CAMERA  AND  LENSES:

CAMERA:

For all the photographs, I used a Canon EOS Elan 7E SLR camera body, often with a tripod.  The Elan 7E has good functionality and solidness, but its manual aperture and shutter speed controls are clumsy to manipulate.

LENSES:


28-80 f/3.5-5.6 II zoom lens.
Satisfactory optics, with a useful wide-angle range, but with noticeable distortion and light-loss at the corners.

 


75-300mm f/4-5.6 III telephoto zoom lens.
A thoroughly impressive lens--good results at all focal lengths, though the AF is often clumsy as it scrolls back and forth on difficult subjects. There is often corner light loss. Tripod recommended, but I have been able to use it on sunny days at 300mm without one. Most of the photographs on this site were taken with this lens.

 


50mm f/1.5 II prime lens.
My favorite lens: it is very fast, and for this reason, I use it for portraits. Clean optics.