{"id":7848,"date":"2021-03-03T11:14:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2021\/03\/03\/another-new-camera-lens\/"},"modified":"2021-03-03T11:14:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:14:42","slug":"another-new-camera-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2021\/03\/03\/another-new-camera-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Another New Camera Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

SL1 w\/New 250mm Lens<\/a>I posted here before about acquiring a 400mm telephoto lens<\/a> for my little Canon EOS Rebel SL1 and that lens is worth every dime I spent on it. The only drawback is its size and weight when you want to go out into the desert to capture a few photos of critters. It is a bit clunky lugging it around on a walk up the road or for other events where you might want to get photos of subjects that may be dozens of yards away or perhaps more than that.<\/p>\n

Image – Camera with the new EF-S 55-250mm Zoom Lens<\/a> attached. Click on the image to enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n

The SL1, when I purchased it in 2014, shipped with the standard 18-55mm lens and an additional 75-300mm telephoto lens, neither of which were of really decent quality. The latter, after a couple of years, developed an autofocus intermittency and had to be scrapped. Plus, in 2019, we replaced the stock lens with a superior quality 18-135mm lens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, the bottom line is that I wanted a lightweight intermediate zoom lens for those times that I mentioned above. So far, since I received the new lens last Thursday, I am pleased with its performance. I took the cactus wren photo today at a range of about 35 feet and the lunar photo last Friday during the full February “Snow Moon.” I cropped both images down from the full-frame size to enhance the subjects. Click on either image to enlarge. I am especially pleased with the sharpness of the mountains and craters on the moon which is not bad for an intermediate telephoto lens.<\/p>\n

Cactus Wren on Saguaro<\/a> Snow Moon<\/a><\/p>\n

I other news, I renewed my expired AZ Driver’s License yesterday. The expiration was covered by an extension due to the pandemic, but that extension ran out at the end of February, so I drove to the MVD and got my renewal. I should get the new license by mail in a week or two. <\/p>\n

In other<\/em> other news, our COVID-19 vaccines have not yet arrived in our area. There are two venues in town through which we can be vaccinated but neither on-line registration is yet available. We’re both eligible for the vaccines by virtue of age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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