What Is Fast Glass?

One of my fast lens the Tamron SP 28-75mm F/2.8 Not to be too technical here, fast glass also known as fast lens are lenses that have a larger maximum aperture or lower f-stops, like F/2.8, F/1.8 and F/1.4. It does not refer to the auto focus system of the lens, so even if the lens [...]

Wrist Watch Close-Up:Photo of The Day for 02-04-11 Day 35

This is the back of my Swiss Army Watch. Shot with a Canon Rebel XS, and EF 85mm 1.8 This is the back of the same wrist watch I photograph yesterday, I’ve had this watch for a very long time and it’s my favorite one, but I really don’t notice those scratches in the back [...]

Wrist Watch Close-Up:Photo of The Day for 02-03-11 Day 34

Swiss Army Watch. Shot with a Canon Rebel XS, and EF 85mm 1.8 It’s past 5 pm and I still haven’t taken a photo for today. I quickly look around my desk and notice my old wrist watch, yeah, that’s it. I use my Rebel xs, EF 85mm F/1.8 with the pro optic auto extension [...]

Depth of Field. Day 33.

Spice rack. Aperture set at F/1.8 @ 50mm Photo of the day for Feb. 2, 2011, Day 32. Continuing on Depth of field for this weeks theme. I was actually thinking of what to make for dinner when I noticed the spice rack. Since I still don’t have a photograph for today, I decided to [...]

Depth of Field. Day 32

Photo of the Day for Feb. 1, 2011. Tweet

Depth of Field Week: Day 31

My Specialized Allez Shot at f/F/1.8 using a EF 85mm F/1.8 attached with a Canon EOS 20d Tweet

Depth of Field. Day 30

Playing around with DOF This week, I decided, I will go back to basics and play around Depth of Field a little bit. Now what is this Depth of Field(DOF). It is the amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph. It is affected by [...]

Prime Lens? What are they?

I’ve noticed that a lot of people especially beginners and amateurs like me are confuse about prime lenses. Often they refer to zoom lenses with fix aperture as prime lenses, and some refer to Canon L lenses as prime lenses, so I decided to do a little research myself. Prime lens is a lens that [...]

I Need Color

Colors, originally uploaded by sweetspot@f8. I’ve noticed that there is something missing from the photos I took recenly, and I realized, yeah, I need colors, luckily there are some hiding in my Lightroom library. Tweet

Canon EF 70-210mm F4 First Impression.

This is the old lens from the 80s that I just both from ebay for $175.00. It’s the Canon EF 70-210mm F4. Amazingly it’s still in pretty good condition both in functionality and appearance and it still has the Passed JCII sticker attached. It looks awesome. Here are some images of the lens attached to [...]