Thread: ***DSLR Thread***

Great composition on that shot. I love it.

Kauai's Napali Coast...

Again, hand-held with the 500mm f/8 mirror lens. Sharpness issues? I THINK NOT!!

Wanted to post this up for all of you. I say give it a shot. I'm going to.

9th Annual Photo Contest | Photo Contest | Smithsonian Magazine

Also, I was looking at picking up [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007GQLU/ref=s9_simh_bw_p23_d0_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_ rd_s=gp-center-3&pf_rd_r=18M2F1VG2FWFX9QNBTNH&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p =1289760502&pf_rd_i=502394"]this lens[/ame] and wanted to know if any of you had had any experience with it. Was looking at the 100mm one as well, but based on the 1.6x and some readings of reviews, I think I'm going to go with the 85mm instead. Thoughts?

Originally Posted by SmytheKing

Wanted to post this up for all of you. I say give it a shot. I'm going to.

9th Annual Photo Contest | Photo Contest | Smithsonian Magazine

Also, I was looking at picking up this lens and wanted to know if any of you had had any experience with it. Was looking at the 100mm one as well, but based on the 1.6x and some readings of reviews, I think I'm going to go with the 85mm instead. Thoughts?

Nope, I blew my money on the 50mm F/1.2 prime instead.

Originally Posted by Fisch

Nope, I blew my money on the 50mm F/1.2 prime instead.

All I hear is great things about that lens. It is supposed to be the best bang for your buck lens in the line up. It's gotta be fun for low light shots.

Originally Posted by rinkrat

All I hear is great things about that lens. It is supposed to be the best bang for your buck lens in the line up. It's gotta be fun for low light shots.

Bang for the buck, I don't know...it's still ****ing expensive compared to Canon's non-L series 50mm primes. haha.

I figure the place to put the money investment is the glass so I don't consider non-L series when I'm buying Canon's own product.

This may qualify to most as a big case of "tooting one's own horn," or even a MASSIVE case of "Who the **** cares!?!?" BUT I thought this was kinda cool.

If you image search on Google for the name Traci Hines, this is what you get in the first and second spots:



Both images are mine.

Both taken at AX 2008. The first one is so snap-shottish that I want to hurl. The second one, even though it's not as good an image as I can capture with my current knowledge and skill set, is one I'm still kind of proud of.

More with the mirror.

I was contacted yesterday by the union (Southwest Airline Pilot's Association). The communications director wants to hire me as an independent contractor to help fill out the organization's pitiful collection of stock images.

Woo.