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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

As I typed this blog post on Friday morning past, I was at my younger daughter Alissa’s home in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY. On Thursday night we stayed up late rooting on the Mets and were rewarded by their Amazin’ win over the Dodgers. We had fun texting with my older daughter Jennifer near the end of the game and then chatting with her to celebrate. Congrats to Terry Collins and the gang and especially to Daniel Murphy for his heads-up base running and series-winning home run. Now it is on to the Cubs…. <\/p>\n

(Note: the Mets have not done too badly against the now hapless Cubbies. After losing all seven regular season games to Chicago the Mets are now up 3-0 in a best of seven matchup. One more win and it is on to the World Series most likely against the Kansas City RoyaLS. Kudos to the Mets pitching staff and to the red hot Daniel Murphy who has now homered in five straight games…. <\/p>\n

I should be landing in Santiago, Chile just about when this is published automatically early on Thursday morning. If things go as planned…. <\/p>\n

I will be 100% without internet from 24-30 OCT and then again from 1-14 NOV. Jim will be in the office doing his usually stellar job of minding the store and Jen will be here to help with with all things IPT related. You can reach either of them by phone at 863-693-0906. You can reach Jim by e-mail<\/a><\/center> or Jen at e-mail<\/a><\/center> (the latter with Attn. JEN in the Subject line). <\/p>\n

Please refrain from e-mailing me from 23 OCT through 15 NOV.<\/p>\n

Selling Your Used Photo Gear Through BIRDS AS ART<\/h3>\n

Selling your used (or like-new) photo gear through the BAA Blog or via a BAA Online Bulletin is a great idea. We charge only a 5% commission. One of the more popular used gear for sale sites charges a minimum of 20%. Plus assorted fees! Yikes. The minimum item price here is $500 (or less for a $25 fee). If you are interested please e-mail<\/a><\/center> with the words Items for Sale Info Request cut and pasted into the Subject line :). Stuff that is priced fairly–I offer free pricing advice, usually sells in no time flat. In the past few months, we have sold just about everything in sight. Do know that prices on some items like the EOS-1D Mark IV, the old Canon 500mm, the EOS-7D, and the original 400mm IS DO lens have been dropping steadily. <\/p>\n

After a lull in September, things have really heated up lately: <\/p>\n

Canon 500mm f\/4L IS (the “old five”) was sold by Glen Shellhammer for $2450 in mid-October, 2015.
\nCanon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens was sold instantly by Walt Anderson for $4750 in mid-October, 2015.
\nCanon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM lens (the “old five”) was sold by Dane Johnson for $4150 in early October 2015.
\nSigma 300-800mm f\/5.6 zoom lens (Canon mount) was sold by Beth Starr for $4,999 in early October 2015.
\nCanon EOS-1D X in excellent condition was sold by Patrick Sparkman for $3650 in early October, 2014.
\nCanon EF 100-400 f 4.5-5.6 L IS USM lens was sold for $699 by Sean Traynor on October 7, 2015.
\nCanon 100-400 L IS zoom lens (the old 1-4) was sold by Susan Carnahan for $675 in mid-October, 2015.<\/p>\n

You can see the complete listings by clicking here<\/a> or always by clicking on the Used Photo Gear tab on the right end of the navigation bar at the top of each blog post page.<\/p>\n

Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS lens (the “old five”)<\/h3>\n

Lowest-ever BAA Price!<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n

Alan Walther is offering a used Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS lens (the “old five”) in excellent condition for $3900. The sale includes the original lens hood (with an insignificant crack in it), the original front lens cover, the rear cap, the lens trunk (carrying case), the instruction manual, the lens strap, the original shipping box with packing, a Really Right Stuff replacement foot #LCF-50-B, a Lens Coat, and insured shipping via Fed-Ex Ground. Pictures available via email request. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made. <\/p>\n

Please contact Alan by e-mail<\/a><\/center> or by phone at 408-267-5977 Pacific Time. <\/p>\n

As regular readers know the “old five” was the world’s most popular super telephoto lens for many years. I owned and used one for more than a decade. Alan’s lens is priced to sell immediately. <\/em> artie <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created at 7:02am on November 17th during scouting for last year’s Bosque IPT with the hand held Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a> and the amazing Canon EOS 7D Mark II<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops off the light blue sky: 1\/2000 sec. at f\/7.1 in Manual mode. <\/p>\n

Center AF point\/AI Servo Surround\/Shutter Button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure (as is always best when hand holding). Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/p>\n

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