Richard Hardwick Photography

EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

18 January 2009 // Comments Off

Having rented this lens twice from Lenses For Hire and been blown away with it’s performance, I’ve finally bought a EF 400mm f/5.6L USM. For me this is probably the best value lens in the Canon range, extremely sharp, fast focussing, portable and doesn’t require a second mortgage.

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EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM

8 January 2009 // Comments Off

I’ve sold my EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM and EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM lenses and replaced them with the EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM. The reasons for doing this are:

- Improved out of focus quality, bokeh
- Greater working distance
- Ability to use a 1.4x converter
- Combining two lenses to one

I can’t wait to get out there and use it.

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2008 – My Year in Pictures

1 January 2009 // Comments Off

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