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Lens + Pond + Foxes Updates.

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:02 AM



Hi all,

I'll start with the bad news. When photographing the fox cubs on Friday, my 100-400mm lens broke. The image started jumping around in the viewfinder when nothing was moving. I took the lens in for repair, the news was that the Image Stabilisation unit in the lens had broken (apparently very easily done, as even the weight of the lens on it's own can break it!). This means the lens needs to go back to Canon for repair. This means I'm without lens for a while, which couldn't have come at a worse time, not only have the cubs started coming out, but it's my final year and final project on my photography course, so being without a lens isn't really an option. Luckily *SnowPoring is lending me a lens so I can finish my final project. My lens will be at Canon for some weeks getting repaired, the final cost for it is £310 :( So if anyone was ever thinking of buying a print of some kind, now would be a good time! lol. But seriously, please contact me if you where thinking of it :)

In other news the cubs seem to be doing well, the most I've seen together is still 6, though a part of me thinks there might be 7 for some reason. I've made a play list on YouTube where I will keep adding videos, for those of you who don't use YouTube, you can just bookmark this page and check from time to time. I recently added a new video of mum with the cubs. Here is the play list: [link] . As well as this Jo (*FantasticFennec) came over and got some shots of the cubs & lizards, here is one of her shots:



Onto better news, as my lovely facebook followers will know, I recently dug and built a pond in my garden for wildlife. When Jo came over, she gave us some tadpoles and newts, it's really cool seeing them swimming round in there :) Hopefully this should help all kinds of wildlife in the garden, and I'm hoping in the summer it will be a bit more established and encourage dragonflies, which I'd love to get some photos of  :D Here is a shot when I finished the pond...




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:iconpale-recluse:
*Pale-Recluse Apr 18, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
You could go without the stablilization for a while if you need to. It can be turned off.
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:iconalannah-hawker:
*Alannah-Hawker Apr 19, 2012  Student Photographer
The problem still persists even with the IS turned off, so it's gone back to Canon :(
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:iconpale-recluse:
*Pale-Recluse Apr 19, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Fustrating. Hope it doesn't cost you more than a new lens.
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:iconalannah-hawker:
*Alannah-Hawker Apr 20, 2012  Student Photographer
It's going to cost £310 apparently, and the lens new is £1,200, so it's a lot less, but still expensive
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:iconpale-recluse:
*Pale-Recluse Apr 20, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Yea, anything with shipping a lens to the factory is going to be pricy. My bro bought a used lens from ebay then found water had migrated inside so he called the factory. They said, "Buy a new lens, it will cost more to repair than a new lens would cost at the store" Ouch
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:iconalannah-hawker:
*Alannah-Hawker Apr 23, 2012  Student Photographer
Wow, that is bad, that's probably one of the worst things you can hear when your equipment breaks :(
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:iconpale-recluse:
*Pale-Recluse Apr 23, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
It was a lesson he learned about buying used, but he did get some other nice lenses so I think he's ahead.
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*FantasticFennec Apr 18, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Have you seen much of the tadpoles & newts since we put them in?
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:iconalannah-hawker:
*Alannah-Hawker Apr 18, 2012  Student Photographer
It's been pretty rainy here since you left so I haven't really been able to go out and look much :(
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*SunStateGalleries Apr 18, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
I am really sorry about the lens ): If I get any spare cash I will do my best for you!

And, the pond looks GREAT. I love it! It will be amazing when it has finished settling in and everyone is acclimated (:
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