one day she will be asking for your camera haha

 

The 55-250IS is very good when there is enough light. I've tried using it at basketball games at my school, and it begins to struggle indoors like that. I had to bump the ISO to 1600 to get shutter speeds good enough to get usable shots. Outdoors and such though, it's wonderful for the price and size.

 

 

I have become such a dumba** lately. I feel like such a noob, I have been totally disregarding my apeture settings

Idk why I stopped, I was always adjusting exposure and aperture and then just started leaving it F4.0, what a awefull habit.

 

this.

i love the lens outdoors. its great for action shots. see my red bull shots a couple posts back. They were all done on the 55-250
AF is quick as well too

for the money you really cant get a better telephoto (for little $$)

 

what did you pay for yours?

I wanted this lense for a long time. Went to a well known camera store here in Abq. They were selling it for $499.99.

Went to Wal Mart Last week and saw the same lense for $250, Went last night to get it and it went up to $300. Whatever, I have the cash so why not.

 

Well, mine was a gift, but I'm relatively sure it was purchased off Amazon. The going price right now is $231.

 

Sorry for being MIA lately.

 

Any of you Canon guys have experience with the 35mm f/2 or the 28mm f/2.8 or f/1.8?

 

28mm 2.8 is not bad, but really wasn't too impressed with it. the USM in the 1.8, makes a big difference in my opinion with the overall feel, AF performance and clunkiness that you get with some non-USM (like the 50mm 1.8 ) I would try renting one if you have a place out it AT

 

Thanks for the info. I'd have to rent a body too since I shoot Nikon. I'm trying to get a feel of possible equivalents to my Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 since I'm thinking about picking up a 7D for video.

 

That chick needs to shave her legs.

 

Lol

 

nothing special, just some shots from the park with my favorite subject... like usual :-)

 

Love that last one. Her expression is great, just wish you had an off camera flash up there to light her face a little more

 

Oh yeah, forgot about that. No, MKII for the full frame? Nikon has video too, correct? or are they just really expensive? If it's for video you'd be better off with something low like the 1.8, etc.

I want to sell one of my bodies and upgrade to the MKII one of these days - hopefully soon

 

 

Wow! Nice concert shots. Mind sharing your setup (lens and lighting)?

 

^^^^ x2

 

nice concert shots.. high iso and fast lens looks great, i dont even care about the noise