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September 10, 2007
Got a new lens recently
I finally took the plunge and got myself a new lens for my camera. So far (2 weeks later) I'm very pleased with the results, which I should be given the price (gulp). It's a Canon 17-85mm IS USM, meaning it's got Image Stabilisation, and Ultra Sonic Motors for autofocus etc, all contributing to much sharper images, and faster focussing in lower light, with less audible noise. Some sample photos in this folder here, which I know I would never have been able to capture with the kit lens. For a start, it wouldn't have been able to focus fast enough. I think the range is a good combination for what I want to shoot. There are some suggestions about a bit of barrel distortion at wide angle, but I've bought a Photoshop plugin called PTLens, which is reckoned to successfully iron out any image distortions introduced by particular lenses.Posted by conor at September 10, 2007 2:48 PM