Hi All,
First off, I want to thank Ed (P1XAR) for answering
my many dumb and stupid questions when I first was
looking into getting a new Camera.
At that time, I went with his recommendation of the
Canon XTi that came standard with the EFS 18-55 lens.
It's a nice lens and gave me plenty of nice shots. But
as time goes on and I get so WOW'd by the many
beautiful shots you gguys/gals are able to do...I wanted
to upgrade.
My next upgrade was to the UMS 28-135 f/3.5 lens.
A very nice lens but doesn't work well with the
type of photography I need to use it for, which
is mainly taking shots of statues and model kits.
Well....I was told by a sales rep that if I wanted
my shots to be the best they can be..stay with
a Canon lens and I started trying to figure out
what lens will best suit my needs.
A different rep showed me the
Tamron SP AF17-50 F/2.8 LD and recommended it.
I was quite nervous since it was not a Canon lens
but after having a chance to play with it, I can safely
say that I am very pleased with it. I still have a bit
of a learning curve to go through on it...but on my
first crack at using it...well...here what I was able to
pull off in my initial test run.
Full open F stop:
Reduced F stop to 14:
Reduced again to F 2.8:
