best friend examines my new lens

[DavidEB]

well, I'm taking a vacation in a couple of weeks and felt like getting a new lens to go along.


this shot, with the EFS 10-22 at 10mm, wide open, shows the properties of extreme wide angle lenses that make them so much fun to use -- spatial distortion, incredible depth of field, and preferential magnification of closer objects. It also shows that my best friend is very patient with my hobby.

very cool lens. I like the sharpness, color and flare resistance, and it's very lightweight for such a wide angle.

[jimchapin468]

Hey! Nice Lens -- Did you roll up a piece of film into a cone shape, until it comes to a point, to get that sharpness in the picture? It looks a little soft to me.

Have a good day!

[DavidEB]

Jim -- I wear the paper cone on my head, to demonstrate what a dunce I am. thanks for checking it out.

[uumode]

well, I'm taking a vacation in a couple of weeks and felt like getting a new lens to go along.


this shot, with the EFS 10-22 at 10mm, wide open, shows the properties of extreme wide angle lenses that make them so much fun to use -- spatial distortion, incredible depth of field, and preferential magnification of closer objects. It also shows that my best friend is very patient with my hobby.

very cool lens. I like the sharpness, color and flare resistance, and it's very lightweight for such a wide angle.

Geee.. I'm glad he was pleased to see you, and not the other way around!
The lens would have been deadly!

[ron chappel]

Carefull-everything is closer than it sems with ultrawides! The dog can probably lick the front element from there,LOL

[cjsa]

i just ordered this lens, now i am even more excited!

[tim]

Carefull-everything is closer than it sems with ultrawides! The dog can probably lick the front element from there,LOL

I found that quite funny with my new 12-24 - you can see the person and a bunch of stuff around them, and it looks like you're about a meter away, but in fact you're so close to the person their nose is almost touching the lens! It's a cool perspective :)

[Tom W]

Your feet are too small - you're going to topple over soon. :)

j/k - that's my wide-angle humor for the day. Be glad that I have no more "jokes".

I think that you'll really enjoy that lens.

[Tom W]

I found that quite funny with my new 12-24 - you can see the person and a bunch of stuff around them, and it looks like you're about a meter away, but in fact you're so close to the person their nose is almost touching the lens! It's a cool perspective :)

I get that effect with the 15 mm fisheye on the 1D2. It's quite cool to use at times. Other times, it just doesn't fit.

[MrChad]

Is the shot out of focus in the upper left hand corner?

[DavidEB]

Mr Chad -- thanks for noticing!!! I set up this shot deliberately to have the upper edge, and the near end of the leash and top of my shirt be out-of-focus. It took a fair amount of fiddling to do it, too -- if focused on the dog's nose, the top of the picture was in focus.

Ron Chappel -- I've always respected your lens knowledge demonstrated in other posts, and that is confirmed here with your recommendation that I let my dog clean my lenses. Thanks, I'll be sure to try it.

[Mycroft]

I recently picked up one of these lenses too, it's so much fun! I was in the camera shop with a buddy standing about 5 feet away from him and snapped a quick test shot. He was in the picture from head to toe, and only came up into the photo about halfway. At that point I KNEW I had to get that lens!

[MrChad]

Mr Chad -- thanks for noticing!!! I set up this shot deliberately to have the upper edge, and the near end of the leash and top of my shirt be out-of-focus. It took a fair amount of fiddling to do it, too -- if focused on the dog's nose, the top of the picture was in focus.

Ron Chappel -- I've always respected your lens knowledge demonstrated in other posts, and that is confirmed here with your recommendation that I let my dog clean my lenses. Thanks, I'll be sure to try it.

I end up getting out of focus regions like that from time to time and it bugs the heck out of me. Sometimes I wonder if the Canon UV filter causes the issue. The 10-22mm has such a goofy depth of field-focal plane from time to time I don't know what to make of it. But boy is it a fun lens to play with :D