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Old 02-10-2012, 07:37 AM
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Default Wow just scored an L lens
How simple. Why didn't someone come up with this before?


How to Increase the Performance of Your Canon Kit Lens


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Old 02-10-2012, 08:59 AM
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wasted an entire page of the interwebz??!!?? oh noes, there's only 27 f**king billion pages left!!!
Best. Comment. Ever.
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Old 02-10-2012, 09:55 AM
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thanks ..I'm going to use a similar method to upgrade my SX30 IS to a SX40 HS..whoo hoo $500 saving
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Old 02-10-2012, 10:28 AM
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Wow, I've got two kit lenses. L lens here I come!
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Old 02-10-2012, 10:53 AM
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There you go - maybe Canon will now play catch up and put gold bands on their better glass to compete with Nikon's picture quality.
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Old 02-10-2012, 03:56 PM
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Old 02-10-2012, 05:02 PM
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That's awesome and hilarious and the fact that many people commented on it is even better!
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Old 02-10-2012, 05:08 PM
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That's awesome lol. I think some of the comments from people with no sense of humor were even funnier lol
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Old 02-10-2012, 05:10 PM
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I painted f/2.8 on my kit lens and now I can shoot indoors with no flash! TFS!
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Old 02-10-2012, 05:12 PM
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I painted f/2.8 on my kit lens and now I can shoot indoors with no flash! TFS!
Why didn't I think of that I'm gonna turn my 50 f/1.8 into a f/1.2!
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