I used to use a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 as my walk around. But it dropped 5 ft onto concrete and now my focusing motor is locked and wont budge. So now I have a $500 lens that doesn't really work.. =(
Well anyways. This finally justified me getting a Canon 17-55mm IS f/2.8 which Ive been eying for a while. hehe.. funny how that all works out.
Anyways, I didn't really see anything significant or different from my old Tamron. But I see the usefulness of image stabilization, and all I can say is just wow. You can hand hold and shoot at 1/4 a second and get crisp images! Everything across the board... sharp, no blur!! I also found it helps to shoot off continuously and shoot 3-5 frames and use the best one. So I did that for a full second... standing up.. in water.. and I didn't get a crisp image.. but I got something usable.. which is incredible!!
Right now I'm loving this lens. Too bad its not weather sealed... It sucks up dust like a vacuum!!
1/4 sec f/2.8 iso 400
1.0 sec f/9 iso 400
1/30 sec f/2.8 iso 400
6 comments:
Dude, these images rock.
Thanks for the info on the lens... I've been thinking about ...which one I should get next.
Your images are really great!
Nice pics, how'd you process them?
I think I'll drop my 17-50 Tamron as well and pick up a nikkor. :) Na.... Great photos man... love the shot of the water.
Thanks for the comments you guys. Its really encouraging.
Yeerphoto. I shot them with a canon xt set to large JPEG black and white. I adjusted the levels and burned the edges a little. No different to how i would treat film. My only regret is that i didnt shoot film. The last photo though i did a lot of work on with the shadow/highlight recovery tool, as well as lots and lots of burning. i thought it would be a fun experiment and i was just blown away after seeing what that tool can do! ask me about it and ill show you the original in class. its trippy.
Lawrence.. as much we may want to repeat Greg's bad habit.. destroying our gear shouldn't be used as a method to justify new purchases.. but eh, accidents happen you know.. why not upgrade? =D
Marina... i shot these all with the lens youre about to buy! im excited for you.
Dude that water shot is awesome! I love it in black and white. You rock! Don't see to much of your stuff... You still have a lot of shots you need to take! See you soon!
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