Bokehgraphic: July 2011

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

I set the shutter speed to 1/2000, clicked the shutter release, and this happened

Monday, July 25, 2011

CVSS Cross-country Run @ MacRitchie Reservoir - Imgur

Walking and jogging 3.2km with my camera really is something I've never done before.

View album here;
CVSS Cross-country Run @ MacRitchie Reservoir - Imgur

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Cosfest X1 2011 - Day 1 and Day 2 (25/6/11 - 26/6/11)

Photobucket failed on me today. So I decided to try out Imgur to see how good of a picture host it can be. The good thing is that Imgur's preface is simple. The bad? You can't display album slideshows with their current API. Of course, that may change in the months to come.

Cosfest X1 2011 - Imgur

Monday, July 4, 2011

Pic Spam: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

This was a telephoto lens that I rented for use over the weekends.

I'm pretty impressed by the results this lens achieves. Of course, that isn't surprising considering that the 70-200mm f2.8 is part of Canon's L-series lenses. The lens is a bit tad heavy, weighing in a 1310g. Although this is the case, I do not mind the weight as it really feels that the lens is solidly built.

The copy that I rented is not the IS version. IS only proves to be useful for night shots. We all have to remember that IS does not assist in stopping the movement of the subject. With its large minimum aperture of f/2.8, it certainly helps in achieving higher motion-stopping shutter speeds of 1/500 and above. This will definitely help in preventing the hand-shake caused at lower shutter speeds such as 1/60 and below.

Overall, I'm very delighted at the results this lens could give me. The color and contrast it reproduces has impressed me so much that I just can't bear to return this lens.

This is definitely the lens that I would use for sports/action, street and portrait photography. With its useful focal range and aperture, not only its versatile, it is extremely sharp as well.