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What is the best canon low light lens to use for indoor music photography?

I currently have a canon eos 450d and standard kit lens.
I’m finding that this is increasingly insufficient; my photos are coming out with large amount of motion blur and are slightly too dark even on the most extreme settings

Best budget lens for low light imo, is the 85mm f/1.8. Its very solid, has fast AF, and takes really sharp pictures even at f/1.8. The length is pretty decent for concerts, but you wont get anything longer for any less than $600 more. You can always go wit the 50 f/1.8, but really that focal length is not long enough. My favorite lens is the 70-200 f/2.8 but obviously that runs for either $1100 or $1700, where as the 85mm f/1.8 goes for just over $400.

Canon Lens Used

Minolta has always been the leader in producing lenses that are one of its own kinds. The minolta camera lenses have now gone beyond the imagination of the crowd. Recently, these people have come up with the exotic special purpose lens, which specializes in producing a transition between the in-focus and out-of-focus areas in the picture. The best feature in these lenses is its ability to reduce the distracting effects from the background without distorting the original image. These lenses also come at an excellent price range and are excellent in optical quality and range for daily use.

Moving on from lenses, we digress a little and jump on directly to the security cameras. The latest security system uses the board cameras. These are mini cameras that have lenses mounted on circuit boards. The small size of these cameras makes them simply apt for use in the security system applications. Sometimes they also use the pin hole lenses that are available in two categories – flat and conical lenses.

The conical lens is used when the security system camera is installed on the ceiling tiles and the flat lens is used when the security camera system uses a thin material such as clothing. Some of these board cameras also use the board lenses for better picture quality. Most of the board cameras operate with an AC adapter or at times using a battery for power supply. However, most of the brand manufacturers suggest the use of good quality adapters for your cameras.

Talking of camera systems, we just cannot afford to forget the canon camera systems. It is one of the leading producers of the most complete single lens reflex camera system in the world. They give you guaranteed products that can take you to a much higher level of photography. They use some exclusive technologies that are unmatched by any other camera manufacturer in the world.

Sometimes these cameras use the teleconverters for the conversion or rather extension of the focal lengths. One of the popular names in this field is the bower that boasts not only of teleconverters but are also leading manufactures of wide angle lenses. The bower lenses come with a high resolution, ultra wide angle and even macro fittings attached. Another important camera system is the telescopic camera system that is used for security as well as some industrial inspections. This system features a powerful monochrome camera and an illuminator mounted on a telescopic pole.

With all these varieties of cameras available, people generally do not prefer fixed lens cameras. Thus, manufacturers have come up with a better solution in the form of the varifocal lenses. As the name suggests, these lenses can be adjusted even after the purchase of the camera. In simple words, these lenses provide the facility of changing the focal length and consequently the magnification of the image.

There is one more historical name that needs to be added to the list and that is the cosina cameras and camera lenses. This company is also accredited with world’s first all-push-button SLR cameras. Then, there is a latest product in the market by the name of Nikon’s d2h camera, which is receiving rave reviews. It is much better in looks and performance than its predecessors D1H and D1.

Even after all these discussions, some of us are still not aware of many of the terminologies used in the field of camera and lenses. One good example is the 3x, which denotes the ratio of the camera’s longest focal length to the shortest focal length. It, by no ways, means that two 3x cameras will have the same actual magnification.

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What would happen if I used a Canon XSI with the Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro Lens?

I am pretty new to photography but am obsessed with taking macro pictures. I am looking into buying the Canon 100mm f/2.8, but I heard that something is not compatible with the XSI, something to do with it not being a full frame camera, and I would not be able to get the full use out of the lens? Can anyone provide some light on this? Thanks

The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM is fully compatible with your Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi. The “photographers” or “salesmen” that are telling you otherwise know more than is useful and are passing along technically correct, but impractical information to an amateur.

The EF 2.8/100 was designed to be used with Canon’s full frame cameras and preforms optimally when mounted on one. However, one of these full frame bodies (5D, 1Ds, and their newer replacements) costs more than the lens in question. The lens will work well with the XSi albeit with a very tolerable drop in sharpness at the lower and higher f/stops. Because of the crop factor of the APS-C sensor on the XSi, the lens will be equivalent to a 2.8/160.

Here are some samples of what other people are taking with their incapable crop sensor XSi and 100mm Macro combo:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=canon+100mm+macro&cm=canon%2Feos_digital_rebel_xsi

It’s always a good idea to think ahead when investing. Think of the extra performance as a perk for optionally upgrading to a full frame body rather than a necessity.

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