Woohoo! Got a new lens for my camera!

[Robb Jensen]

Venison....it's whats for dinner!

[nfranco]

Nice piece of glass Grant,
Polarizers are a great tool, they can be used as stated, for eliminating /lessening reflections in water, also glass, getting a highlight off of shiny stuff, making clouds pop, darken the sky, making foliage a little brighter, making jewelry and watches and guns photograph a little better, you can move reflections around.
They're not magic it do not always work.They need to be played with a bit to achieve the desired effect.
Don't wear polarized glasses when adjusting, ah try it once for fun.
You generally don't want to eliminate all reflections from a pond or glass or it looks a bit odd, turn the pola to find what suits your taste.
For maximum effect on clouds or to darken the sky you want to be 90 degrees to the sun.
As stated B+W is expensive but one of the best, Schneider is a top brand, Tiffen is pretty good as well.
If you're shooting black and white(remember Tri-x?) a #25 red filter used in addition to a pola can give you black skies and brilliant clouds.
There are one stop polarizers if you need the stop but they don't give the best performance, we only use them when we're bottomed out on the stop.
On the USA vs. grey market deal the factory Canon support has always been great, quick repairs and good pricing on the non warranty stuff, both for the pro and consumer stuff, they even took my EOS 1n in for free a month after the warranty expired.
Personally the couple of bucks saved on the grey market stuff wouldn't be worth it.

[C4IGrant]

Nice piece of glass Grant,
Polarizers are a great tool, they can be used as stated, for eliminating /lessening reflections in water, also glass, getting a highlight off of shiny stuff, making clouds pop, darken the sky, making foliage a little brighter, making jewelry and watches and guns photograph a little better, you can move reflections around.
They're not magic it do not always work.They need to be played with a bit to achieve the desired effect.
Don't wear polarized glasses when adjusting, ah try it once for fun.
You generally don't want to eliminate all reflections from a pond or glass or it looks a bit odd, turn the pola to find what suits your taste.
For maximum effect on clouds or to darken the sky you want to be 90 degrees to the sun.
As stated B+W is expensive but one of the best, Schneider is a top brand, Tiffen is pretty good as well.
If you're shooting black and white(remember Tri-x?) a #25 red filter used in addition to a pola can give you black skies and brilliant clouds.
There are one stop polarizers if you need the stop but they don't give the best performance, we only use them when we're bottomed out on the stop.
On the USA vs. grey market deal the factory Canon support has always been great, quick repairs and good pricing on the non warranty stuff, both for the pro and consumer stuff, they even took my EOS 1n in for free a month after the warranty expired.
Personally the couple of bucks saved on the grey market stuff wouldn't be worth it.

Thanks much. I have been enjoying it.



C4

[Leonidas]

Here are about 22,000 photos taken with your model of lens from a photo storage site.
http://www.pbase.com/cameras/canon/e...00_4-56_is_usm

I always like to look at photos others have taken with the same camera/lens to get an idea of what it is capable of or some inspirational ideas.

Carl