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Re: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Hi Doc, et al: I'm "Richard" as in the guy who took the photo that helped you make up your mind about a 20-30D. Glad to help and I must say, even though the photo got a lot of attention, I happen to think that it's not a great example of what DSLRs can do. Maybe scanning my other images helped as well as I have lots of images that aren't shot through plane windows. This site might be a better place to see many of the same images. I shoot only with prime lenses and most of them are high end: Canon 35mm f/1.4 L, Canon 85mm f/1.2 L, Canon 135mm f/2.0 L and Canon 300mm f/4 IS L. I also have a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro which is an excellent lens and a Canon 1.4x extender that works on both the 135 and the 300. I have a Canon 50mm f/1.4 which is also an excellent lens but once you start shooting with L glass the bokeh the 50 makes doesn't hold up. It's better than most Canon zooms but L bokeh is like buttah! With the 1.6 crop of your new 30D I'd recommend two lenses that you might make good use of: Canon 17-40 f/4 L, a very sharp zoom that will get you plenty wide without much distortion on the edges. Canon 35mm f/1.4 L (my most used lens), very sharp, like a 50 on your 30D crop and the AF is spectacularly fast. Before I got any of the high end stuff I shot mostly with the 50 and loved it. I prefer the sharpness of primes over zooms and since I shoot a lot of shallow depth of field I like fast lenses (not fast cars and women though) so I can create a lot of blur behind my subjects. There is no single lens that does it all but having a few fast primes and if you're into zooms, one or two zooms to cover normal ranges is the way to go. Don't forget to put filters on all of your lenses to protect your investments and if you get cheap filters, you'll be shooting with good glass through crap. So, get at least Hoya if not better. I have either Hoya or B & W UV or skylights on all of my lenses with backup filters for each in case one gets knocked. I also use lens hoods religiously and highly recommend using them. Again, once you knock the front of a good lens into a tree, you'll get the point fast. I have a few other equipment recommendations at my other site, here. Good luck with your new toy and let us see some images from time to time. There are responses to this message:
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