AstroPax wrote:

Now all we need is one of those Tele-converters for our Tele-photo
lenses so we can take nice 300mm+ Tele-photoed pics.

Yes. The 1.4 tele is supposed to work with an unprecedented no degradation
in picture quality and the 2.0 is supposed to work just fine.

The lens came last night. Schwing! Awesome. It is a pretty hefty lens but
should be great for ski shooting. In case you have not seen this, here is
the best review of the lens with some insightful information on the VR
settings and on how those teleconverters work with it:

http://www.bythom.com/70200VRlens.htm (I have Thom's D100 e-book)

One thing I am now looking for is another small pack for this lens+camera
for skiing. I normally carry the camera in a small waist pack that I then
put in my DaKine Chute pack. Either I spin my pack around and get the
camera out of the pack(s), or I take the small pack out and clip it around
my waist temporarily if I am going to do a series of shots to save some
time. This new setup is too big to use with my current waist pack but I
would like to have something similar. Maybe some sort of tube pack that
would hook to the Chute shoulder strap. Any thoughts? I need to be able to
get the camera out quickly as buddies like Bruno have learned to pop up
fast after a fall and I have to be extra quick (but there are numerous such
opportunities). Plus, there always needs to be something on the gear want
list (besides a teleconverter. And an extension tube for shooting macro
with it. And, ... ).

Notice how I keep it on-topic by using the term "Tele", three times.

Tele tele tele. And, I said "schwing".

Mike...

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