Comments on: Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/09/14/coopers-hawk-accipiter-cooperii/ ...so google can index my head. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:05:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: annbb http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/09/14/coopers-hawk-accipiter-cooperii/comment-page-1/#comment-188883 annbb Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:34:36 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=1109#comment-188883 I just want an elementary zoom....boo hoo! I just want an elementary zoom….boo hoo!

]]> By: bbum http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/09/14/coopers-hawk-accipiter-cooperii/comment-page-1/#comment-188878 bbum Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:29:15 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=1109#comment-188878 In short. Don't. The lens is heavy, slow to focus, and cumbersome to zoom. It was awesome for its time, but there are a number of reasons why Canon no longer makes it. The 100-400 is fantastically drool worthy. So is the 70-200. I know nothing about either, but it looks like the 24-70 or 24-105 would nicely fill out the bottom zoom range for you in conjunction with the 100-400. I have had a great bit of fun with the 28-300 and deeply appreciate being able to borrow it, but I'm saving my $$ for the 70-200 f/2.8 IS. In short. Don’t. The lens is heavy, slow to focus, and cumbersome to zoom. It was awesome for its time, but there are a number of reasons why Canon no longer makes it. The 100-400 is fantastically drool worthy. So is the 70-200. I know nothing about either, but it looks like the 24-70 or 24-105 would nicely fill out the bottom zoom range for you in conjunction with the 100-400.

I have had a great bit of fun with the 28-300 and deeply appreciate being able to borrow it, but I’m saving my $$ for the 70-200 f/2.8 IS.

]]> By: Deadprogrammer http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/09/14/coopers-hawk-accipiter-cooperii/comment-page-1/#comment-188874 Deadprogrammer Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:29:04 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=1109#comment-188874 I am thinking about selling all of my lenses and buying just that 28-300. The only thing that's stopping me is that it weights something like 5lb, and my camera is already way heavy. But then again my 100-400 is my favorite lens ever... I am thinking about selling all of my lenses and buying just that 28-300. The only thing that’s stopping me is that it weights something like 5lb, and my camera is already way heavy. But then again my 100-400 is my favorite lens ever…

]]> By: Adhamh http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/09/14/coopers-hawk-accipiter-cooperii/comment-page-1/#comment-188873 Adhamh Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:08:38 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=1109#comment-188873 Actually, its not that odd that the Cooper's Hawk chases down its prey on foot. The prevailing bird evolution theory at the moment is that small Dinosaurs were chasing them down on foot and jumping on the animal. Give it a few hundred thousand years and you get wings. Actually, its not that odd that the Cooper’s Hawk chases down its prey on foot. The prevailing bird evolution theory at the moment is that small Dinosaurs were chasing them down on foot and jumping on the animal. Give it a few hundred thousand years and you get wings.

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