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Thursday morning was a Lanceleaf Arrowhead blossom, cranes, and Great Blue Herons. Friday morning — 4 SEPT 2020 — was one of the same great blue and some displaying Boat-tailed Grackles.
I was glad to learn yesterday of these recent sales:
Dennis Bartsch sold his Canon EF 500mm f/4L USM Telephoto lens in near-mint condition for $2399.00 in mid-August 2020.
Jim Babbitt sold his Canon 500 mm f/4L IS II lens in excellent plus condition for the BAA record-low price of $5125.00 (was listed for $5248.00) the first day it was listed in late August 2020.
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The BAA Used Gear Page
The BAA Used Gear Page is the place to sell your used photographic equipment. We will help you to get your gear sold quickly for 20 to 60% more than what the big camera stores are offering … Doubt me? Check out the Past Sales list at the bottom of the page.
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This image was created on 29 AUGUST 2020. I used the handheld Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens (at 200mm) with the blazingly fast AF king, the Sony Alpha a9 II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only). ISO 400. The exposure determined by Zebras with the ISO on the rear wheel: 1/2000 sec. at f/2.8 and confirmed as perfect in RawDigger. AWB at 7:39am on a clear morning. Upper Right Zone Continuous AF was active at the moment of exposure and performed perfectly. Head portrait of Sandhill Crane colt hatched May 9 or 10, 2020 |
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The Winning Comment
Congrats to IPT veteran Joel Eade for studying the clues and coming up with the correct answers. With such a smooth, creamy, detail-less background, f/2.8 wide open should have come to mind immediately …
Selling Your Used Photo Gear Through BIRDS AS ART
Selling your used (or like-new) photo gear through the BAA Blog is a great idea. We charge only a 5% commission. One of the more popular used gear for sale sites charged a minimum of 20%. Plus assorted fees! Yikes. They went out of business. And e-Bay fees are now up to 13%. Please understand that e-Bay prices are bogus. And the same is true of the prices of used gear including my dear friends at B&H and the other mega-outfits. They offer you pennies and then try to sell the stuff to ignorant folks for ridiculously high prices. With their huge international exposure, they occasionally find someone …
The minimum item price here is $500 (or less for a $25 fee). If you are interested, please shoot us an e-mail with the words Items for Sale Info Request cut and pasted into the Subject line :). Stuff that is priced fairly — I offer pricing advice to those who agree to the terms — usually sells. With the pandemic and the down economy, the market had been somewhat depressed, but sales have been brisk for the past few weeks. And over the past year, we have sold several hundred items. Do know that prices of many used items have been dropping steadily. The prices garnered for used Canon gear has tanked completely as demand has dropped tremendously. It is ironic that for decades Canon gear had very strong resale value … Recently, however, the Canon used gear market has shown some signs of life. Prices on used Nikon gear have also dropped as well. You can see all the current bargains here on the Used Gear Page.
Note: all BAA Used Gear sales include insured ground shipping via UPS to lower 48 US addresses only. Others who live elsewhere are invited to e-mail the seller for shipping surcharge info. Sellers should charge you only the difference between shipping to the farthest US location from their home and the charge to a non-lower-48 address.
New Listings
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV body in excellent plus condition with Really Right Stuff B5D4-L L-plate for $1479.00. This body recently underwent the 18-point Canon Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the body cap, one Canon LP-E6N battery, the LC-E6 charger, the unused Canon camera strap, the English Instruction Manual, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
What can I say? The 5D IV was my favorite ever Canon digital dSLR. I owned and used three of them while my 1DX II sat on the shelf in my garage for the most part. If you have been dreaming of a 5D IV, grab Mark’s camera body right now and save a cool $1020.00! artie
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV body in excellent plus condition for $1399.00. This body recently underwent the 18-point Canon Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the body cap, one LP-E6N battery, the LC-E6 charger, the unused Canon camera strap and USB cable, the English Instruction Manual, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
What can I say? The 5D IV was my favorite ever Canon digital dSLR. I owned and used three of them while my 1DX II sat on the shelf in my garage for the most part. If you have been dreaming of a 5D IV, grab Mark’s camera body right now and save a cool $1100.00! artie
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens
Sold first day of listing!
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens in excellent condition for $1349.00. This lens recently underwent the 11-point Canon Lens Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the front lens cap, the rear cap, the Canon Lens Hood ET-83D, the Canon LZ-1326 case, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%. Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
This incredibly versatile zoom lens — with its amazing .98 meter close focus — was my favorite Canon telephoto zoom lens ever. By far. artie
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
Sold second day of listing!
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens in excellent plus condition for $799.00. This lens recently underwent the 11-point Canon Lens Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the front lens cap, the rear cap, the Canon Lens Hood ET-87, the Canon Tripod Mount Ring B, the Canon LZ-1326 case, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
This sharp, super-fast mid-range telephoto zoom is incredibly versatile and is the favorite zoom lens of many nature, wildlife, and landscape professionals. It kills in point-blank flight situations; I used mine on flying gannets in Scotland, for Bald Eagles at Homer, and with the pelicans at La Jolla, CA. And often for granddaughter Maya’s dance recitals. artie
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM Lens
Sold second day of listing!
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens in excellent plus condition for $549.00. This lens recently underwent the 11-point Canon Lens Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the front lens cap, the rear cap, the Canon Tripod Mount Ring A II, the Instruction Manual, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
This sharp, fast mid-range telephoto zoom is incredibly versatile and is the favorite zoom lens of many nature, wildlife, and landscape professionals. One stop slower than the 70-200mm f/2.8s, this one is smaller and lighter making it ideal for travel. Like its heavier, faster, more expensive cousin, it kills in point-blank flight situations; I used mine on flying gannets in Scotland, for Bald Eagles at Homer, and with the pelicans at La Jolla, CA. It sells new now for $1099.00. artie
Canon EF 400mm f/4L DO IS II USM Lens
BIRDS AS ART Record-low Price!
Sold first day of listing!
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon EF 400mm f/4L DO IS II USM lens in near-mint condition for a BAA record low $3049.00. This lens recently underwent the 11-point Canon Lens Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the Canon E-145C Lens Cap, the rear cap, the ET-120W II Lens Hood w/ LensCoat, the Canon Tripod Mount, the installed Really Right Stuff LCF-52 lens foot replacement with built-in dovetail, the Canon Lens Wide Strap, the Instruction Manual, the Canon Lens Case 400D trunk, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
I owned and used and loved the 400 DO II when I shot with Canon and found a way to take it on most trips. I took it to Scotland and Nickerson Beach and San Diego. It served me well as my (lighter!) big gun on several Galapagos and Southern Ocean (the Falklands and South Georgia) trips. It is a killer for flight photography with or without the 1.4X III TC. It is razor-sharp with the 2X on static subjects and skilled folks have had amazing success hand holding it with the 2X III TC for flight and for action. artie
Canon EF 16-35 f/4L IS USM Lens
Sold first day of listing!
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon EF 16-35 f/4L IS USM lens in near-mint condition for $499.00. This lens recently underwent the 11-point Canon Lens Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the front lens cap, the rear cap, the Canon Lens Hood 73B, the Canon Lens Case LP1219, the Instruction Manual, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
Lenses in this focal length range are ideal for serious landscape photographers. artie
Covering a useful wide-angle focal length range, the EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM is a Canon L-series lens distinguished by its constant f/4 maximum aperture, sophisticated optical design, and use of image stabilization to realize sharp imagery. Two ultra-low dispersion elements are used to greatly reduce color fringing and chromatic aberrations throughout the zoom range for high clarity and color accuracy, and a Super Spectra coating has also been applied to suppress flare and ghosting for improved contrast. Complementing the imaging capabilities, this wide-angle zoom also features a four-stop-effective Image Stabilizer system that minimizes the appearance of camera shake for sharper handheld shooting. B&H
Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Lens
BIRDS AS ART Record-low Price!
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens in near mint condition for $549.00. This lens recently underwent the 11-point Canon Lens Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the front lens cap, the rear cap, the Canon Lens Hood EW-83M, the Canon Lens Case LP1219, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
The original 24-105 was my never-leave-home-without-it all-purpose mid-range zoom lens. I made a zillion sale-able images with mine. The newer version that sells new for $1,099.00 is sharper edge-to-edge with significantly reduced barrel distortion and four-stop-effective Image Stabilization. Save $550.00! artie
Canon 11-24mm f/4L USM Lens
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon 11-24mm f/4L USM lens in near mint condition for $1599.00. This lens recently underwent the 11-point Canon Lens Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the front lens cap, the rear cap, the Canon Lens Case LP1424, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
I owned and used this truly versatile, “big sky,” astoundingly sharp super-wide angle zoom lens; it is perfect for scenic, landscape, and architectural photography. The 11-24 currently sells new for $2,699.00; save a cool $1100.00 by grabbing Mark’s lens. artie
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM Lens
IPT veteran Mark Overgaard is offering a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM lens in excellent plus condition that is well underpriced at $549.00. This lens recently underwent the 11-point Canon Lens Maintenance Service with Canon Professional Services. The sale includes the front lens cap, the rear cap, the Canon Lens Hood ET-73B, the Canon Tripod Mount Ring C (W II), the Canon LP1424 lens case, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Certified bank check or no-fee, near-instant bank transfer with Zelle. Or, PayPal +4%.
Please contact Mark via e-mail or by phone at 831-539-3200 (Pacific time zone).
This versatile super-sharp L lens is great for travel and general nature. It would be extremely useful at Bosque del Apache. It would make a great starter lens for a beginning nature photographer when paired with a 7D Mark II or an EOS R6. It sells new at B&H for $1349.00. You can save a very handsome $800.00 on this one. artie
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This image was created on November 18, 2004 at Titusville, FL. I used the handheld Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens and the EOS-1D Mark II. ISO 400: 1/1250 sec. at f/8 at 10:40am on a cloudy morning. Click on the image to see a larger version. Fish Crow in flight |
The Toy Lens
Though I created today’s featured image in 2004, there are a few lessons to be learned:
1- I should have been at 1/2500 sec. at f/5.6 rather than 1/1250 sec. at f/8. Extra depth of field for flight photography is wasted; it is much better to go for the fastest possible shutter speed.
2- As it was cloudy, we know that this image was underexposed at 1/1250 sec. at f/8. Why? 1/2500 sec. at f/8 would have been pretty good for a white bird in full sun … So for a black bird in full sun at ISO 400 1/800 at f/8 would have been close to perfect — five clicks open from bright white. Then add another 3-4 clicks of exposure going from sunny to cloudy.
3- Noise in white skies due to underexposure is never much of a problem.
4- The Canon 400mm f/5.6 — still in production — was and still is a superb flight lens. There is one for you just below at a still low price.
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM Lens
BAA Record-low Price!
Price reduced $100.00 on 22 AUGUST 2020!
BAA friend Kay Kaylor is also offering a Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM lens in near-mint condition for a very low $549.00 (was $649.00). The sale includes a LensCoat Hoodie, (no front lens cap), the rear lens cap, the zipped lens case, the tripod collar, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made.
Certified bank check or credit card or PayPal +4%.
Please contact artie via e-mail or on his cell at 863-221-2372 before 4pm Eastern time. Please leave a message or text if no answer.
The 400 f/5.6 is my beloved “toy lens.” I put it on the map more than 20 years ago when I began using it for birds in flight. Today, it is still a great flight lens and would make a great starter lens for a new bird photographer, especially one with a 7D Mark II. artie
LowePro RoadRunner AW
BAA friend Kay Kaylor is offering a LowePro RoadRunner AW for the might as well be giving it away free price of $79.00. The sale includes the partitions and all or most of the straps and harnesses. I used a Roadrunner AW for about eight years before Think Tank rose to the fore. I would put all the partitions, straps, and harnesses in the trash and was left with a sturdy roll-aboard. Though it was designed to be a combination backpack/rolling bag I never once thought of putting it on my back. And neither should you. Also included is insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made.
Certified bank check or credit card or PayPal +4%.
Please contact artie via e-mail or on his cell at 863-221-2372 before 4pm Eastern time. Please leave a message or text if no answer.
This great bag protected my gear on about thirty flights over nearly a decade. An updated version sells new now for $199.95. artie
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