Canon EOS-1D MARK-IV

[Zurbaran1]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

Ah yes I guess you will want to keep existing lenses. Can you get a trade in on your existing camera?

Why? The 5DM2 is an amazing camera and you will have to pry it from my dead hands. I've also got a 40D and it is more than adequate.

[Upitnik]

Thank you very much but trust me it comes with time if you are willing to really devote yourself. But I'll write some more soon in my anecdote

And of course one can dream (I do all the time, thats why I probably have so much superheros in my home), but you asked a serious question so I gave a response which I believe would suit your needs the best. And one other thing about dreaming: be wary, my wife gives me the evil eye every now and then because everyday I spend time googling the net for new equipment, reviews and basically photo news. When I mention some Hasselblads, large format cameras and such the word divorce comes to her mind

[Bullseye]

Hasselblads... Unless Zurb is going into the studio that's alot of money.

(Zurbaran) or anyone that can help... I was thinking of getting myself a 24-105mm L series lens, but not sure if there is a major difference from the 28-135mm macro lens that I have. If you could spend a little time explaining or even better posting a picture, if you have this lens in your collection. I'm really working hard to get better at taking photos, especially of my statue collection. Here are a few photos of statue that I have taken with my 28-135mm macro lens. Maybe explain what would be the difference in these pictures, if I was using a 24-105mm L series lens.

This was taken under a lighting setup (Indoors)...


This one was taken at about 3 PM in the afternoon in shade (sunny day, Outdoors)...


This was taken at about 8:30 AM overcast morning (Outdoors)...


Thanks!

Just wanted to thank you guys for all your help.

EDIT: Will wait and see if I can get any help

[Zombie]

its been 1 day, give them some time dude.

Originally Posted by Zombie

its been 1 day, give them some time dude.

I took you off the ignored list just see if you're still ball busting me and somethings never change. Back to the list.

[Zombie]

you consider that ball busting? seriously?

[CharlesSong]

5D be all I need

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by IronLungs31

(Zurbaran) or anyone that can help... I was thinking of getting myself a 24-105mm L series lens, but not sure if there is a major difference from the 28-135mm macro lens that I have. If you could spend a little time explaining or even better posting a picture, if you have this lens in your collection. I'm really working hard to get better at taking photos, especially of my statue collection. Here are a few photos of statue that I have taken with my 28-135mm macro lens. Maybe explain what would be the difference in these pictures, if I was using a 24-105mm L series lens.

Thanks!

Hi IL, I will take a shot at answering this but I am not too familar with the 28-135 having never used one. To start the 24-105 is an awesome walk around lens. It is the primary lens I always pack for travel. If I was restricted to one lense the 24-105 would be my pick. The only other zoom lens from Canon that can rival this lens is the 24-70mm. It is one stop faster but has a much shorter zoom. Some may argue the 24-70 is a bit sharper but the two lenses are pretty close in my opinion. I don't think you can go wrong with either. From the reviews of the 28-135mm it appears to be a very good consumer level walk around lense. At 5.6 it is a bit slow and requires a lot of light. It is suppose to be sharp in the center but very soft on the edges. The lens also has a strong vignetting and barrel distortion problem at 28mm. It is probably a very good all around lens but I would think the 24-105mm is in a totally different class.

Now to get to the heart of your question. If you solely want a lens to take pics of your statues I wouldn't really consider either. The 24-105mm can do the job but there is really no point in spending that much money when a cheaper lense can do as well or better. If you are using a cropped camera I would suggest the 50mm f1.4. The lense is around $400 and is super sharp and quick. With the 1.6 crop it is essentially a portrait lense. It has a very short minimal focal distance so you can get fairly close to the statues. It was the lense I always used when I was using my 30D. Once I upgraded to full frame it was too wide so I purchased the 85mm f1.8 but the problem with that lens is the minimum focal distance was too great. It could take good pics of the full statues but had problems getting in close. I have been considering the 100mm f2.8 macro but I haven't been totally convinced that is the way to go yet. Still struggling to decide. Hope this helps...