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05-APR-2006 don nieman

Tom's Door

I took this with the new (for me) lens my brother gave me. Seems he's moving on to bigger and better things, he was kind enough to add the 75-300 Canon with IS to my camera bag, that was actually his camera at one time.
Just wanted to try it out, didn't have the IS on, and found the images were a tad fuzzy. Certainly not the clarity of the 28-105 I have usually mounted.

I'll try more in better light and use the IS. I have a cheapo tripod and with as heavy a camera, as I now have, I think I need to move up in tripods.

Canon EOS D30
1/8s f/5.6 at 160.0mm iso200 full exif

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CJ Burianek08-Apr-2006 01:25
ah the never ending equipment upgrades - the problem with bigger tripods is that they are heavy unless you go for a carbonfiber and then they drain the pocket..
royalld06-Apr-2006 11:26
It seems adding equipment never stops.
That is why I am back to a point and shoot.
Just an extra battery and a memory card make for a light-weight camera bag (cargo pants pocket).
Of course, by comparison I get light-weight photos, too :^)
Gary Winters06-Apr-2006 04:58
I love door shots!

By the way, not sure if you meant this, but I *think* that tripods turn off the IS feature in Canon lenses. I think I read that somewhere -- no personal experience.