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  3. Posted

    Thinking of getting a 17-50/2.8 or 28-75/2.8 (Tamron) or something similar. (The Canon equivalents cost about 3 times as much)

    I'm thinking about replacing the kit lens with the 17-50/2.8 lens made by Sigma. Just seen it for 399.- € in town today (didn't look for online prices yet). I have yet to find any (affordable) zoom lenses with a better f-value. Simply the fact that it offers the same aperture over the whole zoom length (and much better than the 3.5-5.6 of the the kit lens, too) makes it perfect for any indoor/low light photography.

    Anyone tried this lens (or the respective Tamron equivalent)? Is there an equivalent Canon lens, and what would that cost?

    From what I've heard the Sigma has a lot of Colour Abberation. The Tamron 17-50 is said to be very decent and about the same price as the Sigma. However Tokina will soon release their 16-50/2.8 so I'm kinda holding back till that's available and see how it performs and how much it'll cost. The Canon equivalents cost quite a bit more huh.gif

    EFs 17-55/2.8 IS: about 870e

    EF 16-35/2.8L: about 1400e

    (a second hand 17-35/2.8L is also an option, still expensive)

    EF 24-70/2.8L: about 1100e

    (a second hand 28-70/2.8L is also an option, but again, still expensive)

    And to finish with a photo, my first time trying night photography crazy_o.gif

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    If your camera is noise free then go for 800 smile_o.gif Since I use Nikon I cant really go over 400 without getting problems... sad_o.gif

    nope, same here....

    guess i should buy a 50 f1.4 lens for it...

    or maybe "just" a 50 f1.8 lens as that is a little cheaper.....

    you got any recomendations for a replacement lens similar to the kit 18-55 lens?

    someone told me that the Sigma 17-70 lens is quite good... but it´s expensive.... (atleast i think it is)

    I use Canon's 50/1.8 for concerts at the moment.

    Settings I use:

    Aperture Priority mode: f/2.8, ISO800, -1 exposure bias

    Manual mode (if the lighting is really crap): f/2.8, ISO 800, 1/60s or 1/80s

    At f/1.8 you get a very shallow DOF, so I doubt an f/1.4 lens would be very useful given the even narrower DOF. That's one of the reasons I use my 50/1.8 @ 2.8, just gives a bit wider DOF.

    I'm looking into getting a fast zoom lens for concerts though, as 50mm is often too narrow and sometimes too short. Thinking of getting a 17-50/2.8 or 28-75/2.8 (Tamron) or something similar. (The Canon equivalents cost about 3 times as much)

    And regarding your previous post, yes I was refering to the Sigma 70-300/4-5.6 DG APO Macro.

    @ supah, the 70-300/4-5.6 IS USM only costs about 600 or so, not 1499 :P

    [edit] I should talk less and post more photos tounge2.gif

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    Sole and Deadmeat both have a Sigma 70something-300 on their camera's and they seem pretty chuffed with it smile_o.gif

    I may have been chuffed with my 70-300 a while ago, but the SLOW autofocus and quite soft images at the long range are bugging me. Same story as your old 170-500 basicly wink_o.gif

    Not using that lens much anyway, only bought it for aircraft photography, which I don't do much, if at all tounge2.gif

  10. Posted

    'homemade' F/9 disc? Did you put some chewing gum inside the F/8 disc? tounge2.gif

    Interesting picture though goob, polaroids are always fun. smile_o.gif

    I was hoping I could post some reasonable photos of the Razorlight gig I went to last Wednesday, but I was 'stolen' from good pictures as there was a monitor right in front of me (on an allready high stage). That wasn't the only factor though, I was playing around too much with settings instead of just using the settings I normally use for gigs.

    Also somewhat photography related: I'm currently hogging the mailbox, the flash unit I ordered should be arriving today biggrin_o.gif

  11. Posted

    Lovely shots AimPoint, I never seem to get colours right (or wrong, depending how you look at it tounge2.gif) when I'm tinkering around with cross-processing effects.

    Pic from last Friday

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    My cam seems to have developed a slight hotpixel problem though. I can probably get it fixed under warranty, but it'll mean I'll be without a cam for weeks crazy_o.gifhelp.gif

  14. Posted

    Is everything still going good for you guys? Regular races? Still good racer numbers?

    I should have my DFP PRO fixed next week sometime. I really want some good races banghead.gif

    Over at E-Racing we drive most nights, either practicing for the race on friday on our own server or just doing some small races on Redline Racing.

    (Redline Racing is a recommended server if you are looking for good racing)

    Flashpoint Racing's server seems to be up, but the FpR guys never seem to be on.. and their forum is a bit dead, unfortunatly.

    Quote[/b] ]vroooommm dooooooddddd yeah!!1

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  15. Posted

    I recorded the first 7 laps of yesterday's tune-up race to give u an idea of the fun we had.

    http://noccy.piraatti.info/GTR's@Fern.wmv (48Mb ,8minutes)

    Haha excellent vid!. I think I held on pretty good for the first few laps, but my car became very unstable after a few laps (either the tires or suspension got borked). About 8 laps into the race I couldn't even put down half decent times anymore because the rear would just break out at the slightest turn. sad_o.gif

    Was a great race though. Unfortunatly I couldn't make it to the real race this night, as I had to babysit my nephews crazy_o.gif (I probably wouldn't have lasted long anyway, heh)

  19. Posted

    Lovely macro shots there Killagee! smile_o.gif

    I recently found my dad's old Minolta 9000 (w/ exernal flash and 2 lenses) again which I now consider my 'new' analogue SLR.

    I'll be playing around with this camera in the future smile_o.gif

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    I mounted the old Minolta flash on my 350D for this pic biggrin_o.gif (looked quite funny, but it sorta worked, I want to get a 580EX sometime)

    [edit] This is my first go at product photography, so it's a bit dodgy. tounge2.gif

  20. Posted

    I didnt know you could get them for that price, I haven't seen any in the USM range going for less than 300. But watch out for the EF-S range. That -S bit is bad news. It's the cheaper version of the EF series, and the connecting ring is made of plastic, as opposed to metal, so it's best suited for people who don't really change lenses very often.

    EF-S lenses are the lenses specificly made for APS-C format Canon dSLR's (with a 1.6 cropfactor, like the 350D and 30D) and has nothing to do with the (build) quality. The S stands for Short back focus. The only drawback of EF-S is that they are not compatible with full frame cameras (like the 5D and those top of the line 1D's)

    [edit] intresting shot goob, is that your face multi exposed on that wall?

  21. Posted

    A Sigma 70-300 DG macro APO will definitely not cost less than 300€

    A Sigma 70-300 DG macro APO will definitely not cost more than €250

    I got mine for €215. €230 is the normal price for the 70-300 APO DG icon_rolleyes.gif

    Canon EF-S 18-55 USM( !! ) definitely no less than 400€

    Sure you don't mean €40? icon_rolleyes.gif the EF-S 18-55 USM was the kitlens for the 300D. The MKII of the EF-S 18-55 USM goes for about €90 brand new. Funnily detail: the silver 350D gets supplied with the 18-55 USM II, while the black 350D gets supplied with the 18-55 non-USM II.

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  22. Posted

    I like the first one biggrin_o.gif

    First glance, scrolling up though the pictures it didn't seem that impressive, then I scrolled up a bit to show the top/other plane tounge2.gif

    What sort of lens is that with? Just a standard-ish one, or proper telephoto one?

    - Ben

    Cheers. As I said, wasn't meant to be fancy, as I was just a practice day. I wanted to get some more experience for when it really counts (airshows etc). I'm still fairly new to dSLR photography, I only recently switched to a proper camera.

    The lens I used was a Sigma APO 70-300 Macro DG. Excellent value for the money. I picked up mine for € 215,-. (comes with hood + bag). The non-APO lens is about € 145,- as far as I remember.

    Same lens I used for the wristwatch pic by the way. The Macro switch allows you to focus on subjects from ~95cm (200-300mm range), rather than the ~1.5m on normal mode.

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