Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM - The Brick

hondo11 wrote in post #8859056
I am brand new to photography.

Info from the original RAW file:

File Name IMG_0014.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.9
Shooting Date/Time 10/20/2009 5:56:03 PM
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 8
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 100
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Focal Length 67.0mm
Image Size 5184x3456
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
AF area select mode Manual selection
Picture Style Standard
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 3isable
Highlight tone priority 0isable
Auto Lighting Optimizer 0:Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Enable
File Size 20409KB
Dust Delete Data No
Drive Mode Single shooting
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uhh you are new to photography and you shoot in RAW and seems to know quite a bit about RAW editing and not to mention the expensive pro equipment you just bought... Wow! You are either both a genius and millionaire or you are a bad liar no offense intended


This one was taken like an hour after I bought my copy

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A pano from the sunset.

Brilliant pano Mast3rChi3f!

FuturamaJSP wrote in post #8925992
uhh you are new to photography and you shoot in RAW and seems to know quite a bit about RAW editing and not to mention the expensive pro equipment you just bought... Wow! You are either both a genius and millionaire or you are a bad liar no offense intended

No offense taken, but it IS the truth. (I'm neither a genius nor a millionaire...though my mom always said that I was smart and not to believe all the other kids...) That shot was probably around #50 taken with the camera...which is my very first DSLR. (Never had a film SLR either...) I am the kind of person that researches the hell out of things, especially when I am new to them, so I am usually a little ahead of the curve.

As far as shooting in RAW goes, I shot picture #1 in RAW and I haven't looked back. I figure if I can learn RAW, then JPEGs should be no problem.

I have no illusions though...I am GREEN as hell when it comes to this stuff and I have TONS to learn. Which is why I am on here all the time.

I have no aspirations of being anything more than an "enthusiast"...I just travel to some really cool places and when I am old, I want GOOD pictures to look back on.

This is how I usually look behind the camera. This is my "Which %@%$# button do I push again?" face...

hondo11 wrote in post #8926404
No offense taken, but it IS the truth. (I'm neither a genius nor a millionaire...though my mom always said that I was smart and not to believe all the other kids...) That shot was probably around #50 taken with the camera...which is my very first DSLR. (Never had a film SLR either...) I am the kind of person that researches the hell out of things, especially when I am new to them, so I am usually a little ahead of the curve.

As far as shooting in RAW goes, I shot picture #1 in RAW and I haven't looked back. I figure if I can learn RAW, then JPEGs should be no problem.

I have no illusions though...I am GREEN as hell when it comes to this stuff and I have TONS to learn. Which is why I am on here all the time.

I have no aspirations of being anything more than an "enthusiast"...I just travel to some really cool places and when I am old, I want GOOD pictures to look back on.

This is how I usually look behind the camera. This is my "Which %@%$# button do I push again?" face...

wow! Cool! haha and I thought I was crazy for have bought a 40D/17-85IS combo as my first dslr and that was last year lol. I guess you are a very fast learner then. So you see I am fairly new myself and my first 3000 or so pictures with my dslr were mostly snapshots lol but it helped me learn the basics and all that. I do read a lot of guides and regularly check online photography forums but I also like to experiment on my own and kinda like the try and fail experience You know I am still shooting JPEG most of the time that's mostly because I have a crappy computer right now and I don't think it would be able to handle Lightroom or at least it would get really slow and of course the tiny 40Gb harddrive doesn't help either

Anyway, the 24-70 is also a great landscape lens even on a crop body

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hondo11 wrote in post #8926404

You smoke near your gear?

i just got this lens in the mail at work and took a few test shots.

I am pretty happy with it.. the size does not bother me and i usually stick w/ primes

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AudibleSilence wrote in post #8926673
You smoke near your gear?

uh what's wrong with that? It's not like smoke could cause damage to equipment or anything unless of course you blow the smoke directly into your camera or something lol besides 7D is weather sealed maybe that's why he bought it

btw he looks like Chuck Norris in that picture, really cool

and another test shot with ma new lens

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My 24-70 finally came in and here is one of the first few photos out of this lens. This is the Stone Bridge in Manassas VA.

Dave

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AudibleSilence wrote in post #8925895
That guy was in rent right? He hangs out in Alphabet City.

He was just hanging out in time square, making noise about something.....

FuturamaJSP wrote in post #8926966
uh what's wrong with that? It's not like smoke could cause damage to equipment or anything unless of course you blow the smoke directly into your camera or something lol besides 7D is weather sealed maybe that's why he bought it

1) cigarette and cigar smoke gets into and stains everything. And yes it's been known to damage electronics
2) the 7d's weather sealed about as good as the 5d MKII..it has foam weather stripping not rubberized gaskets.

I hope he's better informed than you.

AudibleSilence wrote in post #8926673
You smoke near your gear?

Yes, I generally get about 5 guys and we all go into the most enclosed space we can find. Then we light up several cigars apiece, take the lens off the camera, and blow the smoke directly into the camera body. You can also use it as an ashtray, but you have to dump it out and clean the sensor afterwards or you'll get spots on your pictures.

It's outside in a garden, with a slight breeze blowing...but thanks for the concern. The content of your message may have been useful, but your delivery sucked.

Mast3rChi3f wrote in post #8926152
A pano from the sunset.

breathtaking

hondo11 wrote in post #8928131
The content of your message may have been useful, but your delivery sucked.

+1,

FuturamaJSP wrote in post #8926567

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Love this one.