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Nightscape photography - What am I doing wrong?

Hello Experts, My first night in Zion National Park was a disaster. I tried to take photos of the night sky but to no success. Despited the fact that I thought I did everything right to get a decent photo of the stars, the photo came out BLACK! Below...

Recycling decent older SLR lenses

It's obvious the world must be 'full of' old decent lenses made in SLR days. Those that cost a mint. Are they being recycled? Is it too much to expect they should be able to be returned and remade to modern digital format cameras. I know it is possi...

Which lens is best to shoot horseshoe bend?

Hello experts, I will be taking a long roadtrip soon. Heading to the great state of Utah, checking out all the great national parks. I was wondering if anyone could comment/suggest which lens to use for all the great scenaries Utah has to offers? I h...

Canon EF 24-70 F2.8 mk11 focusing issues

Hi, I covered a wedding yesterday. Used a 5Dmk111 and a Canon EF 24-70 F2.8 mk11. A lot of my shots were at 24-30mm @ f2.8 or f3.2 and a large proportion of these were out of focus. The chosen focus point was in centre but the focus in the shots was ...

Canon 100-400mm L IS MkII - 3 Years Later

I have been using the Canon 100-400mm MkII lens for just over three years now. I thought it was a bit expensive when I bought it, but I was keen to upgrade from the MkI version because reviews indicated excellent image quality. I have not been disap...

Newbie needs help!

Before I registered I saw a Programs and Lenses section, but after I registered, I can't find it so hope it's okay to post my question here. I have a question about the HD Telephoto lens and the HD Wide Angle lenss that came in the Rebel T6 kit. I'...

Resolved! Canon 80D : 24-70 f2.8 vs 24-105 f4

Hi, I'm a mostly event photographer, currently I work at an independent high school school in their marketing department doing a lot of their events, videos, etc. It's a lot of running around and good amount of low-light shots in their theater. I rec...

Quick tip on Manual Focus and STM Lenses

I saw this video of a quick tip on STM lenses and focusing. This issue must confuse lots of people, and even the presenter says "Review this before contacting support" so I thought I'd share here. The author states "When manually focusing with STM l...

Low Light Video

Hi everyone, beginner here.I have a 5d mark ii, with one lens so far a Canon 'nifty fifty' 50mm 1.8I want to try shooting a music video at night time. What lens should I get? Which lenses are best for low light?Locations will be lit with streetlight,...

Where to find Geletine filter for 200-400 F4 lens

I bought a canon 200-400 f4 that comes with a geletine filter holder. However Canon does not sell this filter, nor can I find one elsewhere. I bought an IRIX ND geletine filter set, but these do not fit the shape and size of the holder. Someo...

Is this Sigma 28-80mm lens compatible with my camera?

Hey Everyone, I picked up a Sigma 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 ii Mini Zoom Macro Aspherical Lens at an estate sale for next to nothing.On the box it says "For Canon AF (including ELAN 7, EOS 30, EOS 7) It fit fine on my Canon T4i and actually took a few decent ...

lost focus

I have a 3 month old EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM that will not focus on either autofocus or manual. When you use auto you can hear lens try to focus and then gets to a point and it looks like you are looking through crystal. Manual ens up same way. Th...

18-55mm lense trouble

I have a Canon Eos Rebel T6 that I literally just got today. I'm trying tofigure it all out and admitelly should have read the instructions first. So what I did was put my 18-55mm lense on, correctly I might add. I took a few shots that way just to g...

New 70-200's In the Hopper Nearing Announcement & Release

Still a rumor, but interesting nonetheless: http://www.canonrumors.com/a-new-ef-70-200mm-is-coming-in-2018-cr3/

Developing Focus Delay/Failure 300mm f/4 L IS

This lens is very sharp, but is progressively refusing to start focusinig until I "kick start" it by manually rotating the focusing ring to an approximate focus point, then it will wake up and start focusing correctly. Happens infrequently, but incr...

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Nightscape photography - What am I doing wrong?

Recycling decent older SLR lenses

Which lens is best to shoot horseshoe bend?

Canon EF 24-70 F2.8 mk11 focusing issues

Canon 100-400mm L IS MkII - 3 Years Later

Newbie needs help!

Resolved! Canon 80D : 24-70 f2.8 vs 24-105 f4

Quick tip on Manual Focus and STM Lenses

Low Light Video

Where to find Geletine filter for 200-400 F4 lens

Is this Sigma 28-80mm lens compatible with my camera?

lost focus

18-55mm lense trouble

New 70-200's In the Hopper Nearing Announcement & Release

Developing Focus Delay/Failure 300mm f/4 L IS

Real life IQ with the RF 14-35 F4L

Additions to the NEW RF STM lens lineup

Big Savings - Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS US...

EOS M50 -doesn't take pictures with EF-M 15-45mm l...

EF 24-70 f2.8L USM Failure

Fix for Canon 100mm 2.8L macro lens problem\bug wi...

Using the EF 85mm 1:1.8, how to improve focus

EF 24-105mm Repair estimate for new aperture cable

Rf 200-800 lens collar annoyances