As a birthdaygift, my parents gave me a workshop, which they read about in Landleven Magazine. This workshop is done by Steven Ruiter. My dad and sister also got this present. So, of we went to Natuurpark Lelystad. Steven walked us through his experience, techniques and tips & tricks.
I’ve made a selection of shots, from which I have to choose the top five, which will then be sent to and jugded by Steven. Oh my, I feel like I’m back in school again! I’m looking forward to the comments…
Anyhow, here’s the selection!
My current top 5 is…
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Yesterday I decided to do it. I transferred some money from my savings account to my normal account and started to search for the lowest price. Something I had been doing for over the past few months.
I decided to go for a descent lens, a sharp lens, a more than good carry around lens. I wanted the Canon EF 70-200 F4.0 L USM. Why not the F/2.8? Or the F/2.8 IS? Cash, or the lack of that is. Not that this lens is “cheap”, but what a bang for a buck!
Just after I had bought my 20D, I wanted something I could zoom with. I didn’t want the EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM, which should be given away for free. I tried something a little more sturdy. I found this old piece of metal, which turned out to be pretty descent. The range was okay too, calculating from the kitlens, the EF 18-55. I purchased the EF 70-210mm f/3.5-4.5 USM.
Two things about the 70-210. I always found it “a bit” soft at 210mm. And I always doubted the 210mm. Well, I was right. Check the images below. Both images are shot on auto, from about three meters from the magazine. It turns out the 210mm is more like 190mm!
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Meyer Optik – Gorlitz Telemegor 400mm f/5.5
Type: Prime lens | Focal Length: 400mm | F/ : 5.5 – 22
Ebay Value: ~ 150 euro
Purchased for: 25 euro
I mainly use this lens for moonphotography. I like to try stuff. And I especially wanted to try out an older lens, which is ofcourse a wee bit cheaper than a new one. Now, I not only bought this lens, but also a Soligor 2X extender. This brings the Focal Lenght to a wopping 800mm ! The extender cost me five euro’s by the way. The M42 EOS adapter was already in my posession a week before I purchased the lens and the extender. The M42 EOS adapter was mine for 17,50 euro.
Don’t forget the cropfactor of a non-full frame digital reflex camera. So 800mm multiplied by 1.6 brings the grand total to 1280mm, which is enough for a shot of the moon. However, I do want to try if there’s another extender that will fit between the Soligor and the M42 adapter…
As mentioned in the intro, the lens was mine for 25 euro. The average lens of this brand and type is sold for between 120 and 150 euro. Seems like a fail-safe way of trying out stuff!
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I stopped all my biddings. Why? I found this site, www.secondlifecameras.com
I found this 500mm M42 mount lens. An oldy of course.
In order to fit this lens, you need a M42 EOS adapter, which I’d already bought. So I went over to the company in Soest. When I arrived and wanted to check the lens, the tap seemed to be deformed. Old transport damage probably. The man told me he had several other “big ones” and took two others from the shelf. One of them was to be mine 15 minutes later! It was / is the Meyer Telemegor f/5.5 400. Along with that I bought a Soligor 2x extender. So the lot totals at 1280mm ! (400 x 2 x 1.6) I will be uploading some files in the near future.
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Yes I know, it has been a while…
What’s up. I’m still bidding, nut now on some other items.
I recently purchased a Remote Control, but not the way too expensive Canon one, nope I’ve bought the Adidt M1-C3 with a cordlength of 0.8 meters. This is three times cheaper than the Canon remote, but can do exactly the same. Okay, the build quality is.. let’s say “Chinese” but I’m sure it won’t come apart. I didn’t buy the Cokin rings yet. First I wan’t to experiment a bit with an old Hanimar 500mm f8.0 mirror telelens. I’m still bidding and I hope the guy who’s selling will contact me shortly. The lens has a P2 mount, but a M42 adapter ring is included. Of course, that won’t fit on my 20D, but I also bought a M42 EOS adapter today.Let me help you look for the “nice old stuff” on Ebay:
- Canon M42
- Canon FD
- mirror lens Canon
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I’m currently bidding on some items. Items of which I think I need them. Well need, I just like to have them and play around. One is a Canon Ring Flash Unit, the other is ,or are actually, some Cokin P-rings.
The Cokin rings are needed to screw my 50mm reversed on to my 100mm lens. Glewing two rings with the proper sizes together will create a firm connection between the two lenses. The reversed-lens technique is cheap way of creating a macro lens. (have been fooling around with a couple of my lenses, an article will follow one of these days.)When I recently created some sort of connected-some-reversed-some-not-lens with a total of four lenses, it actually worked! Sort of… The next problem I faced, was good light on the macro subject. You need a lightsource very close to the lens. A ring flash. The most ideal unit would be the Canon MR-14EX, this is one expensive mother however. So I thought it might be a good idea to stick to the “cheap method”.
The unit I’m bidding on is a TTL (Through The Lens) flash unit, while my camera only works properly with a E-TTL unit. Will this pose a problem? I’m not sure.I think the main issue is that the flash unit will lock up when used on a digital EOS. On my search for an answer, I found this very detailed EOS Flash document, written by NK Guy of PhotoNotes.org. Some other interesting ring flash documents? Here, here and here.
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