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20th October 2002
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Olympus TCON 14B
Is this tele lens selling in Singapore?
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21st October 2002
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I believe Cathay Photo is selling it. Maybe even Alan Photo and John 3:16.
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31st October 2002
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Just a TCON-14B? Go all the way!
 Check this out : The Big Mama I won't use that to walk around the street tho.  |
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31st October 2002
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Isn't that what they use for Desert Storm?
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31st October 2002
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~$310 at Cathay Photo.
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31st October 2002
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31st October 2002
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The tcon 14B are 310 bucks..tat ex..  |
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31st October 2002
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I have personally tried the big mama at the bird park and the singapore zoo... damn heavy
 I guess it was a bad idea not to bring a capable tripod. And I looked like a sniper when I was using that thing  Did I mention that the next day my left arm was aching from cradling and carrying the big mama on it? phew... |
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31st October 2002
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Other than the heavy weight + a kewl looking box... was the big mama gd?how much u pay for it  |
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31st October 2002
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As for the tcon-300, I rented it from chris_k's rental services (http://www.kevinphotography.com) for a few days. The big mama was quite good... because effectively you are getting a sharp lens that comes out to something like 600mm/f2.8 That's a fast lens! |
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31st October 2002
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You didn't scare the birds away? |
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31st October 2002
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1st November 2002
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oh yah, forgot to mention...
when i was disassembling the whole thing after the day's shoot, a bunch of chinese tourists started gathering around me to watch.  quite embarrassing eh. especially when you know they're talking about you (and pointing at me with their fingers while talking to their tour-mates).then when the tcon14b and the tcon300 had been packed, with the e10 left, one tourist somewhat expressed shock, and his hands were saying something like, "from this big, become so small!" (he was talking in chinese, but his hands and arms said everything )quite an experience |
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1st November 2002
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You'll need some escorts, or mates, if you'll to take big mama out to the streets again. |
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1st November 2002
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 the TCON300 is reallie huge...plus some unwanted attention... |
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1st November 2002
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either way, big prime-type lenses do attract some unwanted attention. |
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1st November 2002
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Big, but it's a nice combo tho. The quality is good too. I believe you don't experience much vignetting.
 And DC users like us don't have much choice to get a 600mm lens actually. |
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