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Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 01:02

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Originally Posted by mattchewone

Ill be outside taking shots of him driving past. Might try being a passenger in a mates car and get some of another mates car driving next to me though. But IS wont really help much there due to the violent movement.

Wont use the IS all the time just handy to have. How do you set it up for low light conditions to get that extra 4stops sayer?

You'll want wide angle if you're going for the 'photographer in one car taking a snap of another' shot man.

Easy peasy. Turn IS on (Mode 1), point at the thing you want to take a picture of hold the AF for half a second to let the IS kick in and settle... Hold it steady and take a shot.

Pow.

It's incredible really it is... I can take a shot at 1/15sec at 200mm and get sharp results.

mattchewone · 13th August 2008, 01:05

For the Photographer in a car thing i probably will use the kit lens depending on distance.

Oh right i see. Man i want it now to play with! That combined with the light meter = Excellent results!

Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 01:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattchewone

I didnt think the actually focal length of the lens changed when being on a FF or Cropped. I thought that basically its like looking out your window at a tree with the curtains fully open (FF) then shutting the curtains abit (cropped) The tree isnt any closer it just gives the impression because it fills more of the frame due to the frame being smaller.

That right or am i talking bull?

not quite.

the focal length on a lens NEVER CHANGES... that's a physical property of the lens... but you have a full frame and then smaller sensors.

because you're putting the image on to a smaller footprint it actually magnifies the image (or zooms in slightly)

example:
FF and 1.6x

mattchewone · 13th August 2008, 01:08

Is it actually zooming in? Or is it that it looks like it because you see less of the area around the subject?

Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 01:10

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Originally Posted by mattchewone

Is it actually zooming in? Or is it that it looks like it because you see less of the area around the subject?

technically not zooming... you're just magnifying the image

Jungle_Jim^m · 13th August 2008, 01:11

^^ yup the difference is quite noticeable, i just dug out my eos 5 to compare it against the 10d. you get so much more in especially when comparing the widest zooms (28mm) on each of them

mattchewone · 13th August 2008, 01:13

Ok nice! Always learning in this game lol. Well on my list is the 70-200mm IS and 24-105, then will see if a new 100-400mm L comes out and go from there.

Cheers for all the help. James you going along to eastbourne airshow?

Jungle_Jim^m · 13th August 2008, 01:16

nope matey im off on hols to france on friday, didnt manage to get a wide angle lens sorted though before hand. also i ordered a 4gb sandisk CF card for 11.99 but it hasnt turned up, the seller is going to send another one but i dont know if it will come in time

.

mattchewone · 13th August 2008, 01:18

£11.99 where from? Thats a bargain! Ow right how long you away for? Look forward to seeing some good pictures upon your return dude.

Hopefully get some reasonable shots with my crappy sigma lens on sunday at the eastbourne air show.

Jungle_Jim^m · 13th August 2008, 01:25

he hasnt got any left in stock at the moment so is sending me 2 x 2gb cards, which i prefer tbh, as its spreads images out over 2 cards just incase something messes up. 4gb of data is a lot to lose.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=016

i have been thinking about this 19mm tamron lens
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EF-EOS-T...6.c0.m14.l1318

but dont know if i am better to put it towards a sigma 10-20 as i love the look of ultra wide angle shots.

sayer do you know anywhere that does the sigma 10-20 for under £200

Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 01:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jungle_Jim

he hasnt got any left in stock at the moment so is sending me 2 x 2gb cards, which i prefer tbh, as its spreads images out over 2 cards just incase something messes up. 4gb of data is a lot to lose.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=016

i have been thinking about this 19mm tamron lens
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EF-EOS-T...6.c0.m14.l1318

but dont know if i am better to put it towards a sigma 10-20 as i love the look of ultra wide angle shots.

sayer do you know anywhere that does the sigma 10-20 for under £200

you won't get it for £200 new man... and I doubt you'll get it for that second hand... even second hand they sell for about 80% of new price. It's a pain but you may as well just pay out the £300 for it instead of searching for a bargain that really just isnt there man... it's a sod i know

Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 01:33

19-35mm

Although it's not all that wide on a cropped sensor.

Jungle_Jim^m · 13th August 2008, 01:40

yup that was kind of my thinking of shelling out the extra for the sigma in the first place, it means i wont need to upgrade it later so in the long run it is better. just to confirm the sigma does fit a 10d doesnt it, its a standard EF fitment

Barry123 · 13th August 2008, 02:12

yup fits fine man.

neilandhisvtr · 13th August 2008, 08:38

IS is for girls.