Working on photos from the Last Shoot with Per, I used the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 USM lens almost exclusively, and you can really see the difference in shot quality. I have been shy of this lens since I got the Canon 10D because of the whole multiplier thing. Oh, I just realized that most of you have no Idea what I am talking about :) Well, in a nutshell, because the Canon 10D has a smaller “film plate” (aka the sensor) than a 35mm film camera (aka a full frame camera), which makes the field of view of your lenses is all slightly narrower. There is what they call a 1.6X crop multiplier on whatever lens you have, so my Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 USM lens actually ends up having the same field of view as a lens with the focal length of a 112mm to 480mm lens.
This is great if you want to have a bit more zoom capability, but sometimes it can make it harder to fit everything in frame when you are shooting things that are closer:) However, I think I’m just going to back up more because I really like the look of these longer-focal-length shots. A bit more ‘ZOOM with your feet” is required!
Camera: Canon EOS 10D
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f 16
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm/4.0-5.6 USM @75mm
Date Taken: Oct 17 2003