Photography Post Vol. 2

[C0C0]

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Cross posted in sales.

Canon is doing instant rebates on a ton of lenses and the Speedlite 580EX II.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameWork/Rebates_Promos/011308_CANON_INSTANT.pdf

[ayn]

ya saw the instant rebates but most places increased their prices by the rebate or more...

[fallen angels]

im looking for a lens wider than my 50mm/1.4. within my budget, im thinking either the canon 24mm/2.8, or the 35mm/2. what do you think? any other recommendations for something else in that price range are also welcome.

thanks

[Carl]

24mm 2.8 is a horrible horrible HORRIBLE lens.

Figure out if you want to go a little wider or a litte tighter, save up a couple hundred more dollars and get either the 28mm 1.8 or the 20mm 2.8. Trust me.

[airfrogusmc]

Or save a little more and get the 24 1.4L.

Its an outstanding lens..

[chingon]

I just bought the 35mm f2 for my xti, I will let you know how it is. I hear it's super sharp for a non l lens, and that's why i bought it.

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It also depends on whether you're shooting on a full frame sensor or not.

[airfrogusmc]

I heard the 16-35mm f2.8 L mk2 is meant to be a lot better than the first one so it may be worth looking into that if you're looking for a wide lens. The 24mm f1.4 L isn't too great on the edges and corners...

Thats not true. Its great for a lens that wide and smoke all the zooms as far as IQ goes. Don't take my word for it

http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/canon_24_14/index.htm

From F 2 thru 5.6 it even smokes the ultra sharp 35 1.4L and smokes all the zooms.

Heres a few things to look at

Taken with a full frame camera...

Heres a couple WIDE OPEN.

Focus on this one was on the left side of the first E

Focus was on the phone handle. Not bad for being near the edge.

[airfrogusmc]

As you can see I'm shooting FF and it looks real good at the edges. There are three lenses that really shine on the 5D.

24 1.4L, 35 1.4L and the 85 1.2L

85 1.2L

wide open

35 1.4

wide open

24 1.4L

[calvin1663]

wow those are nice

[ayn]

damn man, how many fucking L primes do u have? holy shit, I need that 85/1.2L as soon as I go FF...

I love L-shaped bokeh!!!!

[totally epic]

Seriously. Holy fuck.

[airfrogusmc]

damn man, how many fucking L primes do u have? holy shit, I need that 85/1.2L as soon as I go FF...

I love L-shaped bokeh!!!!

I only own three lenses.

85 1.2

35 1.4

24 1.4

They're all three outstanding lenses. The one I couldn't live without because I could probably shoot everything with it if I had to on FF is the 35 but the 85 is probably my favorite.

[Renny]

Random shots...all taken with 50mm prime

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[drivel]

photographing some insects i bought off ebay from thailand for a project at school. rest of pictures of the bugs are on the computer at school.

5d with cheapy canon 50mm macro i borrowed from a friend who works at a camera store. trying to get the 100mm though, 50mm is a pain in the ass on FF.

[chingon]

I just bought the 35mm f2 for my xti, I will let you know how it is. I hear it's super sharp for a non l lens, and that's why i bought it.

I just got it today, took a couple of test shots, and the sharpness is better on the prime, but negligible. They were both shot one stop down from wide open on a tripod.

oh well, at least I have a prime now, freaking hate zooms

[aaronS]

Figure out if you want to go a little wider or a little tighter, save up a couple hundred more dollars and get either the 28mm 1.8 or the 20mm 2.8. Trust me.

I'm looking at getting the 28 1.8 how is it? I heard good things but i never know what to trust.

I've been shooting the 20 2.8 and i've been moderately happy with it but i'm looking for something a little tighter.

[chris_n]

i've had the 35mm/f2 on my cropped sensor for a year now and loooove it

[airfrogusmc]

i've had the 35mm/f2 on my cropped sensor for a year now and loooove it

Try the 35 1.4 sometime...It will rock your world.

[walleye]

[Purse]

hey that's csulb art lockers! my locker is at the end in the first picture!

who are you?

[walleye]

hey that's csulb art lockers! my locker is at the end in the first picture!

who are you?

I also go to CSULB but I'm not a fine arts major.

[Purse]

oh thats cool, it's a small world

[Carl]

I'm looking at getting the 28 1.8 how is it? I heard good things but i never know what to trust.

I've been shooting the 20 2.8 and i've been moderately happy with it but i'm looking for something a little tighter.

I love the 28. I shoot it on a MKII (so roughly a 35mm after conversion) and the 20mm on a 20D (also roughly a 35mm). The 28 is a tiny bit sharper but the 20 has noticeably faster autofocus. Also, the 28 works much better for verticals, with none of the ugly distortion that a 20 brings.

Those insect pictures are pretty fucking cool

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Airfrog, thanks for the lens run down.

[likewtfyo]

why aren't my pictures as sharp as you guys. is it because of my excessive wanking?

i get pretty frustrated when my pictures turn out a little blur, if you get what i mean.

[drapygo]

Fast shutter speed, unsharp mask.

[Carl]

Dolphins/Pats game. Fuckin rout. The Dolphins couldn't score until New England put their third string in.

[Carl]

Example of 20mm vertical distortion...