60D users, friends and their random OT B.S.

Thanks Mirco.... more lens to come..... especially that 17-40 of yours.

After shooting events indoors with my flash and diffuser, i don't feel the need of a 2.8 especially that I need to make sure everyone is in focus in a group shots.

if i wanna do candid, the 70-200 f4 at full zoom will give me blurred background too.

Hope you have a great Birthday Vinz! You deserve it!
Get out and shoot!

Ya your event shots you posted on fb are great. Nicely lit by you 430 and diffuser. impressive little flash.
I love my 17-40, great for groups and landscapes. very little distortion at 17 and very easy to fix in lightroom if you do get a little. And its an inexpensive L

Thanks Willi.

To demonstrate the diffuser's ability to push light forward here is an ISO2500 at 200mm F7.1 1/160sec.

vinmunoz wrote in post #15325089
thanks Mirco. I will look into that.

Lisa, will that ballhead compatible with our herrington base plate? or you'll just plug another plate into the herrington plate?

Well I actually wanted to move over to the Arca Swiss design so I don't use the Herringbone Base plate, if you check out the L bracket from RRS you will need a different type of ball head + plate to use it but one of the perks of it is that it accepts the hand strap!

RRS L Plate (you can see where the hand strap goes): http://reallyrightstuf​f.com …te-for-5D-Mk-III%2c-Rev-A

I think the Herringbone plate is a RC2 design which is meant to be used with Manfrotto and the rest that don't have Arca Swiss type plates.

vinmunoz wrote in post #15325114
i'm thinking also of the 35mmL but way expensive, is the sigma version comparable to the 35L?

The Sigma is actually a bit better compared by the pixel peepers (you know I'm one) but I had the 35L ..my only reason for returning it and swapping was cause of the CA I developed with it. Made me go wtf. Here is a link of the tests between the 35L and the Sigma 35:

http://lcap.tistory.co​m …m-f14-vs-Canon-35mm-f14-L

I love the 35mm FL on the FF sensor, my portraits are just fun to do! Now I won't say that no lens doesn't suffer the CA problem wide open but I think the Sigma shows it a lot less which is what I want. I was able to return my lens 35L brand new so I got back $400 at the least and will still have a 35mm FL to use and a few extra cash towards new gear.

vinmunoz wrote in post #15325310
Thanks Mirco.... more lens to come..... especially that 17-40 of yours.

After shooting events indoors with my flash and diffuser, i don't feel the need of a 2.8 especially that I need to make sure everyone is in focus in a group shots.

if i wanna do candid, the 70-200 f4 at full zoom will give me blurred background too.

Happy Birthday to you as well, didn't know it was your birthday. O_O

I need that diffuser!!! I'm wondering if my bf will get it for me before Christmas so I can mess around with it during Christmas festivities. The Sigma 35 might be in my future but I really want the 24L II as I'm finding the pancake is pretty awesome... May have to hold out for it. Love the 24 on my 24-105.

Oh, and happy birthday Vinz!!!!

Thanks Maria.

Hey vix the Mercedes event went really well I've sold a bunch of photos from the night, had my shots accepted by two magazines, looks like I may get more event work from them next year.

I got really good exposure on the night and it's all gone a bit mental, I've had some of the models from the fashion show getting in touch they want portfolio work and today have taken a booking for a 16 year old girls party were they want a fashion mag style shoot!!

Honestly it's all or nothing lol. 2013 is going to be a mega one for me but it looks like all my money will be going on lights and studio gear so bring on a shiny new set of elinchroms ..... Lol

pauly916 wrote in post #15325677
Hey vix the Mercedes event went really well I've sold a bunch of photos from the night, had my shots accepted by two magazines, looks like I may get more event work from them next year.

I got really good exposure on the night and it's all gone a bit mental, I've had some of the models from the fashion show getting in touch they want portfolio work and today have taken a booking for a 16 year old girls party were they want a fashion mag style shoot!!

Honestly it's all or nothing lol. 2013 is going to be a mega one for me but it looks like all my money will be going on lights and studio gear so bring on a shiny new set of elinchroms ..... Lol

Nice Pauly! Great to hear!

That's so awesome pauly! Looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you

Thanks a lot guys its all very exciting at the moment.
Here is a funny shot my son won man of the match after he scored a hatrick this week and wanted a photo. He assures me this is how the pro's look when they line up at a match, I had to laugh.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/68248150@N08/8​244512057/

Mircom wrote in post #15325359
Ya your event shots you posted on fb are great. Nicely lit by you 430 and diffuser. impressive little flash.
I love my 17-40, great for groups and landscapes. very little distortion at 17 and very easy to fix in lightroom if you do get a little. And its an inexpensive L

Thanks.

Yah I'm missing that focal length. In the party somebody asked me what's my widest lens, i said only 40mm.

He's asking me to take good shots for his house exterior. the 17-40 fits the job. a lot of reviewers also regard that as better than the 24-105 in terms of image quality and sharpness.

LANDED MY FIRST MAGAZINE PHOTOS!!!! I'm so excited. Just got an advanced copy of Gasser Mag and my photos of a 32 Willys hot rod made a feature article. I know it's not like a huge big name magazine but you gotta start somewhere.

Congrats Jason!

Umbrella start kit - good deal @ B&H

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …&O=productlist&​sku=425220

I use them as shoot-through and I ended up buying a few $8 hotshoe mounts instead of the OEM ones