Been very tempted by this lens, thanks for showing some images from it.

Vinay i expected a answer such as that , you simply donot give up throwing punches . Not

interested.

 

Boris if you need a 1.8 a 2.8 will no get it done. My needs were for a 1.8 lens for certain jobs

that i do. The 300 2.8 is a nice lens but I never owned it so if you owned them both and

tested against each other than i will take your word for it. The 300 was too long for me.

Could have been is a little different than were don't you think. But if that is your thoughts

than that is fine.

Bummer I just bought one a couple weeks ago and it is awesome.

Nels excellent point and i do agree and i want to move into that direction for sure and i

have been for awhile. My main problem is what is out there in the market and if you look

at the MF digital side it is all over the place as too who owns who and what software works

on what platform plus there are really only maybe 6 differnt company backs out there .

Now hassy had a open system than closed that with the H3. So i have been waiting and

maybe too long for a good solution. I'm going to PMA and see what these guys have and

start making some decisions. But the other issue is dropping 40k and than that back

becomes a part of another company with no support too. It honestly has been a mess and

there are a lot of guys now stuck to upgrade or be left in the dirt. leica gear although

expensive it is at least something you can sell easy if they don't work out, MF is a tough

nut to sell used. i really would like to get to two M8's and MF and leave the DSLR out of it. i

honestly love the M8's and yes it has some issues but the files are really good if you are

willing to work around the IR issue which I have. But for some of the PR work that i have to

do they are great at that stuff and i even did a lot of commercial work with them, the M

glass is really good and i did not know how good until I got the M8 . I never owned a M

camera until now. Stupid really on my part that i watched them for 30 years and never

bought one. i could kick myself now for it.

 

But Mf is a big expense and i just want to be sure i am at least buying 5 years worth of

camera.

 

I also agree with you if canon puts out a 1dsMKIII without improving there wides they will

just bury themseleves , so i am glad about the 16-35 it is a very positive sign from them.

Thanks Doug maybe a new signature line. LOL

 

I appreciate your comments and as always your talents

There is never anything vein popping about my posts , it is just the way i write but you just

may read them wrong and that is fine but I truly am a very calm person . So please lets

move on to the subject at hand . We don't need to go here. But i do agree i would rather

over compensate than under compensate for defects or other factors in lenses but that is

me and it is not always needed either but certain work needs to be the best you can ouput.

 

Vinay we don't like each other at all but let's leave that aside, I have no interest in petty

wars with you or anyone. if you can't see your way past that than ignore whatever i say and

just move on. Otherwise i rather take the high road than stoop to level i rather not go.

Thanks Guy

Boris there is more to photography than gallery work. Advertising, brochures , marketing

material for companies is something many people just think comes out of thin air. There are

many commercial shooters that do advertising and maybe never shot a gallery artistic image

in there life. I never hear anyone talk about guys that do this type of work and it's always

about Ansel or Henri or some other type of work that is more journalist style. There are

thousands of commercial shooter that just shoot cars to make a living , no one talks about

them or even thinks they exist. I know this forum is more geared at the journalist but there

are many differnt types of photography out there.

Yes i can several of them shooting cockpits for clients for one, soft corners would have me

looking for other work( which is a major client). It's not always about what the client will

accept but about what you

want to deliver to your client. Honestly if you feel a image may not be your best do you

really want to give that to your client and than ask thousands for it. I honestly don't. I'm

out to get clients excited about what i deliver not make excuses for it. Not that i can't

deliver a canon image but if there is a better lens than that is what I want.

 

The canon 200 1.8 I kept upgrading it for a newer and cleaner one because it was

discontinued and parts for it are disapearing quickly that I wanted as new as i could get to

last longer. Frankly this is there best lens they ever made

 

i don't shoot brick walls either and I don't do gallery work.

Nels i'm sorry but as a Pro and previous owner of Canon and also one of the grand fathers

that started this revolution of using alternative glass on the 1ds going forward I have to

disagree. I have actually owned many of the alternatives but more importantly tested them

and bottom line leica and Zeiss are better than ANY wide canon has to offer. Like I said it

starts at 35mm for canon and after that going up they have some great glass but trust me

the Leica 180 F2 is a class above the 200 1.8 which i owned 3 of them. So as much as

canon owners love to fight me on this i will always stick to my testing of these lense which

i owned many of them and to my many years as pro and my experience. You can debate it

all you want, could care less but i know better and folks that trust my opinion usally agree

on what i think is the better lens. Don't get me wrong just because i shoot Leica lenses

and bodies that i don't like Canon which is far from the truth but I go by owning and doing

direct tests against each other not by internet rumor. This test are all gone now and have

no desire to rehash old news but i am intrigued that canon has finally gotten the message

and are bringing a new 16-35 to market which they needed to do , i went through 3 of

them. But secretly i think canon has started to improve there glass which is awesome and

for canon shooters that is really what they need. They have state of the art bodies but

where lacking in the lenses and frankly that is why i switched. So i hope that Canon has

finally figured it out but using alternative lenses is a royal PITA but if you want sharp

corners on your wides than leica and Zeiss where the only way to go and hopefully that is

changing. I have been here and done this so you believe what you want but i will not

debate it , I see no point nor need too. I'm not trying to be a bully here and say I know

better than anyone else BUT i put my money where my opinions are and spent a fortune

on canon and leica glass so please go out and do the testing yourselfs if you want but i

have done this and i have no interest or care either way what folks spend there money on.

I

deliever images to clents and at the end of the day that is all i care about.

Leica 15 2.8,19 2.8, 28 2.8 35 lux and cron, 50 lux and cron, 60 macro, 80 lux, 90 cron, 100

macro, 180 f2, 180 2.8 , 280 f4, 28-90, 35-70 2.8. These are the best around and used

everyone on the DMR, 1dsMKII,1dMKll and 5d. The best Canon lenses there fisheye, 35 1.4,

50 macro, 85 1.2 ,135 f2, 200 1.8, 400 2.8, 90 TSE owned them also. The rest of the Canons

i would consider general purpose, good but the ones listed are there best.

 

Pick your poision

Should have known you are a 23 year old geek. Nothing about photography i wonder why. I'll be nice and leave out your address but this is what you have out on the web in public. Talk about being credible. Were done now. You know that glass house theory

 

Vinay Patel

 

 

Summary

? Experienced software engineer (2 years), having strong OOAD skills and network programming concepts. Fluent in C, C++ and Java.

? Will complete my MS in Computer Science by Jan?05 with emphasis on Network programming and AI.

 

Computer Skills (super scripted values indicate proficiency level between 0 and 10)

Languages : Java8, C7, C++7, C#6, HTML4, SQL4, JavaScript4, Lisp2.

Technologies : J2EE-EJB7, .Net (remoting)5, Java-rmi5, CORBA5, Servlet5, XML6, JSP3, Oracle 8i4, Open GL3.

 

Education

Master of Science Computer Science, Utah State University (GPA 3.52) On going

Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering, Bombay University, India (Percent 55) May 1999

Diploma Industrial Electronics, Board of Technical Exams (Percent 63.67) Nov 1995

 

Work Experience

 

Industry:

Software Engineer at Infobricks Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India, (Feb. 2000 ? June 2002)

? Developed a portal for shipping industry that automates their procurement transactions.

? Designed and implemented architecture of the system.

? Came up with a novel way of encoding document interdependencies and state change rules in XML and developed its interpreter.

? Technologies: J2EE-EJBs, Java, Oracle 8i, JSP, XML, SQLJ.

 

Academic:

Research assistant, Biology department, Utah State University (May 2004 ? Aug. 2004)

? Researched various object tracking techniques and developed image pre-processing tools for object tracking in Matlab.

Research assistant, Space Software lab, Computer Science department, Utah State University (Jan?03 ? April?03)

? Involved in developing shared memory abstraction for grid parallel MIMD RAW processor developed by MIT.

 

Relevant Projects

 

? AAAI robotics competition 2004: Developed robot navigation and mapping software in C++ for palm pda that interfaces with robot electronics and guides the robot.

 

? Distributed Debugger: Allows multiple users to debug same process remotely. One user can debug multiple processes running on different machines in the same UI. Developed in C++ and C# using .Net remoting.

 

? Terrain Visualization: Modified and implemented an algorithm developed by Lindstorm, Koller, Faust et al. in their paper "Continuous Level of Detail rendering of Height Fields for real time Terrain Visualization" (SIGGRAPH96). Aim is to reduce the polygons to be rendered with reference to the viewing angle with graceful degradation of quality. Implemented in C++ using Open GL libraries.

 

? ORB Implementation: ORB & Naming service of CORBA was implemented using sockets. IIOP implemented over TCP/IP. Little endian - big endian compatibility was taken care of. Implemented in C++.

 

? Work Flow System: Flow of information in an organization is abstracted & automated in this application. Implementation was using Java RMI.

 

? Multi-User Distributed File System: User will get same view of the file system from any machine in the network. File locking features were provided. Implemented using Java RMI.

 

? Online Flight Reservation Systems: Net based project whereby a customer can book his tickets online at real-time using credit card. Developed at NCST using Jaguar CTS as server for CORBA. Used Java (Servlets).

 

? Time and Attendance System. (September?98 May?99): Final year BE project at the EDP dept, Mukand Ltd. Generates reports regarding the attendance concerns of employees as the daily/periodic absenteeism and analysis reports based on swipe data. Developed in RPG/400 on AS/400 machine.

 

? Image Scanner and Processor: Final year diploma project developed in BASIC and hardware implemented using sensing, stepper motor control and digital conversion circuitry.

NDA

Your a joke, you still can't say anything that is correct.

Vivek the problem is as you know you have someone that has been shooting the M8 since November professionaly and has lots of good info on how it works and what are some of the issues and how to get around them. Plus all the places and situations i already put this camera through as you know because i posted hundreds of images from it that guys like me can't come in here and have a normal conversation to help people that are seeking good advice and trying to make good decision weather to buy or not. It's sad this forum will not allow that info being passed around more freely without the attacks and hatred towards leica. i honestly don't understand any of the trolling it is a freaking camera for God sakes not the end of the world. You folks need some Mods that actually control this place or else you will never learn anything that you maybe interested in besides film based camera's. Until than i will just post in once in a blue moon becuase i really don't need to be troubled by guys like Vinay and sorry he really feels such ill will towards leica so i will take my comments back it simple is not worth engaging with him . I hope he seriously tries to enjoy his life outside of the Leica issue because I have never seen a postive comment or even images from him

Mine comes from even higher so what. Man you really need to get a real life sometime you have nothing to say worth a damn . Sell all that collection and invest in something completely different, your attitude towards Leica or anything about leica is sickening, man you need to get happy with you life. It was just a comment from a executive jesus man go take the garbage out and smell the fresh air. Don't know why i bother even reading over here. Is the hate that bad for you man.

I know who makes the firmware BTW and it is NOT what you think but I can't tell you that or better yet refuse too. Honestly i am surprised they have never banned you here. Is the jealousy running so far up your spine you can't be human being . Anyway your not worth my trouble nor is this forum. You wonder why no one of quality stays here , go back to the armchair

Raymond I have no clue when they stopped production on them just that was what was said to me was the raw materials went through the roof to make that certain element and reason for the price increase that just happened. That's good enough for me to either buy one with one of my two 30 percent off at 2735.00 vouchers,which I hope still stands or not. Actually I may go for the WATE instead . I have a 75 lux that i like the look and length better. Honestly i have 2 bodies and 7 lenses and anymore and I may have to rob a bank. LOL

Viney my information came from Leica itself.

Vivek you may have misunderstood . The raw mateials for the glass itself has gone up in price because of the raw material to make the glass. The platnium mold has nothing to do with the price increase , she was just mentioning the process on how they make it and how thes special molds where made for it some years ago.