{"id":69,"date":"2005-07-04T02:52:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-04T06:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/?p=69"},"modified":"2008-08-16T11:02:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T19:02:27","slug":"back-to-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"Back to Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I got my lens, actually two of them. Now Evelyne you would probably like the first one–a Sigma 50-500mm f\/4-6.3 EX APO RF HSM<\/a> (a.k.a. “Bigma”).<\/p>\n

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It is second-hand but in very good condition. Now the decision was far from an easy one; paying abit more I either can get a new Canon 70-200mm f\/4L USM<\/a> or a Sigma 70-200mm f\/2.8 EX IF HSM<\/a>. As if to make the decision even harder I also found a second-hand Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L USM<\/a> selling at a very tempting price. A 70-200mm f\/2.8 has always been my “dream lens”; I had once spent some very happy time with a Canon 70-200 2.8\/L (thanks to Mr. M). In the end I got the Bigma for several reasons,<\/p>\n

1. I am no longer an official photographer for anything; the 70-200mm f\/2.8L was almost a necessity back in high school but is much less so now;
\n2. I do not expect myself taking alot of action shots in low-light condition;
\n3. I would like to try out wildlife photography; and
\n4. It was the cheapest among all the above options.<\/p>\n

So far the Bigma has been very rewarding; on a 300D it actually has a very long 35mm-equivalent zoom range of 80-800mm. Here is some birds shots<\/a> from Kowloon Park. <\/p>\n

\"IMG_6782\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That said, I wished for a 70-200mm f\/2.8 yesterday when I was taking photos of the DBS Homecoming Concert<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The second lens I got is a Canon 50mm f\/1.8 II<\/a> <\/p>\n

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This lens is described as a “must get”–it is very cheap but among the sharpest of all EF lens. I cannot agree more; here is an example,<\/p>\n

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It is always said that the 50mm prime is the best lens to learn photograhy (although on a 300D 50mm has a FOV of 80mm so it is no longer standard). Indeed with a prime the framing becomes very important; still much to try out here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I got my lens, actually two of them. Now Evelyne you would probably like the first one–a Sigma 50-500mm f\/4-6.3 EX APO RF HSM (a.k.a. “Bigma”). It is second-hand but in very good condition. Now the decision was far from an easy one; paying abit more I either can get a new Canon 70-200mm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-photos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticoneva.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}