Right now, i'm tired and wiry, havn't been able to shoot, or ride, or anything else. Hopefully soon i'll be able to get back out.
Hey guys,
Just wondering if it's worth getting a lens without IS, and get a better aperture.
Which one would you favour?
I don't understand your question, but i'll try and explain. Having IS OR a faster aperture are two different things, although they do relate in some ways. IS will only try to eliminate camera/handshake, using some gyro's and small motors inside the lens to act against the motion of the camera shake, meaning you will be able to get sharper shots at slower shutter speeds. Now the important bit - IT WILL NOT HELP FREEZE MOTION IN THE PHOTO, if someone is moving and your shooting at a slower shutter speed the IS will not compensate for the guy moving and keep him/her sharp.
Having said that, IS is a wonderful thing, I shot at 200mm at 1/20th sec and got a sharp shot with IS. IS is awesome for shooting anything stationary.
A faster aperture will do two things, it will help with camera/handshake, but will also help freeze motion. Your DOF will change accordingly too (as you probably know), which can be an advantage, and you'll have a little more flexibility with flash power, although I rarely need to open up that wide with flash, unless i'm after a particular DOF.
Now, food for thought - It's claimed IS is good for around 3 stops, so if you have a f/4 IS lens and a f/2.8 non-IS lens the 2.8 lens is only one stop faster than the f/4 lens. So for any given 'still' scene your two stops worse off with the faster aperture lens.
You could get the best of both worlds though, and get something like a 70-200L f/2.8 IS lens.
At the end of the day you have to weigh up what your use for the lens is. Don't forget theres the tripod/monopod option also.
Loving the 40D
both shot with 8mm Samyang fisheye
Sam, I think you can do better than these two shots. The first shot is very flat, and I think you could have composed it better. The sand dune on the left is almost dead space. The second shot doesn't tell any story at all, and the subject (assuming its the graffiti) has been cropped almost entriely out, i'm not sure if theres a dude behind that beard. Cool colours though, and it's good to see you're enjoying the 40D!
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Instead of posting again i'll just edit this one up. Went for a shoot with Ango today in town with the on/off rain. Got a couple of shots from the day.
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A fairly straight forward capture however getting perspective correct is a little more complicated. Took me ages!
I'm diggin those church shots guys, awesome perspective and I like the exposures. Any way you can fix the horizon on yours Karnige?
All in all i'm a fan.
Hey all I have been having some practice with my new speedlight and was just wondering if I could get some feedback??
I like the way your heading with this shot, but theres two things that come to mind for me. First that the highlight/background on the right hand side of the frame is distracting, and secondly I feel there needs to be a little more seperation from the right hand side of the car and the background, maybe get another light back there?
One form this morning, played around with my 70-200 2.8
Looking nice man, and I'm a fan of those sunrise shots a couple of pages back also.
Andrew.