New gear for the holidays

erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
edited November 28, 2005 in Cameras
Well, holidays are coming up and my oldest nephew wants to get into photography so I used that as an excuse to give him my 300D and upgrade to a 20D. I still can't get over what a great camera this is.

Since Canon has the rebate thing going I also decided to get a couple of new lenses (my nephew needs my old lenses also right? :wink ). So, I got the 50mm f/1.4 and the new 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM telephoto. I must say I'm VERY impressed with the IS on this lens.

Here are a few 100% crops I took right out of the box and camera. The pictures are from small/fine JPEG's without any post-processing. All handheld shots taken at ISO 800, f/8 1/25 sec exposure. The improvement from the IS is quite evident!

200 mm (no IS)
45517667-L.jpg

200 mm (with IS)
45517685-L.jpg

300mm (no IS)
45517679-L.jpg

300mm (with IS)
45517662-L.jpg

I'm ecstatic. :D

Erich

Comments

  • JnicholsJnichols Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2005
    Amazing - what a great lens. Does Nikon have a lens comparable to the Canon IS lenses?
    -Jenny :photo
    www.jennifernicholsonphotography.com
  • JohnRJohnR Registered Users Posts: 732 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2005
    Jnichols wrote:
    Amazing - what a great lens. Does Nikon have a lens comparable to the Canon IS lenses?


    Yes, but Nikon calls it VR.

    200mm f/2G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor
    300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor
    24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
    70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
    80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF Zoom-Nikkor
    200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor



    Erich6,
    congrats! Nice job, uncle! I'm sure he'll be happy.
  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2005
    JohnR wrote:
    Yes, but Nikon calls it VR.

    200mm f/2G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor
    300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor
    24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
    70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
    80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF Zoom-Nikkor
    200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor



    Erich6,
    congrats! Nice job, uncle! I'm sure he'll be happy.
    Thanks...although my wife keeps teasing me that this was more of a present for me than for him. I can't argue but I know he'll like the 300D. :):
  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2005
    Putting the lens to work. I'm still amazed at how well the IS performs. Here's a shot at 70mm with 1/40 sec exposure. Normally this would have fallen victim to the shakes.

    46254384-L.jpg

    Erich
Sign In or Register to comment.