focus n recompose bro. even my mark3's outer system also cannot be trusted. lol. my 6D's outer point? almost the same like the mark3's. focus n recompose is better. or better yet, manually! ekceli ar..with today's high def screen at the back of the cameras, its very easy to spot a misfocus. like the 6D n 5D3, one click can 100% zoom edi wor..so to check f/oof areas is very easy. my many years of using the sigmalux @1.4, u just have to check, n know how to use it oni. hear the focusing..if it stops hunting while u half-press the shutter button (i press it alot of time, until stops hunting), then oni i take a shot. check image > if its sharp, then its a keeper. if its not, then take again loh
shooting high aperture needs a learning curve. some people focus one time n click shutter then complaint how oof the lens is.
try n focus manually with a 1.4 lens see how good is ur eyes.
there's a time that i practice a lot of manual focus even on assignments. train my own eyes.
but then again, with today's lcd, easy to check focusing maa
yeah, but sometimes the object your are shooting might have lower contrast or the changes of DOF might not be so obvious. I've experienced this before, I can manual focus on my 50mm f1.8 finely, 10 shots maybe I can get around 8 sharp shots using MF, 1-2 secs of focusing for each shot. Actually found that shooting in MF is really fun, kinda makes you more "into" the picture
Hey guys. want to ask you guys a question. Is the sensor spoil ? This is taken using Canon 60D. Shutter count less than 20k. Sorry is facebook link. Urgent ya. =)
If its sensor spoil, how much estimated to change sensor..? LOL.. Asking on behalf of my friend.
Hi, good day. Want to ask all the pros here. Is it ok to buy Canon 17-55 14 Month old price at 2k? Not sure how much the used price for this right now. And what other thing i need to look for, before pay?
Thanks.
having the same question here, different lenses though.
i think this video helps about things to notice.
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slow la. you use USM lenses then you'l realize it's slow but not terribly slow la but still slow lor.
should be RM 2k or less i suppose, especially if used unit. This lens no demand but IQ wise pretty good if I'm not mistaken, good for portraiture.
yeah, I used USM and HSM before, actually if don't shoot sports or any quick moving subjects, the tammy is really good.
I got it around 1.5k, it's brand new unit from HK, the seller sells so cheap because he is urgent for money. IQ is quite good, I think it is even sharper than the first generation of canon 70-200 f2.8 USM L. the colors and bokeh from it are quite lovely.
color wise ok wan la Tamron lens. I also think this lens is just fine if you want f2.8 and not shooting action and such.
damn funny when portrait shooters die die want fps on the body and super fast lens AF speed.
haha IQ wise it is really quite good, even win Sigma in sharpness, but the sigma without OS is so rare, let alone the focusing issues. At least the Tamron is slower but accurate.
haha, I very seldom shoot sports, too many photos needed to process afterwards actually outdoor sports even my 18-135 can handle quite well, tried shooting football and basketball with it before, just that you need to tap the shutter button frequently to chase the subject.
I once thought of buying it as well. It's cheap and has good IQ.
yeah, it's no brainer not to get it at such good price, most importantly it is brand new.
QUOTE(Tony Stark @ Sep 16 2013, 05:02 PM)
like goldie said,
if ur not shooting sports then its okay la. i tried a fren of mine's copy, quite good oso. but not really that tack sharp @ f2.8. but still okay la cuz u got it cheap haha.
i bought a beat up 70-200 is 2.8 sometime ago, and sold it because im not used to zooms (infact im bad at it). not sure which focal to use n stuff. lol. newbie ma..cut me some slack ok?
haha..the last sentence is correct. lol-ed
i think i will use this lens at 200mm f2.8 most of the time always like to use the zoom end and the widest aperture of a lens. (too addicted to bokeh)
portrait photos also need not be sharp, hence uber-sharp lens could actually work against the photographer.
here's the thing, photographers and client / subject view things very differently.
photographers, many are photogearphers, and many like to pixel peep. the more skin pores they see, the more ecstatic they get.
to the subject, seeing their skin pores is highlighting their flaws. they hate it, and they'll request you to soften the image.
that's why for portrait photos - it's puzzling how people insist on super sharp output when sharpness just has to be decent, in many ways lens softness helps.
and that's why people always use wide open while shooting portraits. actually no need super good lens for portraits la, just something that isn't wide angle is good enough.
many photos you see are wide angle zoom lenses, many are taken with ultra wide angle lens too.
i took family portrait with 15-85 in a room, turned out well. yes many outdoor portraits were taken with wide / ultra wide angle zoom lenses too.
oh, thanks for the infos. guess I really need to learn a lot more about human portrait photography. (something quite new for me since i always take macros/ pet portraits most of the time)
the key to understand is focal length = field of view.
use telephoto when you wish to minimize the background, but to use telephoto you need the distance.
on wide / ultra-wide, you get to capture the scenery. take for example Keda Z's photo, many of it captures the splendor of landscape along with the couple.
yeah, those wide angle portraits with awesome background are really good. A lot harder to take compared to tighter shots imo since you need to take care of the whole scene compared to just the subject.
I find it very challenging to control lenses >200mm without IS, VC or OS.
Came from 70-200mm f/4 without IS, no doubt the USM was really good but the lack of IS does make a difference when I tried to shoot at 200mm.
Now changed to IS version, the USM coupled with IS really works well. Or maybe I'm not good in handling from the beginning.
no VC.
I have a pair of stable hands since I always shoot macro haha I can handhold the lens at 200mm with 1/40 shutter spped and still get sharp shots. The lens itself isn't super heavy so it's easier to handle.
But somehow I feel like handholding the 70-200 is easier than 18-135, not sure if it's the balancing or soemthing else.
Wanted to ask something, is it normal for your pictures to lost the lenses' EXIF? I checked my images and noticed all of them don't have the lens EXIF other than the focal length and aperture. Or is it because of LR import/export settings?
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