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« Reply #15 on: July 02, 2009, 04:46:35 PM » |
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Go... &... try... one... in... da... shop!  Yes it will make a big difference... for a vague idea of the factors involved take a photo at 17 then zoom in to 26 (the same %age change). |
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« Reply #16 on: July 02, 2009, 04:50:10 PM » |
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Thanks Hedge... I would try one in a shop, but when I was looking online it said they were out of stock, so I presumed that meant there were none in the shop  |
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« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2009, 01:12:21 PM » |
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Having seen what the difference is between the two lenses I decided to go with this lens I managed to get it at a good price, and now I'm just waiting for delivery of the lens If I win the lottery then I'll go for this lenses "big brother" but this one looks like it is capable of producing very good quality images... now I need to get the operator much more capable |
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« Reply #18 on: July 15, 2009, 10:19:38 PM » |
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Wow! The delivery of this bit of kit was quick! There it was, waiting patiently for me when I got home from work I can hardly wait for the weekend when I'll get chance to go out and play properly with it |
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« Reply #19 on: July 16, 2009, 11:06:04 AM » |
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<big wiiide grin  > |
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« Reply #20 on: July 16, 2009, 03:42:52 PM » |
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... in the mean time you can experiment on the kids/cat/dog giving them distorted features, big heads, tiny bodies, etc... you could even take photo's while you're at it  |
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« Reply #21 on: July 16, 2009, 04:21:05 PM » |
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PETS.... you think we have time for looking after pets!  My daughter has already had a good giggle at how long her legs looks through the viewfinder I have a couple of places I want to go with it at the weekend. |
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« Reply #22 on: July 18, 2009, 09:56:16 PM » |
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just a quick snapshot Now I have just got to practice a lot more |
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« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2009, 08:44:03 PM » |
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One with bit better sky ... (I have to admit, I'm liking this lens more and more, now to start saving for the next lens ) Shadows on a beach. |
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« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2009, 08:28:44 AM » |
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Cool shot! Your shopping list never gets shorter once you start getting into photography  |
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« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2009, 09:20:22 AM » |
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I know  I suddenly feel I "need" a new mid-range lens to take the place of my 17-45 kit lens, purely because the quality of the 9-18 one is so much better than the photos that come from my kit lens... then after that, well I know I'll be wanting a longer lens too... I'm tempted to search on eBay for the old Olympus lenses and buy a chipped mount for it... Then of course they are a improving the bodies all the time.... |
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« Reply #26 on: August 24, 2009, 11:38:55 AM » |
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Well this lens got a really good work-out in New York Theres a huge difference between the photos hubby took with the point and shoot compact and my camera (Tho I admit we swapped cameras so I could use the one with no viewfinder when we went to the top of the Empire State Building... I dont like heights, so all I needed to do was hold the building and hold the camera over the edge and press the button ) Now I have a huge task of "developing" the hundreds of pics we took |
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