Tag: lenses

Prime, zoom and sharpness: a tale of three friends

28 August 2013

Once upon a in a photographer’s land there were two friends and a girl who was long beloved and desired by the two friends.
Prime was the strictest, as he loved to say “the world is there in front of you and it flows, you have only one view over it and you got to know how to use it to the best”.
Zoom instead was the most eclectic, he used to say that life can always surprise you, you may need to get in close or step back a bit and have a wider view on things…you gotta always be ready.
Prime and Zoom they both did their great and rewarding job but they fought to conquer the heart of the most beautiful girl in the land: Sharpness.
Sharpness was that kind of girl whose presence, you’d say, made everything look so darn good!
But conquering her heart was a though task and Zoom had a hard time competing with Prime. ‘Prime’ he said ‘ only does one single thing and sometimes even only manually, but for her he does it sooo well!!’

The fight to conquer her heart was long fought and many photographers on the whole world supported either of the parties.

Who won though, it’s not yet clear…

And you, who would you fight for: Prime or Zoom?

Strobist self portrait (using PixelKings)

Between me and myself

6 March 2012

Here we are, I show you a bit of my work, and a bit of myself.

Single Light Portrait

Single Light Portrait

These two self portraits were taken with the Canon EF-50mm f/1.8 and two strobes, my Canon 580 EXII and 430EXII.

And remember…
iShoot7D

Searching for the right lens – part II

24 July 2011

Canon 24-70L f/2.8

 

We left last week with the BIG question: which way to go?!

Well in the meantime I had the chance to go out and shoot with my EF 50mm f/1.8, to have an “on the field” feeling about shooting with primes.

I must admit that this lens, although quite crunchy and ‘plasticky’, performs quite well, if you have the right amount of light and still subjects to shoot at.

I don’t like its autofocus, is slow, noisy, and sometimes totally wrong, but its a 100€ lens in the end.

So for this week-end I rented an EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L, a gorgeous lens!

I’m about to take some indoor shots because the weather is nasty, cold, windy and raining…damn German summer!

Maybe by tonight I’ll be able to go out and shoot on the street, would the rain give us a break.

The first impressions are really good, the lens is first of all, huge, compared to my previous Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 and with my Canon EF 50 f/1.8. It’s heavy but not that much in my hands, the camera with battery grip and the lens feels stable and comfortably handled.

Nothing to share with the wobbly feeling of the same set-up but with the 1.4Kg Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 mounted.

I’ll come back later today with some more impressions and maybe some test shots.

Cheers,

iShoot7D

Japan quake

7 April 2011

Japan earthquakes strike again.
Not only the thousands of victims and the nuclear crisis but even export is extremely suffering after the first and today’s earthquake.
Poor Japan! Hey guys down there, keep your spirit up, we all care about you here.

Now to the topic, have you tried to go and ask your preferred dealer about prices for a new lens or camera body?
Not yet? Well simply don’t do it!
Prices are raising day after day. In my photo equipment shop I’ve been discouraged to buy new Canon equipment because of the temporary lack of deliveries. They told me to wait a few month that the situation normalizes.
I found it understandable and honest although a bit surprisingly against their own interest, isn’t it?
Thumbs up for them.
I think they will see me again as soon as “the situation go back to normal”.

iShoot7D