Rebel XSi / 450D Users Unite

I'm dying to know what you typed to get it to bleep out those letters...

Was any PP done to it? I'm gonna have to go try it tonight with my 100-400 and CPL

Haha.. Ship High In Transit + Ty



PP? A little sharpening and about a 10 or 20% crop I believe.

Oh in that case the results look great. And why do you hate the 55-250? I found it a great zoom for those with tight budgets. Mind you I'd never give up my 100-400L but for the time that I had it, the 55-250 did pretty well.

Hi guys, new to the forum and introducing myself a bit. I own the XSi and use it for my portrait work. I love it at low ISO's, and use a flash to compensate when I need more light. I think it's a great camera. If you'd like to see pics, anything in my sig links were taken with the XSi. I just got the 35 1.4 so all the photos you'll see were taken with the 50 1.8.

Truly stunning work Miranda. Welcome to POTN, and welcome to the XSi thread! Let us know when you get some shots with your 35 1.4 up!

ckort wrote in post #7694584
Went to the local zoo late this afternoon and shot these....enjoy.

I know the glass blocks are distracting but thought it was a cool shot anyway .

Hi these shots are beautiful, which lens was used if you don't mind me asking?

I just don't have a need for a zoom personally (On the long end, at least) - I've used it maybe a handful of times - The moon shot being one of.

I mean, the only reason I'd use it is for shooting birds or sports(Which I don't) - And if I did, I'd fork out the money for a 300L or something of the sort - I don't see point in shotty IQ and non-USM focusing on a zoom range that really, really needs just that - USM and very good IQ.

Otherwise you shouldn't be shooting those areas, IMHO.

The reason I have it, you ask? The place I bought my 450D, I knew the guy - I just wanted the body, but he threw in the Twin Lens Kit for the same price as Body Only.

He's been fired since then

Goincarcrazy wrote in post #7697841
Truly stunning work Miranda. Welcome to POTN, and welcome to the XSi thread! Let us know when you get some shots with your 35 1.4 up!

Thank you! Will do

Hi people, I've been shooting with my kit lens and a nifty 50 on my SXi for about 5 months now. I've gotten a couple good shots, but I'm longing (and saving my tax refund) for better glass. I was thinking about the 70-200 F/2.4 USM IS L but I'm worried about complaints of "softness" on cropped sensor cameras that people talk about. I'd love any thoughts from fellow SXi owners about a good Zoom lens and show off some of my shots for people to make fun of. Hopefully I'm doing something right

Here is probably one of my best nature shots, though I wish i had time to adjust my aperture to a lower F, to push those bushes in the background out of focus. Birds don't wait while you fiddle with your camera though.

Goincarcrazy wrote in post #7697841
Truly stunning work Miranda. Welcome to POTN, and welcome to the XSi thread! Let us know when you get some shots with your 35 1.4 up!

I second that Miranda some fantastic shots in there... very well framed.

had to get a shot of these in the garden

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Nashilee wrote in post #7698236
Hi these shots are beautiful, which lens was used if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks Nashilee! I took these with the "****ty 55-250" LOL. Actually I'm starting to like this lens a little more than I use to, but can't wait to get some L glass!

^ lol "****ty 55-250" is that a new one? Ain't heard it before :P

Good lens though, I was sorely missing a lens with reach, but was pleasantly surprised by it.

Socket7 wrote in post #7698629
Hi people, I've been shooting with my kit lens and a nifty 50 on my SXi for about 5 months now. I've gotten a couple good shots, but I'm longing (and saving my tax refund) for better glass. I was thinking about the 70-200 F/2.4 USM IS L but I'm worried about complaints of "softness" on cropped sensor cameras that people talk about. I'd love any thoughts from fellow SXi owners about a good Zoom lens and show off some of my shots for people to make fun of. Hopefully I'm doing something right

Here is probably one of my best nature shots, though I wish i had time to adjust my aperture to a lower F, to push those bushes in the background out of focus. Birds don't wait while you fiddle with your camera though.

And another favorite of mine. One of the first shots I ever took with my SXi, while flying home from Boston to California on x-mas break.

Finally, some urban decay. Or should I say half life? This was taken on Treasure Island in San Francisco, During the Cold war they would paint ships with radioactive isotopes, park them next to treasure island and have seamen scrub the ships clean. Portions of the island are fenced off due not only to the isotopes still hanging around, but high concentrations of Dioxin. (You have to sign an agreement when you move onto the island that you and your dog won't dig in the ground.)

Click here for my Flickr photostream, and high resolution images

Its XSi not SXi, and you want to buy the 70-200 2.8, not 2.4. Other than that very nice shots, and an interesting story with the last one. I havnt heard anything about the softness on the 70-200 but maybe i havnt read enough about it.