I have the same lens. I never use the hood though.

 

i really need to get my photosite up and running. facebook ruins the quality of the photo's with its compression.

 

I always use hoods when shooting in sunny conditions outside. Plus helps protect the front element cause I will never put a filter on my L lenses.

 

steve, macleod trail just south of canyon meadows drive?

 

yup the overpass from the train station to the other side of macleod....just happened to have my camera with me cuz i took it to get cleaned and was like hmmmm picture time haha

 

and im guessing a really slow shutter speed of a couple seconds?

 

settings were the following

2.0" = 2 second shutter
F6.3 = aperature setting
ISO 400 = obviously the iso number
@20mm focal range = tells you how zoomed in or out i was

 

jibberish to me haha

 

edited for ya jordan

 

Why not upload your photos to Flickr then copy the image code onto here?

 

because i'm in the middle of designing my own photosite as i have my own server and will be purchasing a domain here shortly.

 

i see now steve haha. only thing i dont get is iso

 

Pretty much all of my pictures are taken in a basketball gym, so I guess I really don't need it. Do they really make a difference when you shoot outside in the light?

 

iso numbers tells you how sensitive the camera is too light. the higher the number the more light will be processed but a high ISO can cause grain in a photo so you want to try and keep the ISO as low as possible.

ie. during the daytime you want a low ISO as their plenty of ambient light. at night or indoors with very poor ambient light your gonna turn the ISO up a lil

 

i see.

 

Yeah indoor shooting I would take the hood off to allow as much light in if shooting in low light conditions. I think the hood helps with lens flair and having the contrast drowned out on really sunny days. Even though this lens is hard to flair from what I've read from the reviews. And like I said, it's nice to have if you accidentally bump into something when it's on your side and the cap is off.

 

I wish I had more opportunity to go out and take pictures of everything, but I'm either doing school or shooting for my schools basketball team.

 

I know what you mean on trying to find more time. That's a goal of mine for this year.

 

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^Is Hardeeville near Charleston, SC? I'm moving there in 1 week!

 

its about two hours away. im at just about the southern most point of sc

 

oh ok. pics look good too, what camera?

 

that woulda been cool there are no balts around here what so ever

 

those are the only lenses that i own that have filters...u know you can get clear ones that won't diminish the quality of the shots right....

when you spend that much on a piece of glass the first thing you should do is protect it...

edit...just read you leave the hood on most of the time. disregard..

 

very well said. the way i learnt all this was with a film camera as you buy the film based on the ISO that you require. my fav was always 400 speed black n white film. looove the grain it makes.