Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake: I've got a 6D and had a few Dell coupons, so made a quick order today for the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens. Now, I cannot wait to shoot with...

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

I've got a 6D and had a few Dell coupons, so made a quick order today for the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens.

Now, I cannot wait to shoot with it, possibly this week end.

Thus, I put the cart before the horse out of necessity and frugality. What would you shoot if you were me?

Bill_de Loc: US

rusbowden wrote:

What would you shoot if you were me?

Icebergs.

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Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

rusbowden wrote:

I've got a 6D and had a few Dell coupons, so made a quick order today for the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens.

Now, I cannot wait to shoot with it, possibly this week end.

Thus, I put the cart before the horse out of necessity and frugality. What would you shoot if you were me?

That is a strange focal lenght, I am sure that you will find something to shoot with it, word is that it is a great lens.

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

Thanks, Bill. That'll keep me on the planet, anyway. I wass planning on walking from my house in Lowell MA, however. :)

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

Thanks, Blurryeyed. That's what has me suddenly excited, just did not want to miss a trick, and keep my eye out for the right shots.

Bill_de Loc: US

rusbowden wrote:

Thanks, Bill. That'll keep me on the planet, anyway. I wass planning on walking from my house in Lowell MA, however. :)

Since your location is shown as "in hiding" there was no way to know.

With a 40mm you would have great opportunities at the National Historical Park. Just keep the camera level and move around to get the best compositions.

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Brown Truck?

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

Thanks very much, Bill. It's funny, I was thinking of retracing my steps from last week when I went to the Dracut State Forest and Shaw Farm.

Here are a few shots at 70mm, using the Tamron 70-200:

http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/8005349/
http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/8007815/
http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/8007769/

Being able to get within a foot of my subject would change how I would think of macro-type shots, which the forest might yield. Then I was thinking, what about street shots, maybe I would be better off downtown, not trying to compare one lens with the other. So I am excited with my minds travelling into possibilities.

It'll be my first such fixed lens, so as you point out, means walking closer to the subject. Often, I have been backing up, falling off icebergs and such, trying to get more into the frame. :)

Bill_de wrote:

Since your location is shown as "in hiding" there was no way to know.

With a 40mm you would have great opportunities at the National Historical Park. Just keep the camera level and move around to get the best compositions.

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rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

I'll be on the look out. Maybe russet red.

CHG_CANON wrote:

Brown Truck?

Bill_de Loc: US

rusbowden wrote:

Here are a few shots at 70mm, using the Tamron 70-200:

Those are great shots!

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rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

Thanks very much, Bill

Bill_de wrote:

Those are great shots!

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rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

I never quite understood that lens. Is what makes it special it's physical size?

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

CHG_CANON wrote:

Brown Truck?

WHITE TRUCK, dad-blast it! Brown trucks is to long for them 50mm lenses.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

rusbowden wrote:

I've got a 6D and had a few Dell coupons, so made a quick order today for the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens.

Now, I cannot wait to shoot with it, possibly this week end.

Thus, I put the cart before the horse out of necessity and frugality. What would you shoot if you were me?

Can I ask...why you ask this?

What are you really asking (since you can point your camera in any direction and pull the trigger and it will make a picture) with any lens you have bolted to the front.

Ted Liette Loc: Greenville, Ohio

rusbowden wrote:

I've got a 6D and had a few Dell coupons, so made a quick order today for the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens.

Now, I cannot wait to shoot with it, possibly this week end.

Thus, I put the cart before the horse out of necessity and frugality. What would you shoot if you were me?

I have this lens and I really like it. When I went to Gettysburg PA, I used it for indoors and outdoors as there's a lot of scenery to photograph. I'm sure you'll find something, just take a walk outside and let your eyes be the viewfinder.