CA Test - Strong Backlight
Still mucking about with the new kit. This shot is a backlight test for
chromatic aberration.
If you check out the original size, it's fairly obvious there isn't any
CA :)
View all photos taken: Friday, 1st December 2006, This photo: 1:06pm
how close can you get with that lens, I've heard its sharp, its a good price I have wondered about buying it, it makes you think - and walk having a prime fixed lens. Might be good for me !!
Minimum focus distance of 45cm (1.5ft) Helen. And it's not a macro by any stretch of the imagination, but on a 1.6x crop camera (like the 350D/400D, etc) you get a nice short telephoto (~75mm) that's incredibly sharp, cheap and can handle low light pretty well.
For a couple of hundred more, the f/1.4 is meant to be even nicer, adding an ultrasonic motor and an extra f stop, but I've not tried one out (can't afford one right now, best not to try it).
The f/1.8 is well worth the money though - I think they go for between £50 and £70 over there.
my thinking was, that on a tripod, cropped it would make for some good close ups as its probably sharper than my sigma, which goes to about 9 - 11 inches minimum. I may just have to try one out, cheers !
Very nice composition ! ! !
Thanks Horst :)