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Went down the road a little bit for this, only took my 7d and 24/70. Not an ideal setup at all. Gonna come back another day earlier, didnt turn up at the right time. Its shooting into the sunrise and the cathedral appears pretty much as a silhouette, if I turn up earlier I should be able to...
Well I've been planning to go so I'll just bring my s**t forward. I'll be bringing the medium format beast if I can, lugging a tripod/rb67 around might turn out to be a tragic mistake.
I never said the AF didnt work, just that it was tragic. Which lets be honest it is, want to track a subject in low light? LOL. Jog on. Bang per buck wise so to speak its fantastic, but if you can afford the 1.4 then just skip it as its not a lens you'll keep. Thats my opinion anyway, go...
Value wise its amazing but come on, I've had better built toys in the middle of chocolate eggs ffs. If you can find a bit extra money a 35 f2/50 1.4 or 85 1.8 are much better investments.
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=379407
350 quid for 550d including the kit lens, saves you £200 for a second hand 85 1.8 or add a bit more for a 50 1.4. I'd really avoid the 50 1.8, it's great value but it has a terrible build and the autofocus is tragic. But a prime...
550d is the best place to start in the canon range tbh. 500d is rubbish for movies as it only does 1080 at 20 frames a second. Shoot anything thats not stood still and it'll look shat.
Also, I hope you realise that you wont be able to record much more than than 11 minutes?