Canon EOS 450D Club - GED

[jlkk76]

I am thinking of getting it but the price is abit exp. Dunno wat to do with my kit lens if I get the 17-55mm.

if u dun really nn to wide aperture..u can also go wif 17-40...

dat how i got my first L...;p

 

[edmund1wj]

you can try to sell it away in the buy/sell section..

or give it to a close friend who's intending to get a DSLR.. so that there'll be a carrot dangling to make him buy a canon model.. :bsmilie:

Haha, cool man. I have quite a number of friends that wanna get 450D as well, mayb I shld ask them to get the body den I sell my lens to them.

 

[edmund1wj]

if u dun really nn to wide aperture..u can also go wif 17-40...

dat how i got my first L...;p

Wide aperture? What does is affect the picture that we shoot. Still a newbie.

 

[startrails]

Haha, cool man. I have quite a number of friends that wanna get 450D as well, mayb I shld ask them to get the body den I sell my lens to them.

i was quite stunned to see the 17-55mm.. because the 18-55mm kit lens is compact.. small.. so i thought.. shorter 1mm.. shouldn't be much of a difference right?

got a shock when i opened the box.. intimidating lens! haha..

heavier.. but more stable i guess? love it! :heart:

Wide aperture? What does is affect the picture that we shoot. Still a newbie.

wide aperture means your f-number.. your f-number relates to the size of the aperture.. try to wikipedia "f-number" or "f-stop"..

in 17-55mm f2.8, it means at 17mm the size of the aperture is 2.8, and it's the same at 55mm.. and @ 2.8, the bokeh is reasonable, if not outstanding..

i'm using this lens for my first wedding shoot soon.. i hope it'll be ok..

 

[edmund1wj]

i was quite stunned to see the 17-55mm.. because the 18-55mm kit lens is compact.. small.. so i thought.. shorter 1mm.. shouldn't be much of a difference right?

got a shock when i opened the box.. intimidating lens! haha..

heavier.. but more stable i guess? love it! :heart:

Well after doing some study from the web, I was equally stunned when I saw the 18-55mm placed side by side to the 17-55mm. Althought I din get to see the physical item, but already got a shock.

 

[jlkk76]

end yr shoot anyone?

 

[edmund1wj]

Oh actually I know abt the aperture thing. Juz that I dunno how the 17-55mm aperture works. Thanks for the info. Great help.

 

[startrails]

Oh actually I know abt the aperture thing. Juz that I dunno how the 17-55mm aperture works. Thanks for the info. Great help.

ahah no problem..

happy shooting!

 

[RyanG]

Your 17-55mm can match the power of L. :thumbsup:

Sharp lens for those not fussy about the plastic feel of the lens barrel.

 

[La Vida]

Tried the 70-200 L f/2.8 with 40D and grip. Was like... Carrying weights..

 

[benghui]

Tried the 70-200 L f/2.8 with 40D and grip. Was like... Carrying weights..

haha probably cos u're still young. but yeah i'd agree the 2.8 is heavy

 

[shunzi]

Well after doing some study from the web, I was equally stunned when I saw the 18-55mm placed side by side to the 17-55mm. Althought I din get to see the physical item, but already got a shock.

the 17-55mm is the biggest EF-S lens till date and with the f/2.8 at all focal length, enough said

 

[edmund1wj]

the 17-55mm is the biggest EF-S lens till date and with the f/2.8 at all focal length, enough said

If the 17-55mm has a f/2.8 at all focal length, am I still able to take picture with everything in focus. From what I know is smaller aperture the background of the item in focus will normally be in blur.

 

[gman23xx]

If the 17-55mm has a f/2.8 at all focal length, am I still able to take picture with everything in focus. From what I know is smaller aperture the background of the item in focus will normally be in blur.

Correct. Because you DOF, will be smaller. Hope i can get my first L next year. Either a 17-40, or a 24-105mm, considering the 17-55mm as well.


GMAN

 

[edmund1wj]

Correct. Because you DOF, will be smaller. Hope i can get my first L next year. Either a 17-40, or a 24-105mm, considering the 17-55mm as well.


GMAN

So am I correct to say that I cannot manually adjust the aperture since the 17-55mm has a fixed f/2.8?

 

[benghui]

nope u can adjust the aperture but no lower than f/2.8 (ie f/2.8, f/3.5, f/4.6 f/16 ect all can but f/2.0 f/1.8 cannot)

 

[edmund1wj]

nope u can adjust the aperture but no lower than f/2.8 (ie f/2.8, f/3.5, f/4.6 f/16 ect all can but f/2.0 f/1.8 cannot)

Oh, thank for the info.

 

[gman23xx]

So am I correct to say that I cannot manually adjust the aperture since the 17-55mm has a fixed f/2.8?

Nope you can adjust the aperture, using your camera. At small apertures lik f2.8, you tend to have a small Depth Of Field range. Maybe you have 10 bears sitting side by side, and you focus at the 5th bear. The 5th bear will remain subjectively sharp, but the rest of the bears will be blurry. Say if you step up the aperture to f4, you'll have more bears in focus and sharp.


Hope my small explaination helps.


GMAN

 

[edmund1wj]

Nope you can adjust the aperture, using your camera. At small apertures lik f2.8, you tend to have a small Depth Of Field range. Maybe you have 10 bears sitting side by side, and you focus at the 5th bear. The 5th bear will remain subjectively sharp, but the rest of the bears will be blurry. Say if you step up the aperture to f4, you'll have more bears in focus and sharp.


Hope my small explaination helps.


GMAN

It has been a great help, I have a better understanding of the f/2.8 of the 17-55mm now.

 

[RyanG]

Nope you can adjust the aperture, using your camera. At small apertures lik f2.8, you tend to have a small Depth Of Field range. Maybe you have 10 bears sitting side by side, and you focus at the 5th bear. The 5th bear will remain subjectively sharp, but the rest of the bears will be blurry. Say if you step up the aperture to f4, you'll have more bears in focus and sharp.


Hope my small explaination helps.


GMAN

Just a little correction, hope you dun mind.

f/2.8 to f/4 is step down.