Concker in August

[Ramsden]

Its far too early for Conckers - but that’s what happening.

EOS90D efs 18-135mm

[SignifDigits]

I had to look that one up - we don't have horse chestnuts over the pond.  And we certainly do NOT have a world championship concker tournament either!

[stevet1]

Ramsden,

What do you think of that 18-135 lens?

Pretty nice, isn't it?  I was lucky enough to have been gifted one, and it stays on my camera about 95% of the time.

Steve Thomas

[Ramsden]

Oh wow. You are missing so much fun. And the skill involved to be a champion is hard earned!

[Ramsden]

I'm the same. It's a great versatile lens that works well on my daily walks, with camera and often dog attached. Yesterday, I took the easy option of using the scn setting, because when I have to hold the dog at the same time I was struggling to get good settings. I think this is the kit lens for the EOS90D, so makes a great versatile combo.

It will be my lens for 2 weeks in Northern Scotland coming up. I used to take my 50mm on walks, partly for weight and versatility, plus I like macros. But the 18-135 is better all round.

Ramsden 

[Ramsden]

And just to show the versatility, this was about an hour later,  sat on a bench, with a touch of shade. Camera still on SCN but landscape. I like getting poles in my shots - don’t ask why, I just do!

[LeeP]

Back in the day when zoom lenses were (1) stupidly expensive and (2) soft in their focus, I had a bag of primes. The first zoom that was a game changer for me was my 35-105 Pentax zoom which I still have decades later. When I jumped to Canon around 1997-8 I bought the 28-135 IS zoom and I still use it today. I much prefer a zoom to an un-nifty 50.

[LeeP]

Poles are a natural way to do rule of thirds if the scene lends itself to that kind of deliberate inclusion, otherwise they can be distracting. A horizontal flip of this picture would be fun.

[Ramsden]

Thanks Lee, I always appreciate your feedback. I haven't done much horizontal work with my camera, in fact probably  none. So that's on the agenda.

Re: the 50, I don't have the technical knowledge to discuss the differences between 'macros' and zooms, but I was initially drawn to the sharpness of the 50mm.

As I understand it, the internal working of a zoom is clearly the differential operational factor. But how is the difference quantified in what we see?

Ramsden