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[OM] Re: 5D heart attack, was: Re: Hi-res shootout

Subject: [OM] Re: 5D heart attack, was: Re: Hi-res shootout
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 20:30:44 -0400
The 5D and Tokina 28-80 f/2.8 arrived this afternoon and I almost 
re-routed it back to B&H.  I saw the truck arrive and went to meet the 
guy at the door.  He took no more than three steps past the truck (just 
enough to bypass the sidewalk) when the box he was balancing at shoulder 
height took a tumble to the ground.  I think he may have been in 
training since there was another guy observing who seemed none too 
happy.  Especially when I told them he had just dropped a $3,000 camera 
on the ground.

Fortunately, it landed almost perfectly flat on its largest side (air 
cushion) into grass that hasn't been mowed for two weeks (beginning to 
look like a wheat field) growing on ground that has been saturated by 
about 15" of rain which has fallen over the past week.  The basement is 
still dry but that's about the only thing that is.

I probably should have refused the shipment.  Instead I forced the guy 
to wait awhile while I inspected the outside of the box (no visible 
impact anywhere along the wet top) and then opened it to see that the 
contents had been well packed by B&H and nothing seemed askew.  The lens 
and camera were also well packed in their own boxes and I decided the 
risk of damage was slight.  Besides, I'm sure that I just didn't see the 
first five times the box was tossed 5 feet into various trucks and 
conveyors along the way.

I have charged the battery and done some test shots and all is initially 
well.  Not sure how well this lens performs yet as I haven't done any 
rigorous testing or comparison testing with some of the Zuikos and 
Kirons.  I'm pleased with the autofocus peformance of the Tokina.  I'd 
read some comments that the lens was noisy.  I can't agree.  It's a 
little noisier than a Canon ultrasonic motor lens but still is pretty 
quiet and pretty quick.  A little whooshing sound and sometimes a tiny 
click but it gets the job done in  a hurry.  The manual focus control 
ring is a real winner.

Pretty soon I'll have to take it off "P" for "Professional" and try some 
of the other modes.  Maybe when the rain stops tomorrow.  :-)

ps:  Lens removal of a Canon lens by a left-handed person is a real 
juggling act.  The OM's on OM or Canon are a breeze.

Chuck Norcutt


Jeff Keller wrote:

> Chuck you need to re-route that 5D, you don't really neeed it   ;-)



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