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[krela]

I've done a little back reading and couldn't find the answer so...would it be too cheeky to ask what happened to you, that you aren't disposed to posting reports?

Congrats on getting a new camera as well, I just got a new DSLR and am having great fun with it! Great toy.

It does actually say in this thread if you read carefully.

 

[UrbanX]

Yay, right move! My 550D has paid for itself many times over (literally).
It's served me well, from weddings to draining! The video is an ace feature too

 

[jools]

,,,,while we are chatting about the Canon 550 instead of stumbling around dangerous ruins and taking arty photographs for the gratuitous pleasure of others,,,,,,,

what's your lens on your 550,,,, or what is your favourite??

I wanted a longer zoom than the 18-55 that came with the camera so got a 18-135 which is good for all purposes.

Playing with photoshop is a fav evening persuit and my efforts were foiled to a degree by my discontent with the detail the 18-135 was picking up,,,

,,, so I looked through a hundred or so of the most recent pics I took with it and found that the vast majority were at less than 40 mm,,,

,,,, and when checking reviewer's performance charts for the lens saw that 18-135 is not at it's best at 18-40 focal length. It's not that the lens is no good,,,,, am very happy with it as a 'walk-around' lens,,, it's just that at the extremes of focal length it struggles to deliver,,,,,, like all lens really.

Now I have a EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM and another learning curve to explore this lens is much sharper and the colour is slightly more defined,,,,,,,,,,,,, but is has no image stabiliser so my photographs have to be more 'considered' to get good results. It came as a surprise to me to realise how many of my good pics have relied on the image stabiliser,,,,,,,,,,,,,,



Infinity ,,,,,,,,,,,,,and beyond,,,,,,,,,,

 

[krela]

I'm getting the Canon 28mm f/1.8 prime in January. I love prime lenses, they make you think about photography in an entirely different way and I want something a bit more flexible than the 50mm f/1.8 which is only £80 and an excellent buy in itself. I doubt the 28mm will come off my body very often tbh, it's so flexible it can be used for almost anything.

I also highly highly recommend the tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 too for indoor (read urbex) photography.

I have the sigma 50-500mm lens on permanent loan from a friend for super zoom work. I'm looking forward to taking that one to the Fairford air show next year.

 

[tumbles]

Steady on

Few of the bristol peeps will be having a knees up in a 'spoons sometime around Christmas if you are about

 

[krela]

Steady on

Few of the bristol peeps will be having a knees up in a 'spoons sometime around Christmas if you are about

I am almost always about.

 

[UrbanX]

I can def rate the 17-85mm as an upgrade to kit lenses.
Although 2 months ago I attached a Sigma 10-20mm to my 550D and it's not been off since!

 

[jools]

,,,,,,the original idea was to sell the 18-135 to part fund the 17-40 which hasn't been paid for yet,,,,but I keep forgetting to get round to it. Will have to do something soon as I'm tempted by a wide-angle!!

That nifty fifty is a cracking lens,,,,,,,cheap as chips but delivering quality way above it's price

,,,am selling everything I can on Ebay,,,,,,anyone want a Jack Russell?? ,,,he's very quiet but tends to smell at both ends,,,,,,,,,

 

[night crawler]

I went for the Canon 15- 85 lens rather than the 18 -135 as it had a slightly wider angle, found it a great all rounder.

 

[dobbo79]

I havent posted for a while either - after a few failed attempts at an old hospital in Scarborough, Murphys Machinary at Leeds and good old High Royds..me and my fellow intrepid explorer TK421 havent posted...

But never fear - i will be out soon with my trusty Fuji

 

[krela]

That's great to hear K!

Well, before you post your next Report, might I suggest that you read this -just to refresh the ol' grey matter!

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=16286

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=17009

Thanks LB, very useful links.

 

[Judderman62]

What did you go for in the end? I've been looking at some DSLRs but they all make such a loud click when you take a picture it's like, "Hello secuity, we're over here"!

I recently bought a Pentax K5 ... verrrry quiet shutter.

 

[TeeJF]

I recently bought a Pentax K5 ... verrrry quiet shutter.

Oh poo... we've just bought the Canon 550! C'est la vie! Mind you we fail to get in to sites so often getting copped making loud clacking sounds inside shouldn't be too much of a worry!

 

[TeeJF]

It's all Krela's fault!

Now don't call me impressionable, I am not, I'm just very easily persuaded - a subtle difference. However it's all Krela and Tonto's fault that we've just this minute taken delivery of a Canon 550. You watch, my pictures will turn to rat poo in rapid order now and we'll have to post all Tonto's "Instamatic" specials, which are in fairness getting rather good nowadays. She's just got to learn what the word "vertical" means...

Pee Esss...

I'm a Canon girl & couldn't be without it!

I knew a Canon girl once too Em, she worked in a bar in Manchester. Did something with a pole as I remember... Now what was her name? Oh yes, Lusty Canons...

 

[krela]

Don't you be blaming me...

 

[klempner69]

Lusty Canons?Jeez,come on fella,that sounds like a name straight out of them old Mayfair mags we didnt ever read/er look at.

 

[TeeJF]

Don't you be blaming me...

Why not? You're guilty until proven innocenti bud!

How you getting on with it? Ours is literally just charging so I can't even switch it on at the moment. I got it from Hong Kong - it's actually the Japanese market model, so it saved me about £100 over UK retail and from what I read the only difference is it won't work in multiple languages, just Engrish - I just hope it doesn't make people's eyes go slanty when you do a portrait pic...

 

[krela]

Why not? You're guilty until proven innocenti bud!

How you getting on with it? Ours is literally just charging so I can't even switch it on at the moment. I got it from Hong Kong - it's actually the Japanese market model, so it saved me about £100 over UK retail and from what I read the only difference is it won't work in multiple languages, just Engrish - I just hope it doesn't make people's eyes go slanty when you do a portrait pic...

I didn't pay for mine so I didn't need to save money. :evil:

I like it so far, you can see photos I've taken on it on my flickr. Not the underground ones tho, they were taken in 2006.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/krela76/

 

[TeeJF]

I like it so far, you can see photos I've taken on it on my flickr.]

You didn't pay? Best kind of camera that! I like the bridge pics. That's not that toll bridge over towards London Road is it? Near Farleigh Down?

What's the story with the underground ones then? that looks uber interesting!

 

[krela]

No it's Bradford on Avon, that's why they're in the Bradford on Avon set.

The underground photos are from Ridge Mine just outside Corsham, it's just some playing with light painting and coloured gels.