jerryc41 wrote:
It could be a place-holder in case the seller gets more books. He can just change the price. I can't believe that book won't be reprinted.
The publisher, Cengage, went through bankruptcy and no longer publishes photo books. Laserfaire Press does have a pdf of the book available.
I had the EF-S 18-135 Nano and found that while it was sharp at the longer end, it was wanting at the wider end. I traded it on an EF-S 15-85 and have been extremely pleased with it at all focal lengths. It is a marked improvement at the wider end giving my people photos a sharpness that I was missing with the 18-135. It is not an "L" series lens, but many people compare it quite favorably to those lenses. I highly recommend it as an upgrade.
Joe McNally "Sketching Light". The man is a wizard with light.
Mary Kate wrote:
We were in Florence and this shot was pure luck. Right spot at the right time.
That's what it's about for me, finding and recording existing light.
I came kicking and screaming into the digital world, wanted no part of it. But now that I'm here I would be kicking and screaming if I had to go back. Oh, I'm still nostalgic for my old film cameras like my Contax 159mm or my first Konica Autoreflex T and films like High Speed Ektachrome and Kodachrome but really the capabilities that a camera like my EOS 80D has far outweigh any nostalgia that I may have. Just being able to see whether or not I got the shot is quite invaluable, particularly when doing portraits. In addition to that I can film my grandchildren's activities with the same camera with sound. No, I didn't like going digital, but now that I'm here, I'm staying.
I have an EOS 80D and the lens I use for my grandchildren is the EF-s 15-85. If I had the Nikon D7200 that I came so close to buying, I would be using the AF-S 16-80 2.8 4 for those grandchildren shots.
Rating the lens according to the field of view it will give on a full frame sensor gives us a standard to compare lenses with. It doesn't matter if you grew up with 35mm or not, the common denominator between lenses is expressed based on it's full frame sensor field of view which happens to be equal to 35mm film. When we factor in the crop factor based on smaller sensors the answer is still expressed in full frame terms and we have a standard of comparison. This is simply a fact of working in digital photography which should be learned and used.
tgreenhaw wrote:
I've noticed a pattern. I download photos I think have the best technical quality and read the file info to see what equipment was used. For whatever reason its usually Canon.<br/>
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Here is an opinion from a trusted source:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/nikon-vs-canon.htmThat is a very well written opinion by Ken Rockwell and makes me feel much more satisfied with my recent decision to go with Canon. Still, look at the lenses each company offers and see if there are any that are really compelling to you. If you can, handle the bodies and see if one fits your hands better than the other. The Nikon D7200 and the Canon 80D both have a lot to offer and either one would be an excellent choice.
The D5100 is well worth purchasing additional lenses for. I would think the 18-140 would be a great all purpose lens for you, at least, it is for me.
RichardSM wrote:
Hello GWAC:
Canon ships the disks in the box that comes with every new camera.
Canon no longer puts disks in the box, at least for the 80D the software must be downloaded.
I have an 80D which I have been using with the EF-S 18-135 IS Nano USM and getting OK results. Today I picked up a used EF-S 15-85 IS USM and the results definitely indicate that this will now be my standard lens. I'm very happy with the sharpness of the images.
My guess is that they're Black Ducks.