{"id":377,"date":"2009-08-30T01:17:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T00:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2009-08-30T01:20:18","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T00:20:18","slug":"new-camera-new-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/377","title":{"rendered":"New camera, new lens."},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I went out with my new camera, a Canon 500D to replace the 400D I’ve used for the past two years. Not a lot to report, to be honest, but the larger screen is nice. And my nose doesn’t press the buttons as much when I turn the camera sideways. Actually, the rearranging of the buttons caught me out a few times, but the refinements do make sense.<\/p>\n

Oh, there’s a HD movie recording function on the camera too, but I didn’t try it out yet.<\/p>\n

What I did try is the new wide angle lens:<\/p>\n

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Yup, a shot in a mirror. The wide angle makes a HUGE difference. 10mm vs 18mm, my previous widest angle, doesn’t sound like much, but it really is. <\/p>\n

So, I went to the park to see if I could work the whole “big sky” look I like so much:<\/p>\n

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Not the most interesting shot, I must admit, but it’s a start. I think I’m going to have to read some “how to” guides on getting the most out of the lens.<\/p>\n

On the way I met some friends who were with a friend who had, quite possibly, the cutest dog ever. It’s a crossbreed puppy of some variety. I tried out the “hold out the camera without looking, click, and hope the wide angle means you catch everything you want in the frame” technique. It almost worked:<\/p>\n

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If the tail hadn’t been cropped off by the edge of the frame, this would have been a real nice photo. A minute later a group of small girls walked past. They couldn’t resist the puppy, and the puppy couldn’t resist them. I tried the same technique again, and got an interesting (if not very clean) image:<\/p>\n

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Like I said, I need to work with this lens a whole lot more to find out what I can do, what looks good, and when I need to swap to a mid-range lens instead. But for a first day out, I’m quite happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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