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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Dodd" data-source="post: 163669" data-attributes="member: 4127"><p>Roy, Roy, Roy...</p><p></p><p>I guess its lucky for me that you have Canon and I have Nikon. That ol Google map has a pin stuck right through my den, where that new D200 is sitting. </p><p></p><p>I will have to agree on the no free lunch. However, I do believe in buying equipment that lasts years if not a lifetime. I took three camera lenses to the camera shop and three guns to the gun shop to be sold. Old toys go away and new ones take their place. Given our proximity to Yellowstone and a desire to "shoot" critters in the Park, it seemed like a natural progression of a photo hobby that started in 1964.</p><p></p><p>I would bet that a 100-400 Canon lens would drop right on that EOS 30D and would be the equivalent of a 640mm lens on a 35mm camera. No more - What's that little black dot in the middle of your picture? I can't think that your camera won't work, it just needs a long lens. You could sneak into your super secret elk "honey hole" shoot them up in August/September and still come back and fill that tag with your 338 Ultra Mag or that fire breathing 270 Allen Mag.</p><p></p><p>Life is too uncertain, eat desert first! Guess I sound like someone on the other side of sixty and picking up speed. But I figure that if there is something I always wanted to do, I had best get after it. I do know that the hills are getting steeper every year. In addition, nobody calls you a "road hunter" when you shoot them with a camera.</p><p></p><p>I want to go out and get another Idaho bull moose and the camera will allow me to "hunt" them year round, both here and out of state. Sort of like catch and release fishing, I can use them over and over. I did kill an elk in Yellowstone (used the wife's Audi), so I am hoping the next Park elk will be more fun and a whole lot less expensive.</p><p></p><p>Craig</p><p></p><p>PS I just turned the outdoor security light on!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Dodd, post: 163669, member: 4127"] Roy, Roy, Roy... I guess its lucky for me that you have Canon and I have Nikon. That ol Google map has a pin stuck right through my den, where that new D200 is sitting. I will have to agree on the no free lunch. However, I do believe in buying equipment that lasts years if not a lifetime. I took three camera lenses to the camera shop and three guns to the gun shop to be sold. Old toys go away and new ones take their place. Given our proximity to Yellowstone and a desire to "shoot" critters in the Park, it seemed like a natural progression of a photo hobby that started in 1964. I would bet that a 100-400 Canon lens would drop right on that EOS 30D and would be the equivalent of a 640mm lens on a 35mm camera. No more - What's that little black dot in the middle of your picture? I can't think that your camera won't work, it just needs a long lens. You could sneak into your super secret elk "honey hole" shoot them up in August/September and still come back and fill that tag with your 338 Ultra Mag or that fire breathing 270 Allen Mag. Life is too uncertain, eat desert first! Guess I sound like someone on the other side of sixty and picking up speed. But I figure that if there is something I always wanted to do, I had best get after it. I do know that the hills are getting steeper every year. In addition, nobody calls you a "road hunter" when you shoot them with a camera. I want to go out and get another Idaho bull moose and the camera will allow me to "hunt" them year round, both here and out of state. Sort of like catch and release fishing, I can use them over and over. I did kill an elk in Yellowstone (used the wife's Audi), so I am hoping the next Park elk will be more fun and a whole lot less expensive. Craig PS I just turned the outdoor security light on! [/QUOTE]
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