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Canon EOS400d 250 or 300mm IS lense?
- Thread starter dunganick
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What are you shooting in low light, i.e. are you shooting moving subjects?
IS stops hand held shake and helps with panning a little but it won't stop the motion of a car. The 55-250 won't help as its actually slower at the long end than your current lens, f/4.5 vs f/5.6
Are you shooting f/4.5 and ISO 1600 and still getting bad shutter speeds, say below 1/100?
Are you shooting f/4.5 and ISO 1600 and still getting bad shutter speeds, say below 1/100?
Oil Burner
im shooting f5.6, which is the lowest it will go for some reason and typically iso400 or 800, as too much noise above this, mostof my issue is hand shake, im going to get a mono pod and try again tomorrow, shutter speed is about 1/500, most come out unuseable, maybe 1 in 10 are decent.
some of my good ones from tuesday http://www.flickr.com/photos/21703448@N03/
some of my good ones from tuesday http://www.flickr.com/photos/21703448@N03/
hmmm you shouldn't really see handshake at 1/500@300mm, post up some of the shots that went wrong, could possibly be miss focus? Are you using Ai-Servo?
Oil Burner
ok, resized to 1024
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/896/img2808xt9.jpg
not the worst by far, but you see how its just lackign the sharpness, and you cant use it croped at all, got another one that is more what i mean, but got to go out for a bit.
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/896/img2808xt9.jpg
not the worst by far, but you see how its just lackign the sharpness, and you cant use it croped at all, got another one that is more what i mean, but got to go out for a bit.
I need to go on a course!
Oil Burner
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/2216055311_ed172f323f_b.jpg
the above is more typical of the results,
just went to jessops and tried out a 70-300 with stabilisation, i was v inpressed, i dare say if i had that sort of cash on tap i would have taken it.
Just as well i dont lol
the above is more typical of the results,
just went to jessops and tried out a 70-300 with stabilisation, i was v inpressed, i dare say if i had that sort of cash on tap i would have taken it.
Just as well i dont lol
I have the 70 - 300mm IS quite a good lens. One of my pictures with it below. It was my first time using the lens and that was my 2nd ever shot with the lens. So be kind.
http://mybigspoon.com/wozza/RWS/rws3.jpg
Thats straight off my camera only cropped down slightly. Its a bit too bright because I was stupid and forgot to check the exposure compensation settings on my camera.
http://mybigspoon.com/wozza/RWS/rws3.jpg
Thats straight off my camera only cropped down slightly. Its a bit too bright because I was stupid and forgot to check the exposure compensation settings on my camera.
Good pic wozzaa.
dunganick - looking at the Ibiza picture it looks sharp around the door handle, just looks a little back focused. Same with the second one, it looks a bit soft but sharp where it says red fox, could be poor light or just the lens being shot at maximum aperture. You could try stopping the lens down to around f/6.3 or f/7.1 for more depth and increase the sharpness of the lens (if light permits).
You could also give Custom function 04 a chance (its 4 on my 350D) and move the focus button to the * on the back and see if that works better for you..
I think only a faster focusing lens can help in this case, maybe keep an eye out for second hand 70-200 f4 L's or 70-300 IS's....
dunganick - looking at the Ibiza picture it looks sharp around the door handle, just looks a little back focused. Same with the second one, it looks a bit soft but sharp where it says red fox, could be poor light or just the lens being shot at maximum aperture. You could try stopping the lens down to around f/6.3 or f/7.1 for more depth and increase the sharpness of the lens (if light permits).
You could also give Custom function 04 a chance (its 4 on my 350D) and move the focus button to the * on the back and see if that works better for you..
I think only a faster focusing lens can help in this case, maybe keep an eye out for second hand 70-200 f4 L's or 70-300 IS's....
Oil Burner
thanks for the input, right went to brands with the monopod today and had a go, wind was a nightmare, and also low light conditions, however i think it helped, got alot more keepers today, ive put a few of them on my Flickr, let me know what you think
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21703448@N03/?saved=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21703448@N03/?saved=1
Oil Burner
Just a quick bump
also a link to my fav pic of the day so far, not gone through them all yet.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2218995357_d7a171aa1b_b.jpg
also a link to my fav pic of the day so far, not gone through them all yet.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2218995357_d7a171aa1b_b.jpg
That one was my favourite photo on there as well.
