old.user4556
Has a sexy sister. I am also a Bodhi wannabee.
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lol @ ECA
Am I missing something then? I've not been about for a while.lol @ ECA
Whenever I see ECA posting, I always know there may be an undercurrent of satire or a general piss take.
It's like when I used to cringe if I saw Wazz has posted, but now he's turned into a BIG GAY SOFTY.
How did you decide on what to buy? Was that all purchased new?
I'm calling troll, if you didn't know anything about it you might ask for the advice before you bought it all. If all of that - Canon 5d (assuming mk2), EF 50 f1.2, EF 180 f3.5 and EF 70-200 f2.8 IS (assuming mk2) - was bought new you're knocking on the door of £6k (at least).
And that last sentence about the 70-200 doesn't sound like the more tech-savvy ECA that I've seen posting here before...
Assuming you're not taking the piss with us...
The white lens is the one Deebs wanted but couldn't justify. It is a beast, very heavy and you should be able to get good zoom out of it, taking pictures of things quite far away. Take it to the zoo or something.
The small lens is a 50mm f/1.2 which would be good for portraits and general fuckery. I would probably put your aperture at f/2.8 or something while you get used to the depth of field. You will get massive bokeh (blown out backgrounds) but the plane of focus will be really thin so you might miss the focus a lot, even the distance between the tip of someone's nose and their eyes will make the difference. I used to use mine a lot when doing street photography as it as great in low light. It is a fixed length lens, so it will teach you the most about composition. You can't zoom with the lens; your legs are the zoom.
I don't know too much about the 180mm macro lens. Apparently you should be able to take close-ups of things.
Is the body a 5D mark 2?
How much did you pay for it all? I assumed you got it all second hand or off the back of a truck.
Either / or, this is probably the wrong thread for it all...
lol @ ECA
Content aware delete in Photoshop (CS5+) is the easiest way. It is surprisingly excellent with some really complex stuff.
Have you got the original pic?