-= T2i / 550D users UNITE! (3) =-

davidc502 wrote in post #13761779
Heck, if you're going to drop 1500 dollars on a lens you might as well throw down another 500 and get the absolute best.

Yeah, as an owner of the 2.8 L non-IS, I chose not to spend the extra $250 for the IS when I bought it. Looking at the ISO 12233 chart comparisons, I the non-IS is higher IQ. IS wasn't worth it for me given my intended use (sports).

I am considering a move up to the 2.8L IS ii though, mostly for the IQ, and some for the IS in non-sports settings (in lieu of the top end of the Holy Trinity). Time will tell though -- if the kids get more into hoops or volleyball, I'll probably throw that money into an 85mm f/1.8 and some strobes. But I digress...

I don't see the value in the mark i IS, because of the IQ.

T2i4me wrote in post #13763197
Ok Troy come clean how do you find all this "daylight" time to travel around and take photos........I'm jealous!

MedicinSC wrote in post #13763238
I second that!

I try to get out at least 3 times a week (for my own sanity!). I come back with hundreds of photos that I edit throughout the week. I sometimes only get an hour and other days I get 3-4.

Just giving you a hard time Troy, during the winter months I can only dream to leave the office and get some daylight photo time in. But in a metro area of Southern CA there is not much to shoot anyway unless you like people, traffic and buildings.....

T2i4me wrote in post #13763617
Just giving you a hard time Troy, during the winter months I can only dream to leave the office and get some daylight photo time in. But in a metro area of Southern CA there is not much to shoot anyway unless you like people, traffic and buildings.....

Its all good! I would probably find something to photograph. I had a fun photoshoot lastnight of my boys and I slicking our hair back and wearing our leather jackets. It was a blast! I am always photographing something!

Here is another winter landscape.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/trulie98/675836​7609/

trulie98 wrote in post #13763653
Its all good! I would probably find something to photograph. I had a fun photoshoot lastnight of my boys and I slicking our hair back and wearing our leather jackets. It was a blast! I am always photographing something!

Here is another winter landscape.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/trulie98/675836​7609/
Winter Silence by TroyMarcyPhotography.c​om, on Flickr"]http://www.flickr.com/​photos/trulie98/675836​7609/
Winter Silence by TroyMarcyPhotography.c​om, on Flickr

Well done on this.

Tonight's sunset

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …ypphotography/6​758437489/

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …ypphotography/6​758436295/

^^nice work White....love the colors and the silhouette of the foreground

crow is bothering the Juvie eagle.

Crows for some reason always bother eagles. Anyone know why that is?

Wondering if anyone knows the answer to this:

Up to what aperture does the T2i's viewfinder accurately display? Contemplating buying a new lens / manual focusing on my Nifty has me thinking about what I'm missing.

Hi chaps ... I've been doing some tests but would like the benefit of your experience please. I kind of leave my lcd display on its brightest setting ... dependent on ambient light this gives me a rough guide to how well I've exposed a shot, of course this is a bit hit and miss so have been trying to judge the exposure via the histogram but am not having a great deal of success ... any advice please.

Regards Roger

touji wrote in post #13764734
Wondering if anyone knows the answer to this:

Up to what aperture does the T2i's viewfinder accurately display? Contemplating buying a new lens / manual focusing on my Nifty has me thinking about what I'm missing.

In theory it should display properly at all apertures. You need to press the DOF button to see an approximation of what the captured pic may look like.

rogertb wrote in post #13764782
Hi chaps ... I've been doing some tests but would like the benefit of your experience please. I kind of leave my lcd display on its brightest setting ... dependent on ambient light this gives me a rough guide to how well I've exposed a shot, of course this is a bit hit and miss so have been trying to judge the exposure via the histogram but am not having a great deal of success ... any advice please.

Regards Roger

Pretty simple. If the charts hits up too much against the left of the histogram you are underexposed (or the scene is quite dark). It it climbs up the right then you are overexposed and have blown the highlights.

Thanks Bobobird, yes through my checks I gathered that but I can't believe it's that simple ... I'm sure you're right (well I know you're right) ... I think I must try taking a bunch of shots and not look at the preview and try and just rely on the histogram to establish whether I've got the exposure correct ... I think I'm getting a bit confused by high contrast shots like landscapes where there a big foregrounds of dark shrubbery and big bright skies, the histogram then has loads on the left and loads on the right ... I'll keep testing. Thanks for taking the time ... Roger

touji wrote in post #13764734
Wondering if anyone knows the answer to this:

Up to what aperture does the T2i's viewfinder accurately display? Contemplating buying a new lens / manual focusing on my Nifty has me thinking about what I'm missing.

From my understanding the only time you'd be reducing the amunt of light through the viewfinder (other than with the DOF button) would be if you are using an adapted lens. The aperture has to be manually controlled on the lens as the camera can't stop down on old equipment. How well it works at a given f-stop with adapted lenses is a function of the amount of available light.