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June 10, 2004
Life after graduation
...has been great, if rather unproductive! Hehe. Besides helping around the house and going to the occasional get-together with family and/or buddies, I'm slowly trying to get my act together -- catching up with friends, and sending out more resumés. Remarkably, I'm not feeling overly stressed (like I tend to get)... sure, I want a job, but me stressing out doesn't accomplish anything other than make me more of a pain to be around! Hehe. ^^;
Beyond this, I've been spending way too much time reading photography forums and drooling over lenses that I can't afford!! Haha yep, I'm doing lots of online window shopping! Hehe. =P
My 28-135IS is a nice walk-around lens, and I've caught a few good shots with it, but I'm really starting to favor prime lenses versus zoom. Sure, you lose the convenience of having a zoom, but the image quality of quality primes is stunning and unmatched by zooms... short of the uber expensive ones. You're also kinda forced to envision and compose your shot (more so) before actually taking it... Plus, everyone loves good bokeh! =)
I let one of my friends borrow my camera for a shoot and afterwards, while reviewing his pics, he would excitedly exclaim: "1.8 dude, 1.8!!!" repeatedly! Hahaha... oh, that's referring to my 50mm/f1.8 lens... probably the best bang for the buck Canon lens, period.
The lens that I'm realistically considering (meaning I won't have to pawn my first-born) are the 85mm f/1.8 or 100mm f/2.0. Here's a nice review of the lenses.
I do mostly indoor (non-studio) portrait and candid shots, so the wide-open aperture is a God-send... particularly for available light kinda work! My only concern is that the 1.6x crop factor on my camera will make the focal length too long for most cases... plus, these lenses would overlap with my existing zoom... blah. I'd also love to get the 200mm f/2.8L, but other than for concerts and the potentially first privately built and funded spaceflight, I don't see this lens getting much use.
Update: Just found a Canon EOS Beginner's FAQ!
Posted by stevelee at June 10, 2004 06:04 PM
Comments
Too. Many. Big. Words.
Posted by: mare at June 10, 2004 08:14 PM
Hehe, I'm sorry! =(
Translation: I'm drooling over purty lenses that take even purtier pictures!!! Me like, me want! Mare, I know you wanna be my sugar momma and buy me all of them!! ;D
Posted by: steve at June 10, 2004 11:31 PM
Excuse me sir, I am a good Catholic girl. I don't play that.
Hahahaha.
Posted by: mare at June 11, 2004 12:30 PM
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight!!! Hahahahaha ;P
Posted by: steve at June 11, 2004 07:27 PM
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