almighty - I bought the Sigma off a friend so I don't know too much about it. It's labeled as a 70-300mmD, so I'm not sure what HSM is. Cannon is a great brand of camera though. I went with Nikon because of the fantastic Nikkor lenses, and it was $50 cheaper at the time :) Ancieto - great pics! That last one creeps the…
I figured it was about time I jumped in here! This last semester I've been taking a old-school 35mm black and white photography class. This was shot using a 35mm Canon camera with a 50-80mm lens and Ilford HP5 400 APA black and white film. I developed the film by hand in a 5-step chemical process in the university…
Primes when I have time to shoot with a more considered approach, zooms when I need to be fast for the convenience factor or when I can't afford to miss a shot because I'm changing lenses (ie: wedding). Usually I prefer a bag full of primes over a zoom. Except for ultrawides or long teles, almost always use a zoom for…
I went with the 350D cause i got a decent deal(2 batteries, 4gb card, kit lens, and remote shutter for about $300) on it, and the 20d's i was watching were going out of my price range($300 was my absolute max) on ebay(was being impatient). I sort of regret it now for the reasons above, image quality between the two its…
I've got a Sears 135mm m42 lens, and you can get some m42 macro rings for cheap(less than $10), and you should be able to find a converter to m42, to work with my canon i found one for $7 shipped from china i think... You can also find really cheap 50mm m42 lens, so if you're doing manual focus anyway, you would probably…
I did a small amount of post, really just a curves layer to bump up the contrast a bit, and some unsharp mask, and a little crop of course. Here is the full res unedited version: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/499159/bug3.jpg I'm loving the Sony A560, the extra resolution, noise performance and great dynamic range are the…
You might consider the Nikon DX 35mm 1.8 if you're looking for a "normal" lens on a crop body like i was, its 52.5mm equiv on a nikon crop body, as fast as your 50 and only $200-250. Looks like they dont make a 28mm 1.8 like Canon does, which is a shame, only the $2500 28mm 1.4, which is just nuts.…
Yeah i didn't mean to imply that you were... implying, that film was better than digital or anything like that, I just got a little carried away nerding out about this stuff! When it comes to Canon dSLRs this is what you really need to know: XXXD Series is the entry level, small uncomfortable bodies, not very good…
First off let say this, I've been using film and digital SLRs for about the same time(which is not long, and i am no expert) however, I feel this gives me a pretty balanced perspective on the pros/cons. I buy/sell film equipment on ebay in my spare time, so i've been forced to do quite a bit of research on various camera…