Recent content by onefivenine

If you can afford both then sell the 18-55 and get both. If you can't afford both at once then get the 70-200 and save up until you can afford to trade in the 18-55 for a 17-50. That way you'll have the focal length covered. If you already know you want f/2.8 then I think there's little point...

One word - bokeh. ;)

If you have a new-ish mobile phone that you can download java apps/games etc onto try The Photographer's Screwdriver. :thumbs:

Yes. Set C.FN.9 to 1 on the MT-24EX. Then it's a double-tap of the shutter button to switch them on and off.

Welcome! Enjoy the new toy :D Ask lots of questions - plenty of helpful folk on here :)

Does an IPCONFIG /ALL show your DNS servers to be the same address as the router? If not your DNS may have been 'hijacked' by some spyware or other naughty application.

Nice one mate - great to get some recognition!

Cool shot. :)

I had a good chat with a member of staff in Calumet, who reckoned that it's the multi-coating that makes the hoyas so difficult to clean. They need lots of elbow grease.

I used to have one but found it too wide for the sort of landscapes I like to take. Ok for capturing huge buildings close up, or for inifinite foreground shots, but they got a bit samey after a while for me anyway. Depends on your style of photography I guess. For me it didn't really work.

:help: :lol: I think the key phrase is 'within acceptable limit of sharpness' If DoF didn't exist then pictures would have no form or depth. And we'd be talking about PoF!

yes. have a go on the DOF calculator two posts back. Change the drop down list between 5D and 30D and look at the total depth of field change.

Hmmm. Looks like I got it the wrong way round. The dof is shallower with the crop body for the same focal length, aperture, and distance to subject. Doh!

Surely Dof is determined by the circle of confusion which is determined by the sensor type? Edit: scientific explanation here And online DOF calculator here - punch in the numbers for yourself.

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