Some more pics

Okay here are some more pics, the mic and the pen are taken with the new telephoto lens...at full zoom. The lens is relatively slow but you still get a narrow depth of field(check out the pen pic). The flower pic has an insanely narrow depth of field but that was taken with the macro adpater on the 50mil ef prime lens

Ok so my telephoto lens arrived. I wasn't impressed with it being left at the front door until i picarrived home from work at about midnight. No matter, it seemed to be fine except that it was very cold and a lens really shouldnt be moved from a cold to a warm enviroment suddenly. Condensation can form on the glass and thats not good.

It works fine, the image stabilization is great however i realised that it is an EF-s lens not an EF meaning it is designed for my cameras sensor and not a 35mm sensor. Well thats good, surely? Yes and no, the magnification isnt as much as i was hoping but it does mean it picks up where my kit lens leaves off(55mm) Anyway i took a few shots but i will definately put it to work this weekend. Hopefully the lens hood would have arrived by then as well.

Phillip Bloom - famous director of photography - took a 550d(known as a rebel t2i in the states) to Salton Sea in Califonia, he produced this stunning video.

New Purchases

First off is a telephoto zoom lens its range being 55-250 mm but you can times that by 1.6 as it is designed for a full 35m sensor. The 550 has a smaller sensor so crops the image giving greater magnification. It ordered it with a lens hood, many thinking that a hood gives better protection than a uv filter.

It has image stabilisation which is important when zooming in so close.

Next up is a tripod. I bought a Giotto 936 with a three way head, very versatile as you can swing the stand round to the vertical and use it for video pans although it is designed for still photography. Not a manfrotto but it does come with a 5yr warranty and you dont pay through the nose for it. Good enough for me.

Some random shots inbetween work

Stuck at work waiting for some renders, the sun was setting on a nice day so i decided to nip out and and make the most of the fading light. Taken with the kit lens(18-5mm) with aperture and shutter speed set manualy. Some post work on a couple of pics(sorry for cheating!)

50mm Prime lens with macro/wide angle adapter

Just got this wonderful lens to add to the 550 collection

plus these adapters for macro and wide angle shots.

a picture of my younger brother Mo, taken with the prime lens:

Just got my 550d

Hell yeah! I'm loving my camera!