Dave_K

I did a check an alibaba and baidu.  A Pelican style case in the size of the Canon 200-400 lens case, in lots of 10,000, range in price from $16 to $64.  I think Canon can probably do better.

I shot DE (Distinguished Expert) for more than 25 years as a cop, and have 45 years as a photographer, and I can tell you for a fact it is not stupid.  Steadiness techniques when shooting a camera...

"You're free to hold your view on the subject, however I am equally free to express my view, with optional sarcasm.  That's the way it is." Seems lately that demeaning people with sarcasm or...

They also registered with the 5D3, (with the new firmware), show charge percentage and shot count.  They're new, so I have no idea how long they will...

I wasn't implying the lens to be inferior.  It is a fantastic piece of kit.  I was just expressing my curiosity.

While I fully understand that Canon can price their stuff how ever they like, and they have R&D and tooling costs to recover, does anyone here have a handle on what the cost of production might be...

What might sway them is their stock price slowly and steadily declining since their subscription announcement. Follow the money.

Just like the NHL, NFL, MLB, etc., they want to make sure you don't get a photo good enough to sell.  That insures they make ALL the money.  The photogs that pay for shooting rights have a contract...

with dividers, not foam.  Throw in a couple of silica gel packets.

1.  Is under 30 years of age. 2.  Lives in his mother's basement. 3.  Rarely showers. 4.  Does not own the camera he is dissing. 5.  Took an online photography course. :-D

As, it seems, is your cognition.

See?  I'm so "analog" id didn't realize I couldn't use the "return" key and had to edit the post!

Sheesh.  Good thing us old guys don't need flame retardant suits.  (Our skin is thick enouigh and tough enough from years of abuse.)  Perhaps none of the respondents are old enough to have used...

design lenses for APS-C.  The smaller image circle must be nirvana to designers.  Personally, I'm sick of APS-C lenses.  Lets get back to where real lenses fit real cameras.

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The more I use/explore it, the more useful I find it.

I'm very heavily invested in Canon, and feel they have "lost the edge" as it were.

I will use a UV filter as a protective measure under certain circumstances. For example, doing aerial shots and sticking the camera out of the open door or window of the plane won't allow the lens...

I'm still making friends with my Epson 7900. While I really like the image quality, I hate the unnecessary additions like "electronifying" simple mechanical functions and that no matter what the...

I have not been to (in person) or bought a ticket to an NFL, NHL or NBA game since they started the same B.S. I can watch the game better on TV anyway. Their greed and fear that someone just...