Comments on: What Gear do you Use? – Pro Photographer Tells All http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Grace Semeniuk http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-254601 Grace Semeniuk Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:38:26 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-254601 I have a Canon T3i with a Tamron 28 to 300mm zoom lens, and want to know how to take photos of the moon. Any help would be appreciated. I have a Canon T3i with a Tamron 28 to 300mm zoom lens, and want to know how to take photos of the moon.

Any help would be appreciated.

]]> By: wedding photographers Brisbane http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-242749 wedding photographers Brisbane Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:26:26 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-242749 I shoot weddings 99% of the time.... and I have a lot of lenses. If someone told me to pick just one though... it would be, hands down, the 70-200mm f 2.8 IS Canon. At the end of the day, if you are worth your salt, you can make anything work.... but apart from getting down lower for dark reception work, the above lens just rocks it for me! I shoot weddings 99% of the time…. and I have a lot of lenses.
If someone told me to pick just one though… it would be, hands down, the 70-200mm f 2.8 IS Canon.
At the end of the day, if you are worth your salt, you can make anything work…. but apart from getting down lower for dark reception work, the above lens just rocks it for me!

]]> By: Kathy http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-173091 Kathy Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:10:18 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-173091 Paul, If you are still following this thread, not all wide angle lenses have the same glass and crop and full frame cameras will handle the width differently. You didn't say which type of camera you have, but on my full frame 5D, a 10mm would be 10mm. On a D70, with a 1.6 crop factor, it would be 16mm, so you have to factor that in when choosing your lens. My friend just bought the 10-22 and it is wonderful but I have the 16mm and it is much wider because of the curved glass. Just food for thought. Paul, If you are still following this thread, not all wide angle lenses have the same glass and crop and full frame cameras will handle the width differently. You didn’t say which type of camera you have, but on my full frame 5D, a 10mm would be 10mm. On a D70, with a 1.6 crop factor, it would be 16mm, so you have to factor that in when choosing your lens. My friend just bought the 10-22 and it is wonderful but I have the 16mm and it is much wider because of the curved glass. Just food for thought.

]]> By: emadeus http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-159965 emadeus Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:53:55 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-159965 i do hope there were some guy clever enough to make a 6mm-500mm F1.2 . (HAHA) wit some intercvhangeable mount that can be used in different cameras. (yeah rite) its heavy but but it worth more than thousands of doollars of brand war and investments. i do hope there were some guy clever enough to make a 6mm-500mm F1.2 . (HAHA) wit some intercvhangeable mount that can be used in different cameras. (yeah rite)

its heavy but but it worth more than thousands of doollars of brand war and investments.

]]> By: paul http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-93020 paul Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:33:09 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-93020 I have also fallen into the trap of buying multiple lenses. I own the 100-400 LUSM IS this is my favorite. If you have the bucks this lense is worth it. I just bought the 28-135 usm is & use that for my everyday shooting. I also own 60mm macro 2.8, 19-35mm 3.5-4.5,80-200mm & my kit 18-55. Know I need a wider lense & Im looking at the Ef-S10-22 3.5-4.5 usm. I believe this is the widest canon makes is that correct? Im not going to pay extra for IS since I usally use a tripod for all my landscape anyway. With all my lenses do I really need to get the 24-105 F4 USM IS everyone is talking about getting? I have also fallen into the trap of buying multiple lenses. I own the 100-400 LUSM IS this is my favorite. If you have the bucks this lense is worth it. I just bought the 28-135 usm is & use that for my everyday shooting. I also own 60mm macro 2.8, 19-35mm 3.5-4.5,80-200mm & my kit 18-55. Know I need a wider lense & Im looking at the Ef-S10-22 3.5-4.5 usm. I believe this is the widest canon makes is that correct?
Im not going to pay extra for IS since I usally use a tripod for all my landscape anyway.
With all my lenses do I really need to get the 24-105 F4 USM IS everyone is talking about getting?

]]> By: Adrian Carey http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-87218 Adrian Carey Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:49:28 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-87218 We all seem to fall into the same photographers trap, i.e there will always be a lens lusted for! I have a Canon 500d with kit lens and an old 24-85 gold edition. Have been going great till I started looking at forums and reviewing sites. So, naturally became obsessed with the 70-200 2.8L IS. It's been on my mind for weeks, eating away at me. Even went into a shop and held one on my camera. Took a few frames, went home and as you can all now guess......just bought one! We humans are so weak...ha ha My actual point relates more to the 1st post above. About the 5D being still a bit amatuer. What some of these pros do is fall into the pro trap. After all, it's what you do with it that counts! Sure mine isn't waterproof, sure it's not as fast and sure it has less focussing points but hey, it takes a very comparible picture and costs much less in coinage and weight! Yes I do lust after a 1DMkIV but a 5D would actually be my next upgrade. Belive it or not, I shoot for money too. The clients all see my 500D with a grip and the 70-200 and a flash and never once thought I looked amatuer. My best advice to anyone with a great camera and a kit lens is to make the very most of what you have before investing in finer glass. Photoshop can do wonders but if the photo is good enough in the 1st place then who apart from the like of us is going to pick holes in it? It's about art and enjoyment more than the pixels! We all seem to fall into the same photographers trap, i.e there will always be a lens lusted for!

I have a Canon 500d with kit lens and an old 24-85 gold edition. Have been going great till I started looking at forums and reviewing sites. So, naturally became obsessed with the 70-200 2.8L IS. It’s been on my mind for weeks, eating away at me. Even went into a shop and held one on my camera. Took a few frames, went home and as you can all now guess……just bought one! We humans are so weak…ha ha

My actual point relates more to the 1st post above. About the 5D being still a bit amatuer. What some of these pros do is fall into the pro trap. After all, it’s what you do with it that counts! Sure mine isn’t waterproof, sure it’s not as fast and sure it has less focussing points but hey, it takes a very comparible picture and costs much less in coinage and weight!

Yes I do lust after a 1DMkIV but a 5D would actually be my next upgrade. Belive it or not, I shoot for money too. The clients all see my 500D with a grip and the 70-200 and a flash and never once thought I looked amatuer.

My best advice to anyone with a great camera and a kit lens is to make the very most of what you have before investing in finer glass. Photoshop can do wonders but if the photo is good enough in the 1st place then who apart from the like of us is going to pick holes in it?

It’s about art and enjoyment more than the pixels!

]]> By: BP http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-84986 BP Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:10:10 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-84986 Maheen, No lense can ever "do it all". I too have the Rebel and just bought my first non-kit lense 4 months ago, and I chose the 24-105mm. It pretty much does it all for me, right now. Depending on your budget, there's so many options you can choose from. I would recommend that you stick with your kit lense, figure out if you like to shoot wider (indoor, tight spaces) or more outdoor natural shots. If you do indoors consider the 17-55, if outdoors you can save money and get the 28-135. So many choices... Check out this website, my favorite, http://www.the-digital-picture.com/ I sometimes find my lens (cropped it's more like 38mm, not 24)- not wide enough. Sometimes I debate whether I should of gotten the 17-55 EF-S lense or not, but the extra reach up to 105mm is useful to me too. Pretty much the bottom line (and it's hard to accept) is you CAN'T have everything, just figure out what u want the most and go from there. Maheen,

No lense can ever “do it all”. I too have the Rebel and just bought my first non-kit lense 4 months ago, and I chose the 24-105mm. It pretty much does it all for me, right now. Depending on your budget, there’s so many options you can choose from. I would recommend that you stick with your kit lense, figure out if you like to shoot wider (indoor, tight spaces) or more outdoor natural shots. If you do indoors consider the 17-55, if outdoors you can save money and get the 28-135. So many choices…

Check out this website, my favorite, http://www.the-digital-picture.com/

I sometimes find my lens (cropped it’s more like 38mm, not 24)- not wide enough. Sometimes I debate whether I should of gotten the 17-55 EF-S lense or not, but the extra reach up to 105mm is useful to me too. Pretty much the bottom line (and it’s hard to accept) is you CAN’T have everything, just figure out what u want the most and go from there.

]]> By: maheen http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-72423 maheen Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:55:42 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-72423 Hi - what lens can you recommend for a newby. I have a canon rebel and the standard kit lens. I also have a zoom lens which I recently used for wildlife photography its the canon 100-300 range. I want a camera that would cover all my shots from 15 -300mm can anyone recommend something suitable? I don't like carrying too much on me so it would really help to have a lens that can do it all! Hi – what lens can you recommend for a newby. I have a canon rebel and the standard kit lens. I also have a zoom lens which I recently used for wildlife photography its the canon 100-300 range. I want a camera that would cover all my shots from 15 -300mm can anyone recommend something suitable?

I don’t like carrying too much on me so it would really help to have a lens that can do it all!

]]> By: Flemming Sorensen http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-68899 Flemming Sorensen Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:21:38 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-68899 Am I writing at the right place? t seems that everybody here is using Canon......... I started out in 1979 as a 14 years old with a Canon AE-1, and later udgraded to an AE-1Program. In 1997 I decided that I had my manual focus for the rest of my life or sell now. I therefore had to sell my white 500, but that made it possible to buy the Minolta 9xi and a 28-105xi and a 100-300 APO. In 208 I decided to buy a Sony a200, the smallest model (“Saying a camera takes nice pictures is like saying a guitar plays nice melodies.”) I still use my old lenses, because Minolta sold there system slr's to Sony. This means that you can buy a 24 years old lens and use it on a Sony with built in Anti Shake, Super Steady Shot, or what they call it. That makes it possible to buy a 75-200 2.8-3.5 for 500Dkr/100US$/80€. In the last 1½ year I have bought 14 lenses. They have cost less than 2 god quality lenses, and have made it possible to choose the best ones for me, and the photos I take. My primary lenses is the kit lens 18-70 a Sony 28-105xi a Minolta, the one I bought in 97 75-200 2.8-3.5 Sigma And finally, I stll return to my 100-300 APO By the way the crop factor on a Sony (or Minolta) is 1,6 as on a Canon. Information about Lenses for Sony and Minolta SLR's is on www.dyxum.com and www.mhohner.de Am I writing at the right place? t seems that everybody here is using Canon……… I started out in 1979 as a 14 years old with a Canon AE-1, and later udgraded to an AE-1Program. In 1997 I decided that I had my manual focus for the rest of my life or sell now. I therefore had to sell my white 500, but that made it possible to buy the Minolta 9xi and a 28-105xi and a 100-300 APO. In 208 I decided to buy a Sony a200, the smallest model (“Saying a camera takes nice pictures is like saying a guitar plays nice melodies.”) I still use my old lenses, because Minolta sold there system slr’s to Sony. This means that you can buy a 24 years old lens and use it on a Sony with built in Anti Shake, Super Steady Shot, or what they call it. That makes it possible to buy a 75-200 2.8-3.5 for 500Dkr/100US$/80€. In the last 1½ year I have bought 14 lenses. They have cost less than 2 god quality lenses, and have made it possible to choose the best ones for me, and the photos I take.
My primary lenses is the kit lens
18-70 a Sony
28-105xi a Minolta, the one I bought in 97
75-200 2.8-3.5 Sigma
And finally, I stll return to my 100-300 APO
By the way the crop factor on a Sony (or Minolta) is 1,6 as on a Canon.
Information about Lenses for Sony and Minolta SLR’s is on http://www.dyxum.com and http://www.mhohner.de

]]> By: brady http://www.digital-photography-school.com/what-gear-do-you-use/comment-page-1#comment-57000 brady Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:25:19 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/?p=188#comment-57000 hi, I'm using a canon 450D and invest on my lenses. I have a canon 50mm f/1.8II, canon EF-S 10-22mm 3.5-4.5 for my landscape; canon 24-105 f/4L for my walk around lens and 70-200mm f/2.8L IS for my zoom with a teleconverter 2X for more reach. Also have speedlite 480EX II and with hoya circular polarizer. hi,
I’m using a canon 450D and invest on my lenses. I have a canon 50mm f/1.8II, canon EF-S 10-22mm 3.5-4.5 for my landscape; canon 24-105 f/4L for my walk around lens and 70-200mm f/2.8L IS for my zoom with a teleconverter 2X for more reach. Also have speedlite 480EX II and with hoya circular polarizer.

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