Indecisive newbie can't decide on glass to start his collection.

[ham]

Just want to say thanks to everyone who helped me make my decision. I went for the 15-85mm and I bloody love it. I ordered it on Tuesday Night last week at about 2300hrs and it arrived at 1200hrs on the Friday of the same week using Digital Rev (£530 all incl.).


I took it with me to my Dad's apartment on the Kent coast and got some lovely shots of his dog, even in pretty low light (thank-you IS). I do however now want to consider either a good flash-gun or a faster lens purely for indoor action shots.


Anyway, a selection for you:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhamr/5955484223/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhamr/5955495783/


Ah, just remembered I ran out of space on Flickr, I've got some more varied ones that I couldn't upload. I will add them at the end of the month if anyone's interested.



Would also appreciate any comments or critiques on my flickr page now or in the future, so please feel free to add me and drop me a comment.

[Fast Glass]

Get a flash for the cheap way out and fire it too the celing and enjoy the better part of great images[]


A fast prime such as the 50mm f/1.4 or 85mm f/1.8 would be perfect later on.


Cheers,


John.

[Kayaker72]

Ham....glad you like it. I checked out the pictures and they are very nice.


I second the idea of getting a flash. At first I got the 50 mm f/1.8. The issue I ran into with the 50 mm f/1.8 as an indoor low light lens is that f/1.8 isn

[neuroanatomist]

Ah, just remembered I ran out of space on Flickr, I've got some more varied ones that I couldn't upload. I will add them at the end of the month if anyone's interested.

One Flickr-related comment - upgrading to a Flickr Pro account is one of the best $25 I've spent. Unlimited uploads, large images, etc.

[Sean Setters]

One Flickr-related comment - upgrading to a Flickr Pro account is one of the best $25 I've spent. Unlimited uploads, large images, etc.

I couldn't agree more. I use it as a display piece (referring people to it for my most recent images, else to my own site for a more polished, yet rarelyupdated,professional face) as well as a backup service for my most prized images.

[ham]

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[Dr Croubie]

That

[ham]

Just had a look at the price of the 580 and it

[Dr Croubie]

well the 580 is the only master, but not needed unless you have more
than 1 flash (and doesn't matter if you have a 60D or 7D with their
built-in transmitters.


580 does full rotation, 430 and 320 only rotate 3/4 (apparently the
'wrong' way for portraits, but i'd try it in a shop if you can). 270 is
fixed.


430 and 580 can zoom to 105mm, and give AF assist grids, 320 and 270
only give wide/normal modes and fire the flash for af assist.


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that's the main of it, otherwise you're paying purely for power. you
can always dial-down the power on a higher model, can't get more from a
lower model though. (2 smaller ones can provide for more interesting
studio effects though, if you're into that sort of thing)


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http://www.canonrumors.com/files/580EXII.pdf is a fairly good idea to
read. if you don't understand the technical, just understand that
there's a chance you may have to send a warranty repair so don't buy
from Hong Kong or USA (i know it's cheaper though).


http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/05/r...n-flashes-cr2/
and http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/07/t...the-flash-cr1/ may
or may not interest you, but if you wait for 'the next new thing',
you'll be waiting forever and never buy anything. (actually, it makes
sense now, putting the optical flash controller in the 7d/60d/etc, if
they make a radio wireless controller, that'll be another add-on gadget
they can sell you...)