Canon EOS 450D Club - GED - III

[Yoh]

yeah, that shld "compensate" hopefully! not sure how often/true on the "difficulty in low light AF" for the tammy that users had been complaining about, hopefully its not going be THAT bad.

Always try to use the central AF point for focusing in low light. When equipped with lens of f/2.8 or faster, it focuses fast and accurate.

 

[Yoh]

lidat...dun wait liao, get the tammy 17-50 (so much cheaper)

join us dis sat...me thinkin of gettin a tripod..

then SSS! come join us n spread the love.....:bsmilie:

The voucher promotion is still ongoing huh?

 

[xhui22]

Always try to use the central AF point for focusing in low light. When equipped with lens of f/2.8 or faster, it focuses fast and accurate.

thanks for the tip!

eh, read somewhere on the voucher promo, only applicable where ah?? I was planning of getting the lens from CP or J316 leh.

 

[xhui22]

lidat...dun wait liao, get the tammy 17-50 (so much cheaper)

join us dis sat...me thinkin of gettin a tripod..

then SSS! come join us n spread the love.....:bsmilie:

u guys meeting at City hall what time ah? me got assignments to rush leh. else normal weekdays super bz at work :cry: but but wanna try out new lens also leh. hmm.

 

[rphotography]

thanks for the tip!

eh, read somewhere on the voucher promo, only applicable where ah?? I was planning of getting the lens from CP or J316 leh.

simi voucher promotion? where to get the voucher? where can use?
got so many things to buy...

 

[RyanG]

This club will be having a SSS this Saturday, Valentine's Day. Details below or you can find the info at this thread.

Theme: Fixing a broken heart on Valentine Day
Date: 14 Feb 2009
Time: 5pm
Location: City Hall
Meeting Point: outside Starbuck (slowly walk down to Orchard)

Objectives:

Let us capture the feels of a broken heart on dat day or ppl showing love. Who noe we might noe some mms along the way leh? ..anyway, let us all just have fun on vday!

Participants:

1) jlkk76
2) RyanG

Currently only me and another bro. Come guys. Join us. I also got loads of assignments but I need to get some breather. Haha!

 

[RyanG]

simi voucher promotion? where to get the voucher? where can use?
got so many things to buy...

I think they are referring to the Tamron lens voucher. I heard someone use it at OP. Not sure about CP and J3:16.

 

[RyanG]

lidat...dun wait liao, get the tammy 17-50 (so much cheaper)

join us dis sat...me thinkin of gettin a tripod..

then SSS! come join us n spread the love.....:bsmilie:

Woah. Nice. Visiting CP again for the tripod ah?

 

[jlkk76]

Woah. Nice. Visiting CP again for the tripod ah?

lookin to get the same model as u....

preferred a light, carry up to 4kg and yet affordable....

lookin at dat Benro A350EX but held back due to it price....$165 at OP...

 

[Nitroxgear]

Sorry for asking. What is the purpose of 17-50 lens? I till now don't know what is it all about.

Hiya Joshua...your question seems to have been lost in the speed of the posting here

The Tamron 17-50mm F/2.8 lens is just an upgrade to the kit EF-S 18-55mm lens. If you are on a tight budget, the Tamron is a good start to upgrade with if you want sharper images and need the speed of a F/2.8 lens. But if you budget is higher you can consider the EF-S 17-55 F/2.8 IS lens that is really a fantastic lens with IS (3rd party lenses in this range don't have IS/VC/OS) but costs so much more.

 

[RyanG]

lookin to get the same model as u....

preferred a light, carry up to 4kg and yet affordable....

lookin at dat Benro A350EX but held back due to it price....$165 at OP...

Oh. My tripod. No problem mounting our cam body with a 70-200. I tried it in real world situation atop Marina Barrage grass roof on a windy day and it stood there like a rock. FYI, I mounted the f/2.8 version.

Fully extended at 1.65 to 1.7 but I always keep it at 1.5m or below for stability. Fast to open and fast to keep. One thing is it doesn't comes with a tripod bag. I got it at $145 at CP in Dec. :thumbsup:

Btw, there's a cheaper one 340DX. Everything the same as mine but I think the height is shorter and lighter a bit that all but it still holds a max load of 4kg.

 

[velasco]

am i the only one who hates the 450D PICTURES thread?
there seem to be a growing trend of drop and run attitude from our posters haha.
the thread is lifeless with not much sharing of constructive ideas.

I suggest we limit the images allowed to be posted by a user weekly + they need to write up some stuffs not just a platform to show off.

K maybe its just me thinking this waylol

 

[Yoh]

am i the only one who hates the 450D PICTURES thread?
there seem to be a growing trend of drop and run attitude from our posters haha.
the thread is lifeless with not much sharing of constructive ideas.

I suggest we limit the images allowed to be posted by a user weekly + they need to write up some stuffs not just a platform to show off.

K maybe its just me thinking this waylol

This might turn out to be a big turn off for people who just want to share a picture or so without going through the hassle of typing a write up or equivalent statement.

And as always, there are appropriate sections in other parts of Clubsnap that adhere to those rules of which somewhat similar to the ideas which you've stated.

 

[jeremyjaykay]

This might turn out to be a big turn off for people who just want to share a picture or so without going through the hassle of typing a write up or equivalent statement.

And as always, there are appropriate sections in other parts of Clubsnap that adhere to those rules of which somewhat similar to the ideas which you've stated.

:thumbsup:I like the way it is. friendly and lighthearted is good!

sat SSS cannot make it

 

[Joshua0718]

lookin to get the same model as u....

preferred a light, carry up to 4kg and yet affordable....

lookin at dat Benro A350EX but held back due to it price....$165 at OP...

You forgotten to say it is include the tripod bag. Or everywhere also including the bag too? :bsmilie:

Hiya Joshua...your question seems to have been lost in the speed of the posting here

The Tamron 17-50mm F/2.8 lens is just an upgrade to the kit EF-S 18-55mm lens. If you are on a tight budget, the Tamron is a good start to upgrade with if you want sharper images and need the speed of a F/2.8 lens. But if you budget is higher you can consider the EF-S 17-55 F/2.8 IS lens that is really a fantastic lens with IS (3rd party lenses in this range don't have IS/VC/OS) but costs so much more.

Due to sometime I am busy and even I read it, I won't understand. I don't really know how to see the numbering of lens.

Yup, Jimmy just explained to me this afternoon. If I had known this lens, I would go for 450D body only and purchase this Damaged is done and I will proceed with my kit lens :lovegrin:

 

[ProteinLens]

am i the only one who hates the 450D PICTURES thread?
there seem to be a growing trend of drop and run attitude from our posters haha.
the thread is lifeless with not much sharing of constructive ideas.

I suggest we limit the images allowed to be posted by a user weekly + they need to write up some stuffs not just a platform to show off.

K maybe its just me thinking this waylol

i agree. most images are very 'ho-hum' and ppl just go and drop their pics with a 'c&c welcome :bsmilie:' followed by the next post with the same thing. i got sick of it a week ago and stopped looking at that thread now. dont think i can learn anything from there nor can i teach anyone anything.

 

[RyanG]

Maybe that thread has become a gallery for newbies/those who want to splurge their money on 450D to have a look of what are the images out of the 450D.

Having said that, technically, the picture quality also lies with the lens used. Quite misleading. Nevertheless its a sticky so let it be.

 

[rphotography]

is the efs 55-250 really so good? how much is it?
and...doesn't that mean the lens can only be used on certain bodies?

 

[Yoh]

is the efs 55-250 really so good? how much is it?
and...doesn't that mean the lens can only be used on certain bodies?

EF-S is only usable on xxxD and xxD series bodies.

 

[RyanG]

is the efs 55-250 really so good? how much is it?
and...doesn't that mean the lens can only be used on certain bodies?

It's value for its money.

Being EF-S, its only for cropped bodies like 40D, 50D, 450D, 400D, 1000D etc.