About
24th Jun 09
10:35am
10:35am
I teach ICT at Lady Lumley’s School in Pickering. I developed www.gr8ict.com to share ideas about software and websites with my students. One of these students, Michael Farrow, has developed the design of the website much further than I could have done until it is as it is now…
Since developing a passion for digital photography, I have added this section on Photography.
Following requests to buy some of my photos, especially the wave and beach examples, I have made them available through the website.
I shoot in raw using a Canon 50D, use Lightroom 2 for my workflow, and print using pigment inks with the quill continuous flow system on an Epson R2400.
Please contact me at photos(at)gr8ict(dot)com with any queries.
Chris Sharples
March 19th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Hey, I am also a keen amateur Photographer; and I also shoot mainly in RAW, with a Canon EOS 450D and I mainly use Apple’s Aperture and Adobe Photoshop CS4 for editing (along with some fantastic editing plug-ins [for Aperture/Photoshop/Lightroom] made by ‘Nik Software’, I would encourage you to take a look at those if you haven’t done so already…). But to the main point, I was wondering which lens model you were using to take those landscape photos taken at 12mm, as I am looking to invest in either a telephoto/wide-angle (both at some point) lens. My main aspiration would be the Canon EF-S 10-22 USM [£650] but as that lens would severely hack into my non-existent funds, I was wondering if this 12mm would leave less of a hole in my pocket?
Thanks, James.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:18 am
Hi James,
How nice not to get spam…
I use a sigma 10-20mm. I used it with my earlier 400D and now 50D and it is really good.
http://www.martinscamerashop.co.uk/sigma-10-20mm-f4-56-ex-dc-hsm-335-p.asp is the cheapest £373.79 - from http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/prod242.html
When multiplied off a apc sensor as both are, then it is 16×32mm, but it works for me… not too heavy or big either…
HTH
Chris
March 20th, 2010 at 9:47 am
Ah good, I was looking at this one but I was a little scrupulous with the price being relatively little compared to some of Canon’s; thanks for letting me know. Any telephoto recommendations?
James
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Telephoto would have to be a Canon L lens. I have the 70-200mm f4 L with a kenko 1.4x convertor. I considered either of the IS 70-200mm equivalents, but cost and weight/size in my bag put me off.
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