Got some new toys today!
TheLostSwede
Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
I got a Rebel XT about a month ago with the kit lens which is all but good to say the least. I ordered a 18-50mm F2.8 EX DC and a APO 70-200mm F 2.8 EX DG/HSM, both by Sigma. Fantastic lenses with clear shots wide open at f2.8.
The bird shot was taken in daylight, handheld at f7.1 and a shutter speed of 1/1250s. It's to bad the .jpg conversion doesn't do the picture any justice. The raw is fantastic. With the 70-200 lens and the Rebel XT (350D in Europe), you have an effective zoom of 320mm with the Digital SLR crop. Fantastic reach at f2.8 and you can shoot all kind of sports with this combo.
The bird shot was taken in daylight, handheld at f7.1 and a shutter speed of 1/1250s. It's to bad the .jpg conversion doesn't do the picture any justice. The raw is fantastic. With the 70-200 lens and the Rebel XT (350D in Europe), you have an effective zoom of 320mm with the Digital SLR crop. Fantastic reach at f2.8 and you can shoot all kind of sports with this combo.
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/me is jealous
I have a rebel (the original) and i've definitely found the limits of the kit lens.
Congrats, that's an awesome lens.
Great shot, and great camera by the way.
JPG is lossy compression - meaning you permenantly delete data from the raw source every time you save it.
Here's a pic. 6.3mp canon raw format from a camera similar to Mack's (his is 8mp, otherwise they are quite similar) and the jpg version. You'll need Picasa 2, photoshop CS or CS2, or Microsoft RAW image viewer to open the .crw file.
http://www.short-media.com/images/prime/rawtest.jpg
http://www.short-media.com/images/prime/rawtest.crw