anbeck

Thanks for the responses. Now I'm really enthusiastic about it and I will order one. Do you have some tips for "artistic use"? For instance filters. I saw some photos with cool warm colours. Does this depend on the unique "weirdness" of the camera I will get, or do you recommend some funny filters?

Andre

Hello there,

I've just recently learned about the Holga-Website (<www.holga.net>).

What is your opinion of the cheap Holgas? Just a cheap plastic thing

that's crap? Or an interesting gimmick? Or a not-so-expansive way to

try medium format?

What can they be used for? Do you use slide or negative film? Does

anybody have some pictures that were taken with a Holga?

Thanks,

Andre

Thanks to everybody.

The 75-300 IS is at ~460 EUR, which is just between the 135 2.8 and the 70-200 f4L.

I gotta think about it.

Andre

Now I'm curious: What is the street price for the 70-200 f4L in the US? I know somebody who will go there to a university, maybe....

Thanks,

Andre

The Photonotes.org link doesn't seem to work right now.

Yakin: Do you mean the 100-300 L or the 100-300 4.5-5.6 USM? The latter one would be affordable, the other one not.

Jean-Baptiste: The 70-200 4 L is about 650 EUR here in Germany, which would be more than twice the 135 2.8 SF.

Thanks,

Andre

Hello,<br><br>

I'm sorry to ask for your help again, but I'm somehow lost in the

Canon Telezoom jungle.<br><br>

I want to buy a second lens (beside my 50mm 1.8) for street

photography and portraits. One alternative is the EF 135 2.8 Soft

Focus, but I also want to consider a zoom lens. For my purpose a zoom

between 100-200mm would be best. My budget is about 350-400 Euros, and

there are several lenses who fall into this street-price range. Some

are:<br><br>

EF 28-200mm 3.5-5.6 USM<br>

EF 55-200mm 4.5-5.6 USM<br>

EF 55-200mm 4.5-5.6 IIUSM<br>

EF 80-200mm 4.5-5.6 II<br>

EF 100-300mm 4.5-5.6 USM<br>

EF 75-300mm 4.0-5.6III USM<br><br>

Maybe:<br>

EF 28-135mm 3.5-5.6 IS USM<br>

EF 75-300mm 4.0-5.6 IS USM<br><br>

How do these lenses compare picture-quality wise to the 135 2.8 SF?

Or would you get that prime lens instead of a zoom?<br>

Are there any other lenses (from other manufacturers) I should

consider?<br><br>

Thank you very much again!!!<br>

Andre

Hello,

I only own the EF 50mm 1.8 and want to buy a short tele lens soon. One

alternative is the 135mm 2.8 Soft Focus. I want to do portraits and

street photography from a farther distance (compared to the 50mm).

Another one could be the EF 80-200 mm 1/4.5-5.6 II. But I fear it is

just "cheap". I didn't find much information on the Internet, so can

anybody here tell me about that lens? I cannot afford a L-series lens,

and I would still prefer the 135 2.8 over a 28-135 3.6-5.6.

So what is the picture quality of the EF 80-200?

Thanks,

Andre

Hello there,

I am just reading the german edition of John Hedgecoe's "The New

Manual of Photography". Since it is not the internation edition my

page numbers probably won't match yours but on page 142 in the chapter

"Warm Colors" there is a portrait on the left that is lit only by a

burning match (or something similar). You can only see one half of the

woman's face, parts of her neck and shoulder, and the hand that holds

the match. Everything else is mostly black.

The description says: "Pentax, 100 mm, 1/8 sec., f 2,8, tripod,

Agfachrome 200."

I would also like to make similar pictures (I love that orange-ish

lighting) with my Canon EOS 300v (I guess that's Rebel Ti in the US)

and the EF 50mm 1,8.

Do you have any hints how to set up such a photo? I would appreciate

any hint!!

Thanks a lot,

Andre