Thursday, March 5, 2009

Ann 50/100 - Tim

Tim works in the reproduction section of the Department and I was hoping to get the bookbinders working with the old bookbinding equipment but he was the only one there. He also only knows me onver the phone so he's a sort of stranger. Might try again another day. I think this was the first one using aperture priority and I think the white balance was white fluro which worked with this one but not with some later ones.

12 comments:

Julie said...

Now, see, this is what I do not understand. It happens to me, too.

If this shot was with Av, then why is the background not blurred? The subject is close to you and AWAY from the b/g, yet the depth of focus appears to me to be even, ie deep rather than shallow.

Ann said...

the background is definitely out of focus. I assume it was on AV but I don't have the program to check it on work computer. I think its something to do with the lens I'm using.

Ann said...

Meant to say I'd need to check what AV setting it was on. The lowest AV number changes dependent on the length of the lens. It goes down to 3.5 or 4 at wide angle but only to 5 or 5.5 when I zoom. Something like that anyway. I only have one lens - Tamron 18-250 - as I don't want to carry a camera bag and muck about changing lenses. This is a good all purpose lens for travel. I want the new 18-270 but can't justify the expense as I've only had the camera and this lens just over a year.

Julie said...

How all-purpose is your current zoom lens, like will it fit a Canon-400D?

Ann said...

It is on a Canon 400D. I love it. They make them with Canon or Nikon mounts. It was quite expensive ($600 or $700) but I got it in preference to the two kit lenses which would have required carrying a larger camera bag. I had an older one (28-200) on my Nikon film SLR. If you want to meet up at some stage when I get back you can play with it.

Julie said...

For starters, remiss of me but

Wu-hoo ... for the 50!!!!!!!!!!1

Ann said...

Peter seems to have a far more professional kit and a lot of the time I think works with a prime lens. Because I mainly use the SLR when I travel I wanted to keep everything simple and carry as little as possible. The Tamron isn't as good quality as a prime lens but is as good as or better than the kit lenses and does what I wanted it for.

Julie said...

For seconds, I did not realise that your dSLR was a Canon 400D. Is it the P&S which is the Olympus? The fog is closing in on the brain.

When do you go away - tomorrow?

Julie said...

When you say "prime" do you mean a Canon-badged lens?

bitingmidge said...

Sorry I'm late!

My Nikon is the equivalent of one step up from the Canon 400.

I mostly use one lens a Nikon 18-200 although I hope to have a 50mm f1.8 this week if it's still there for $150.00! I too, use the 18-200 as my walkaround.

I have a 12-24 as well, which is really nice for architectural stuff, but a bit too wide for .... no dammit, I must give it a go!

(My last one was with the other stuff the nasty Moroccan decided he wanted two years ago!)

A prime lens has a fixed focal length, ie no "zoom".

Ann said...

Peter for some reason I thought you had a 50mm prime.

Julie I go tomorrow morning, feel like shit (headache, stuffy nose etc) and work has suddenly gone crazy. Typical.

bitingmidge said...

Have a great trip Ann, will be posting again myself with a bit of luck after 20th when I get back!

Cheers!