Ski Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 As my company slowly switches to digital, here's my newest toy, a Canon 70-200 F2.8 L Ultrasonic lens. With Canon, there's a 1.6 effective magnification, which sucks for wide angle lenses, but is a bonus for telephotos/zooms...the lens is actually a 112-320mm 2.8, which is perfect for just about every sport...I avoided spending the extra $500 or so for the image stabilization version because the IS just stabilizes the overall scene from user movement and sports action is subject movement, so you need a minimum shutter speed of 1/250 sec. anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidude Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 I bet you can get some sweet shots of Ty flying through Nastar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 let us know when there's any meteor showers around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 I bet you can get some sweet shots of Ty flying through Nastar Oh, hey, 'Dude, you'd asked about when she was joining USSA and I said next year---which she is...but I forgot to mention that Sno Mountain (eh, Montage) holds a "scholastic" race series that's open to all school-age kids. It's only three races, but it's a good taste of real racing, with head-to-head competition, instead of just an arbitrary handicap. And maybe the coaches can talk the new owners into moving the start house to the top of the headwall, which would completely change the race course; you'd have a ton of speed coming into the long flats. Meteor showers, Shadows? Like the kind that hit Senor last season at Blue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 whats the story behind doug and the meteor? i missed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 whats the story behind doug and the meteor? i missed it Senor was hit by one. Jeez, where were you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 a real one? or did some rock just fall out of some ones hand and get projected towards his head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 a real one? or did some rock just fall out of some ones hand and get projected towards his head? The rock was from Bound Brook, NJ...no, not a real one. Still to early to start any trash talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidude Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Oh, hey, 'Dude, you'd asked about when she was joining USSA and I said next year---which she is...but I forgot to mention that Sno Mountain (eh, Montage) holds a "scholastic" race series that's open to all school-age kids. It's only three races, but it's a good taste of real racing, with head-to-head competition, instead of just an arbitrary handicap. And maybe the coaches can talk the new owners into moving the start house to the top of the headwall, which would completely change the race course; you'd have a ton of speed coming into the long flats. Meteor showers, Shadows? Like the kind that hit Senor last season at Blue? Can I race it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Can I race it Ha, I know you're joking because it's on Montage's NASTAR course, but I think it's open to all students in PA, no matter their age. And you don't have to have membership in any organization---just register the day of the race in the lodge. Like all things at Montage, it's not advertised so there's really small turnouts. They use the NASTAR timing, btw: http://www.nastar.com/index.jsp?pagename=r...7&year=2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 As my company slowly switches to digital, here's my newest toy, a Canon 70-200 F2.8 L Ultrasonic lens. With Canon, there's a 1.6 effective magnification, which sucks for wide angle lenses, but is a bonus for telephotos/zooms...the lens is actually a 112-320mm 2.8, which is perfect for just about every sport...I avoided spending the extra $500 or so for the image stabilization version because the IS just stabilizes the overall scene from user movement and sports action is subject movement, so you need a minimum shutter speed of 1/250 sec. anyway. I can't wait to use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librider Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Tanglewood AHEM! No 'e' Its Tanglwood. REP IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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