New Lens, sample image

D.P. said:
Very nice lens.

about the photo, I got distracted by her eyes, well the white squre reflected in her pupil. This is hard to prevent, but I believe a circular reflective tent would give better results. Also cool is I have seen a homemade circular florescent tube that gives a nice light ring in pupils while giving good general illumination.

But I have never used a flahs in my life... yet...
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lol, if i had used a ringlite it'd have looked TOTALLY different. I couldve used an octaganol softbox but i dont have one yet, so i had to make do with square :)

Tom.
 
rG-tom said:
the extra length of the 24-105 is definitely an advantage for portrait work. It is also lighter, quite a lot lighter.

Other than that, the 24-70 is better in every way. The focusing, due to the extra light is much quicker, the design of the lens with the reverse zoom (it gets longer as you zoom out, making the hood more effective) etc, less barrel distortion, sharper, the ability to stop down to f2.8 allows for twice the shutter speed (IS is nice but no comparison to a brighter aperture at all) and also obviously more bokeh if you use the f2.8. It is very sharp wide open too, but i have no samples to hand at the moment.

Tom.
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Completely agree with you comments. I got mine 2nd hand a couple of months ago mainly for a new found interest in street photography and portrait work but have found it a little too big to go swinging around a crowd and remain under the radar... especially with the huge hood on. I do benefit from the extra reach on a 1.6 crop sensor so its closer to a 40 - 100 mm lens for me...looking to upgrade my body this year. Have you got used to how quiet it is? I can't get used to it and keep thinking I have it set on MF or its not working as its so fast & silent. :rolleyes:

Great shot Tom.
 
Oxygen said:
Completely agree with you comments. I got mine 2nd hand a couple of months ago mainly for a new found interest in street photography and portrait work but have found it a little too big to go swinging around a crowd and remain under the radar... especially with the huge hood on. I do benefit from the extra reach on a 1.6 crop sensor so its closer to a 40 - 100 mm lens for me...looking to upgrade my body this year. Have you got used to how quiet it is? I can't get used to it and keep thinking I have it set on MF or its not working as its so fast & silent. :rolleyes:

Great shot Tom.
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ive been using USM lenses for years, so it was no surprise to me :D

It's even harder to keep under the radar on a 1 series, it's a big bugger of a combo there's no doubt about it!

Oh well :p Thanks for the comment on the shot. It's not my favourite shot of the shoot that's for sure but i thought it showed off the sharpness nicely

I prefer these 3 :

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Excuse the compression on them, when watermarking my blog really kills that, but they are only displayed quite small on there.

These 3 are straight from the camera :)

Tom.
 
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