Wildlife Photography across the Water: Patience is a virtue (and money saver)

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Patience is a virtue (and money saver)

....or at least it is when it comes to Canon pricing.

We have said it on here many times before, and it will, no doubt continue in this vein, at least here in the UK.

I was having a browse through the prices of Canon kit to see if there were any effects of potential short supply from Japan's problems manifesting themselves yet.

One the bits of kit that I looked at out of curiosity was the 300f2.8IS L lens. Not the first version that I have, that is still a stunning bit of kit - lightning fast AF, brilliant IQ and razor sharp, but the replacement Mark 11 version.

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Well the 300f2.8 L Mark 11 was launched at an eye watering £7499!!!. It is now down to £5349. Now that is still more than I paid for my 500f4 and nearly twice what I paid for my mark1 version of the 300f2.8, which is still available at £800 higher than I paid.

But the Mark 2 is now more than £2000 lower since last August.

It pays (saves) to be patient with new gear.

Martin

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.