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A neighbor got Times Squared over the holidays, the net effect being
that he was charged $1400 for an attachment wide angle lens worth less than $100. He rained hell all over the merchant who has agreed to take back the accessory and send him other stuff in exchange. He won't credit the CC (BTW: anyone know NY law on this? Is the merchant obliged to refund the cash for a return?). He has the Canon XSi with the 18-55 IS kit lens. I assume that is adequate. I'm helping him out in selecting $1,400 of gear, but no expert on Canon lenses. So far all I've come up with is: Canon 430EX ~245.00 -might change to 580 (rebate available). Canon 70-300 f/var ~550.00 After that I'm stuck. This is not the kind of fellow who will want a FFL lens. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
... A neighbor got Times Squared over the holidays, the net effect being that he was charged $1400 for an attachment wide angle lens worth less than $100. He rained hell all over the merchant who has agreed to take back the accessory and send him other stuff in exchange. He won't credit the CC (BTW: anyone know NY law on this? Is the merchant obliged to refund the cash for a return?). He has the Canon XSi with the 18-55 IS kit lens. I assume that is adequate. I'm helping him out in selecting $1,400 of gear, but no expert on Canon lenses. So far all I've come up with is: Canon 430EX ~245.00 -might change to 580 (rebate available). Canon 70-300 f/var ~550.00 After that I'm stuck. This is not the kind of fellow who will want a FFL lens. 28-135mm 3.5-5.6FIS is a very decent lens for the money ~$450ish for low light a 50mm 1.4F ~$300ish Any interest in macro? 100mm 2.8F macro ~$450ish I would complain to CC company. They typically will refund with cause an put a black mark on the retailer, which is why the retailer doesn't want to refund... -Jim |
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jimkramer wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... A neighbor got Times Squared over the holidays, the net effect being that he was charged $1400 for an attachment wide angle lens worth less than $100. He rained hell all over the merchant who has agreed to take back the accessory and send him other stuff in exchange. He won't credit the CC (BTW: anyone know NY law on this? Is the merchant obliged to refund the cash for a return?). He has the Canon XSi with the 18-55 IS kit lens. I assume that is adequate. I'm helping him out in selecting $1,400 of gear, but no expert on Canon lenses. So far all I've come up with is: Canon 430EX ~245.00 -might change to 580 (rebate available). Canon 70-300 f/var ~550.00 After that I'm stuck. This is not the kind of fellow who will want a FFL lens. 28-135mm 3.5-5.6FIS is a very decent lens for the money ~$450ish for low light a 50mm 1.4F ~$300ish Any interest in macro? 100mm 2.8F macro ~$450ish I'm pretty sure they're not into FFL. I'll be going over to play with his camera, er, help with eqt. choices in an hour or so. Mostly aiming for IS lenses as I also doubt he's into tripods... Trying to avoid his lens current range of 18-55. Might suggest he sells that and get a better zoom ... perhaps wider FL range if possible. There are several lenses that sort of make sense such as the 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 but it's not IS. I would complain to CC company. They typically will refund with cause an put a black mark on the retailer, which is why the retailer doesn't want to refund... Unfortunately the CC co. is Amex, the absolute bottom of the barrel in dispute resolution. Amex will not credit your account or suspend the charge until the merchant agrees to the resolution. (MC, Visa suspend the amount until resolved or until they see it's not resolvable; with Amex you have to pay first - resolve later). IAC, that's my neighbor's problem. I've urged him to apply pressure to get the credit; the thieves, er, merchant are hanging onto that cash as hard as they can. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
... jimkramer wrote: "Alan Browne" wrote in message ... A neighbor got Times Squared over the holidays, the net effect being that he was charged $1400 for an attachment wide angle lens worth less than $100. He rained hell all over the merchant who has agreed to take back the accessory and send him other stuff in exchange. He won't credit the CC (BTW: anyone know NY law on this? Is the merchant obliged to refund the cash for a return?). He has the Canon XSi with the 18-55 IS kit lens. I assume that is adequate. I'm helping him out in selecting $1,400 of gear, but no expert on Canon lenses. So far all I've come up with is: Canon 430EX ~245.00 -might change to 580 (rebate available). Canon 70-300 f/var ~550.00 After that I'm stuck. This is not the kind of fellow who will want a FFL lens. 28-135mm 3.5-5.6FIS is a very decent lens for the money ~$450ish for low light a 50mm 1.4F ~$300ish Any interest in macro? 100mm 2.8F macro ~$450ish I'm pretty sure they're not into FFL. I'll be going over to play with his camera, er, help with eqt. choices in an hour or so. Mostly aiming for IS lenses as I also doubt he's into tripods... Trying to avoid his lens current range of 18-55. Might suggest he sells that and get a better zoom ... perhaps wider FL range if possible. There are several lenses that sort of make sense such as the 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 but it's not IS. I would complain to CC company. They typically will refund with cause an put a black mark on the retailer, which is why the retailer doesn't want to refund... Unfortunately the CC co. is Amex, the absolute bottom of the barrel in dispute resolution. Amex will not credit your account or suspend the charge until the merchant agrees to the resolution. (MC, Visa suspend the amount until resolved or until they see it's not resolvable; with Amex you have to pay first - resolve later). IAC, that's my neighbor's problem. I've urged him to apply pressure to get the credit; the thieves, er, merchant are hanging onto that cash as hard as they can. There's always the 10-22mm EF-S 3.5-4.5F or the 17-55 EF-S 2.8F IS The 18-55 is a crap lens if there ever was one. Have him get a 70-200mm IS 2.8F, he might need to shell out a little more cash. :-) -Jim |
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jimkramer wrote:
There's always the 10-22mm EF-S 3.5-4.5F or the 17-55 EF-S 2.8F IS The 18-55 is a crap lens if there ever was one. Have him get a 70-200mm IS 2.8F, he might need to shell out a little more cash. :-) He's a P&Ser at heart. I don't thing 70-200 f/2.8 is for him. The 10-22 or and/or 17-55 are good options. Thx. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... jimkramer wrote: There's always the 10-22mm EF-S 3.5-4.5F or the 17-55 EF-S 2.8F IS The 18-55 is a crap lens if there ever was one. Have him get a 70-200mm IS 2.8F, he might need to shell out a little more cash. :-) He's a P&Ser at heart. I don't thing 70-200 f/2.8 is for him. The 10-22 or and/or 17-55 are good options. Thx. The 24-70 is a nice L lens, fast too. would he be happy with sharp images? Cheers |
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jimkramer wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... jimkramer wrote: "Alan Browne" wrote in message ... A neighbor got Times Squared over the holidays, the net effect being that he was charged $1400 for an attachment wide angle lens worth less than $100. He rained hell all over the merchant who has agreed to take back the accessory and send him other stuff in exchange. He won't credit the CC (BTW: anyone know NY law on this? Is the merchant obliged to refund the cash for a return?). He has the Canon XSi with the 18-55 IS kit lens. I assume that is adequate. I'm helping him out in selecting $1,400 of gear, but no expert on Canon lenses. So far all I've come up with is: Canon 430EX ~245.00 -might change to 580 (rebate available). Canon 70-300 f/var ~550.00 After that I'm stuck. This is not the kind of fellow who will want a FFL lens. 28-135mm 3.5-5.6FIS is a very decent lens for the money ~$450ish for low light a 50mm 1.4F ~$300ish Any interest in macro? 100mm 2.8F macro ~$450ish I'm pretty sure they're not into FFL. I'll be going over to play with his camera, er, help with eqt. choices in an hour or so. Mostly aiming for IS lenses as I also doubt he's into tripods... Trying to avoid his lens current range of 18-55. Might suggest he sells that and get a better zoom ... perhaps wider FL range if possible. There are several lenses that sort of make sense such as the 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 but it's not IS. I would complain to CC company. They typically will refund with cause an put a black mark on the retailer, which is why the retailer doesn't want to refund... Unfortunately the CC co. is Amex, the absolute bottom of the barrel in dispute resolution. Amex will not credit your account or suspend the charge until the merchant agrees to the resolution. (MC, Visa suspend the amount until resolved or until they see it's not resolvable; with Amex you have to pay first - resolve later). IAC, that's my neighbor's problem. I've urged him to apply pressure to get the credit; the thieves, er, merchant are hanging onto that cash as hard as they can. There's always the 10-22mm EF-S 3.5-4.5F or the 17-55 EF-S 2.8F IS The 18-55 is a crap lens if there ever was one. Have him get a 70-200mm IS 2.8F, he might need to shell out a little more cash. :-) Whoa. The 18-55 IS, while it's in a cheap mount, is quite sharp--its optical performance is in the same league as the 17-55 2.8--weaker in some areas, stronger in others. No point in shelling out for the 2.8 unless you need the aperture. With 1400 to spend, the 10-22, the 70-300 VR, and the flash are pretty close to there. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Martin Riddle wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... jimkramer wrote: There's always the 10-22mm EF-S 3.5-4.5F or the 17-55 EF-S 2.8F IS The 18-55 is a crap lens if there ever was one. Have him get a 70-200mm IS 2.8F, he might need to shell out a little more cash. :-) He's a P&Ser at heart. I don't thing 70-200 f/2.8 is for him. The 10-22 or and/or 17-55 are good options. Thx. The 24-70 is a nice L lens, fast too. would he be happy with sharp images? I believe he'd consider that to be too big a lens. I'm sure he wants good performance but as that lens is not IS (I'm looking at the B&H paper catalog) and he's not likely to use a tripod, it's best capability would go unused. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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Annika1980 wrote:
For $1400 I'd go with the 28-135 IS and the 70-200 f/4L IS. Ah, B&H catalog does not show the IS version of the 70-200 f/4. Good suggestion. I'll probably suggest that and the flash. Coupled with the 18-55 that he already has that gives him full coverage up to 200mm. If he shoots mostly wide-angle or portraits, he should scrap the kit lens for the 17-40L and then add the 28-135 IS and a 430EX (or EX II) Speedlight. If there is an extra $85 in the budget, add the super- sharp 85 f/1.8 II. I don't thing he wants a FFL. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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Annika1980 wrote:
On Jan 10, 5:40 pm, Alan Browne wrote: If there is an extra $85 in the budget, add the super- sharp 85 f/1.8 II. I don't thing he wants a FFL. I had to go to the archives to see that you use "FFL" to mean primes. One assumes FFL stands for Fixed Focal Length? TTFN, Your BFF LOL! YMMV, but FFL could mean Fast Flouride Lens! Or Flourite! Or F***** Fast Lens. There are other possibilities ! I do hope we hear from others on the use of primes to mean: LWDM [lenses which don't move- WTF!!??] BRB -- john mcwilliams |
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