Teasel
Teasel
9791weeds3D22_01_03
5DIII with 60 2.8
Jan, 2022Views
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9791weeds3D22_01_03 I went to the weed patch across the highway to test the UnBirthday present and see if It were possible to use the EFS 60 2.8 on a Canon 5D iii camera. Not exactly high adventure, but still requiring personal discipline and stamina. Between shoulder fracture and spine surgery, EFS 60 2.8 lens was still main lens as 105 2.8 is still very heavy on lower back and very hard to hold. Takes a while to regain stamina or physical coordination. So now I had the camera with the desirable focus system, but not quite control and stamina for the Sigma lens. Could I put the 60 2.8 on the full frame 5DIII? Maybe it could be a compromise until better control. Officially no, it's not possible. In a box there are some odd extensions... one bought for the EF 50 2.5 macro. Maybe... So this is what happens when on a whim, you put a EFS 50 2.8 on a full frame camera with EF 25 II extension. It was tricky because the focus range is very small and it took a lot of effort to get the lens "to see" a focus point, but it was so different than using the lens on the 7D or 15 2.8 on 5D II-- it was just very different and was like entering into the time tunnel. Only a very small area of lens has sharp focus, only a very small area of the subject can be focused and everything else is in a cloud of blur. I went to the weed patch to learn.Time
14:02 t was very dark afternoon with heavy cloud cover, but this was how I tested the new UnBirthday present on the winter weeds in the weed patch across the street. It was the closest area where nobody cares whether you are huddled on the ground looking for bug or weed and will happily ignore you to leave you in peace without setting their dogs on your camera bag.Lighting
It was quite dark, hence the slow shutter. Gloomy dark day. Whenever you put an extension on a camera with a lens, you have to consider that extra length of barrel that also creates a tunnel syndrome to exclude light penetration. In old system of reckoning, there is: Level 1 standing with full light 2. kneeling or bent with partial or blocked light and 3 grubbing about in the underbrush or grass in extreme low light. So although standing, this was level 3 Gloom. So slow shutter and ISO to compensate for low light. When new camera, one must experiment to see how light sensitive it is or how bad the noise factor shall be.Equipment
Canon 5 DIII EF 25ii and EFS 60 2.8 hand held --no flash. Grunt Factor maybe 5/10. Definitely took some physical stamina due to past injuries.Inspiration
Trying to solve a problem of not being able to sustain the Sigma 105 2.8 lens for main lens. Now after many years, I can close fingers on left hand to touch palm, but retraining hand takes time. Ok, so now I can hold the lens and turn the focus ring, but there's the second jolly injury of a spine fracture on L4-L5, so even walking, putting on shoes, kneeling, standing, sitting-- all basic stupid things had to be relearned. It's not easy Joe. Forget telling a doctor that I am going to the weed patch to shoot macro photography. The doctor will have a cow. Getting down is okay, but the struggle to stand up is about like a beetle on its back.Editing
Very very straight work... lousy at photoshop. It's not great skill and besides computers demand use of fingers and it's taken so so many years to recover 30-40% use of left arm and hand.In my camera bag
Because of physical limitation, in the past, the 7D + 60 2.8 and the EF 35-135 3.5-6.3 and an extension in case there's a helicopter because the 60 2.8 really takes lousy photos of aircraft. Now, when going out to a weed patch, there is a 7D for the 60 2.8 and and a very useful little EFS 35 2.8. The Sigma 105 2.8 goes on the 5 D iii which has it's own small carry., the EF 35-135 3.5-6.3 for obvious reasons that macros doesn't shoot planes well. As stamina increases, so will bag weight. There's a Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 that can go on the bottom of the Heineken beer bag, but it's a bit much now. Eventually, one day, maybe the 70-200 2.8 will come out of its bag for a walk now and then.Feedback
Experiment with what you have. Sometimes your limitations are also your assets. There are always excuses and reasons for self-indulgence. Just try. Sometimes, it's very difficult, but if you don't try, you'll never develop or recover skills. Sometimes even the stupid little things like raising a foot off the ground or tying shoes has to be relearned over months, but it's not possible unless you try. Maybe you fail, but you can always try again. Maybe next year, control over the Sigma 105 2.8. will come.. Unless I try, I will never regain the macro skills I had before the terrible fractured shoulder and then spine surgery. The easy thing is to say, "I can't", but at least try.
