Recent content by jack.bauer

jargon buster...by crop body you mean an APS-C body?

yes fair point. gona keep holding back on the sigma upgrade for now! as phil says, use the 50mm for the current shots im doing and combine with the kit as you say when outdoors

yep the canon 17-55, sigma 17-50 HSM, tamron 17-50 VC are indeed the ones ive been looking at. im leaning towards the sigma, mainly because the canon is way too expensive for someone of my calibre and the tamron i understand is noisy and has as slower AF than the other two. but right now i...

hi, i guess its no secret that a kit lens has its limitations and you quickly outgrow it. I purchased my 600D with the 18-55mm. I have no background in using an SLR, this is my first dab. I'm mainly shooting indoors, under what you call tungsten lighting and taking portraits of new born...

somebody who knows! i spent 90% of the evening at my sister's wedding with camera at my face! the official photographer complained he hadnt got a single shot of me other than me on my knees, camera at my face, on eye closed. newbies for you eh.

finally taken the time to register and post, ive been playing with my 600D with kit lens for about a month now, also been playing with a 50mm f/1.8. so far been using AV mode but now moving to manual mode. currently reading understanding exposure by bryan peterson. ive always been into...