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re new toys
Thanks Jen,yep getting a lot FOI (fun on investment) with the new toys,I feel they will last me many years,the 50D has a solid professional feel about it,the menu lay out is great,I will still keep the 450D it has proven very capable.
Its taken me a good few months to get my current kit together,I delibrately set out to go for the 77mm dia lens as the main dia,for filter reasons.I am not a huge fan of filters,for reasons I agree with Humayan.
With the 400 L,I bought a good UV filter,but I felt I could notice the images were not quite as clear and crisp.so do not use it,often on that lens,I 'proved' my thoughts one day,When I had my 400 in the bag unused for 3 weeks,I saw a bird in yard-that I wanted a pic of so grabed the 400L,after reviewing pics on camera,I thought the usual magic just was'nt quite there,so adjust settings slightly,and took more pics.I checked again,and same feeling.I was a bit worried,but then I noticed filter on.Took it off,and magic again!
With the 17-55 F 2.8 it came with a hoya UV filter,the price on the box that it came with showed it was a lot cheaper,than the Hoya one I got,it was around $65 from the shops.Anyhow,I did a few tests,and to be quite honest I could not tell any difference between on or off,and I am pretty fussy.So left it on,there will be some applications I may try it without it on,but I feel confident with it on.The 17-55 also came with a Hoya circular Polarizer,it has $120 price tag on it,gave it a try seems useful,in certain applications,but I really do'nt know much about them.
Overall,its been an intersting Journey buying new kit.the current stable will remain at the front line of all my needs.I can only see another one lens I might buy soon and thats the 100mm F2.8 efs macro,but the 60 mm macro will fill the macro need for a while.
Someone mentioned Hoya HD fiters,I am not sure what these do,they may be like a UV filter,but sound expensive.they only other filter I would like to purchase in the near future is a ND 8 for water/river/creek photos.
I also very happy with the EX 430,I was really suprised how capable this item of kit was.
Yes,its nice to go up the EOS ladder (but expensive),I am hopping I get many years out of the current set up,with the next stop a 5D mkII
cheers Chris
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