that's an awesome price for the 30mm. too bad i don't have AF microadjust otherwise i'd take a chance.

wow. i just replaced my 17-40 L that i sold a couple weeks ago with another one i saw on Broadway Camera forums. $500. wOOt! this one is a "UX" , the one i sold was way older(UU).

i found the pantone huey pro on sale right now. is the spyder or the i1 products really worth twice the price?

i don't print at home, but would like some consistency when editing between two monitor. i've read good and bad reviews for all three products. any thoughts?

any opinions on the sigma 8-16?

what about the cheapest place in canada to get it?

i recall senna saying it's a great competitor to the famed Tokina 11-16. Having the extra 3mm on the wide end is intriguing to me, so unless you need a constant 2.8 I say it's up there in terms of UWAs.

As for the cheapest price in Canada, it really depends on who has it on sale. Check the usual Broadway Camera, Beau, Kerrisdale, Lens&Shutter locally, but also Vistek, Henry's, McBain outside of BC.

Dutch, go to Photoprice.ca they tell you all the prices for Canada and USA for do all the math for you. Great website!

I'm thinking of getting that lens too to replace my borked sigma 10-20mm....or I may just get it fixed.

Tokina 11-16mm F2.8? Sigma 30mm F1.4? Just throwing things out there..

i checked but they aren't updated for the new sigma :( it does look like there's an average of $200 difference between the states and here.

Thanks for the price site, thats actually really helpful. Most of the shops around here will price match with in Canada :D

m3thods is right though, no 8-16 yet.

The only thing holding me away from it at the moment is the high aperture (and lack of weather sealing). But this is what you can expect for something so wide.

for those of you interested in the sigma 8-16, i dunno if this had been posted before, it's a review of the lens by The Digital Picture.
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/R...ns-Review.aspx

to be fair the majority of UWAs are not weather-sealed. I can only think of Canon's upcoming UWA L (8-15 I think) and a few primes (14mm L ) on the canon side at least. However those will come at a much higher price premium- but i guess if money's no real issue I'd wait around for more reviews on the much-anticipated 8-15L

8-15L is no go for me, i shoot pentax :P Plus isn't it fisheye?

yeah the 8-15L is a fisheye. canon japan had the video up and it looks pretty good. depending on price, that might be my next lens since i have been looking at getting a uwa for ff

** not a bad price. $1400 USD on adorama pre-order
http://www.adorama.com/searchsite/de...m_term=CA8154*

We have the Sigma 8-15 in stock - it's quite a nice lens. In fact, it's the only Sigma that the owner has deemed good enough to keep in stock.

What shop senna?

^^ Beau Photo.
http://www.beauphoto.com/

1520 W. 6th Ave
Vancouver, BC Canada

there's a piece of used lighting equipment on that site that looks soooo used..lol


http://www.beauphoto.com/frames/used...tsp2403568.jpg

Oh wow, my friend Dennis works there. :)

How is the EF 70-300 F 4-5.6
I read the review on SLR gear looks pretty good.
I am thinking of selling my 55-250 for it

i've heard only good things about it during my telephoto research. if you're looking for a great travel tele and don't want to shell out for the good looking L version, I say get it.

Metz 50 AF-1
 

Anyone know much about the Metz 50 AF-1? Was thinking of picking up an SB600 over the holidays until I stumbled onto this. I'm open to suggestions as well. Thanks.

It's for a Nikon D80 btw.

Thanks just bought one going to pick it up sometime next week :P

What one did you buy? the 70-300mmL? Like the brand new white one? Or one of the older 70-300's? I would hope its the 70-300 IS (older version) cause its a pretty nice lens!

the IS one can't afford an L :P