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<p>If you shoot in fairly good light, the 70-200 non-IS is a great lens for the money. Given your budget, that is what I would buy.</p>
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<p>I shoot a 1V frequently. Its major drawback is that it makes my 7D feel cheap.</p>
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<p>That lens has a very good reputation for being plenty sharp. If you have ruled out user error and done a MFA, I guess you should go with primes.</p>
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<p>I bet you will shoot more. I wouldn't give up digital, but film is still a great deal of fun. Just picked up 36 4x6 prints today and opening that envelope is exciting.</p>
<p>Or better yet, give your kids a couple rolls.</p>
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<p>17mm isn't all that wide on the 50d. I would add the Tokina 11-16mm 2.8 high on your list. As a general purpose lens, the ef-s 17-55 2.8 IS would be the best pick on your list, in my opinion.</p>
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<p>Did you check the focus switch on the lens?</p>
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<p>I would go with the 70-200 f/4 IS. It is very sharp, and unless you absolutely need the speed of the 2.8 I find the weight to be a considerable advantage (oh, and the price).</p>
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<p>If you want a shorter trip and less crowds, Ostia Antica is another possibility. I actually enjoyed it a bit more as we were free to explore.</p>
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<p>Shoot RAW and fix the white balance in post or use a custom white balance in camera.</p>
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<p>AWB never works all that well. Either use a custom white balance in camera (easy to do) or shoot RAW and fix it at the computer.</p>
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<p>Save them up and make a slide curtain.</p>
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<p>Perhaps my standards are low, but given that the shot is at ISO 800, handheld, with the DOF that comes with 85mm 1.4, I guess I am not all that sure there is a problem here. Maybe I am alone?</p>
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<p>You already have two capable bodies. I would go with the glass.</p>
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<p>The 5D mk ii will be exactly as capable a camera the day after the mk iii is released as it was the day before.</p>
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<p>For the rear LCD alone, I would go for the newer camera.</p>
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<p>The meter just cares about the amount of light read off the shutter, so it shouldn't matter much. At least, I have never noticed my exposure being unduly influenced by a contrast filter.</p>
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<p>You may want to make your initial approach through an office of continuing or community education. They have far more flexibility in allowing instructors freedom to create curriculum compared to the academic side of the house.</p>
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<p>I would start with the 430 EX II. It isn't quite as powerful, but it does pretty much everything I could ask. If you get into more complicated lighting, you can always use it as a slave flash to a 580EX II down the road.</p>
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<p>I think you just need the 67mm adapter ring ($30)</p>
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<p>It will have a field of view of an 80mm lens on your 450D, but it will work really well. It is the best $100 investment in beginner photography.</p>
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<p>EF 50mm 1.8 II. Cheap and good.</p>
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<p>Spend the $300 on a tripod instead,if you don' have one.</p>
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<p>Yes, the silver in the emulsion ensures that dust and scratch reduction tech does not work. With the high resolution of a scanner, it is hard to get the negative as clean as I would like. </p>
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<p>I wouldn't call the Plustek low end. It produces quite nice scans in my experience, and the multi-exposure trick works very nicely. It does rely on an manual feed, and that can be a pain if you are scanning in a lot of images and want to do batches. I usually only end up scanning an image or two from each roll, so I like it.<br>
I found scanning black and white film to be crazy making, though.</p>
Lens for XSi = to Nikon 18-70 F/3.5-3.4 ?
in Canon EOS Mount
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