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Richard Kettlewell ([personal profile] ewx) wrote2008-11-08 03:51 pm
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Lots of yellow

I got my 135mm lens back, now with working autofocus, so I had to take lots of pictures with it. Total cost was £154, of which £10 was paid up front to get a quote. The whole process took about a month and a half; I just took it to Campkins and they sent it Canon. I like this approach because I didn't have to mess around with packaging, couriers etc, and would use Campkins again for it as they gave a good explanation when it turned out to be taking longer than expected; gave an accurate estimate of when it would finally be back; and called back when they said they would.

[identity profile] fivemack.livejournal.com 2008-11-08 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
So this is your specialist lens for fluffy things.

I've just been going through a lot of photos I took with my last-but-one DSLR, which had a ridiculously sharp lens; it's amazing what difference going from a decent to a superb lens has for fur.

Presumably at f/2 the autofocus is very fast and precise. I have committed the cardinal sin of reading lots of reviews of new not-quite-unaffordable cameras and now I find the autofocus on my D100 slow and error-prone.
Edited 2008-11-08 16:03 (UTC)

[identity profile] hilarityallen.livejournal.com 2008-11-08 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Was there a cunning use of filters, or are the backgrounds as we see them?

[identity profile] ceb.livejournal.com 2008-11-08 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
What *is* that disturbing pink creature?

[identity profile] curious-reader.livejournal.com 2008-11-09 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the penguin with the bow tie. Who is that happy smiling person?