This is cheap (shipping included!):
Compared to "original" Canon products (shipping not included):
This is cheap (shipping included!):
Compared to "original" Canon products (shipping not included):
The annual fireworks competition in Helsinki was fired off Hernesaari this year. Two sudden rain showers interrupted the show, and security had placed the fence quite a long way away from the fire and explosions - otherwise the event was nice. Taking pictures of fireworks is fairly easy with the right equipment, these are shot with a 40mm lens stopped down to F10 and exposing by hand via cable-release in bulb-mode for whatever seemed to be a suitable time/display. Bring a tripod.
I've created a Picasa Web Album for some sailing pictures shot today from the end of Katajanokka:
http://picasaweb.google.com/anders.e.e.wallin/
I wonder if the 1 Gb space will be enough. On the other hand flickr.com only seems to offer 100 Mb (?)
Anyone know what species this is, and is it supposed to be common in southern Finland?
Shot with my 17-40/4L zoom lens and a 21mm extension tube. Depth of focus is minimal.
Elk crossing over ice. Photos by my father. This is in Tammisaari, close to where I photographed one in January.
I'll be visiting the US again in a month or so - a good opportunity to do some photography shopping. I've made a list of a subset of EF-lenses by Canon and looked up the prices at local webshop verkkokauppa.com, the German ac-foto.com, and compared these to bhphotovideo.com. The conclusion from the histogram below is something I sort of knew beforehand, but I'm still a bit shocked by how big the price difference is.
Compared to Finland, it's (10 +/- 7) % cheaper to buy your lenses from Germany. And it's a huge (38 +/- 9) % cheaper to get them from the US! (I've used the current dollar/euro rate of 1.3)
(click image above to download a pdf)
Check this out: EF-135 f/2.8 SoftFocus, 71% cheaper in the US, or look at the EF-28/2.8, 63 % cheaper!
disclaimer: this is not the complete set of EF-lenses, prices checked from the corresponding websites 26.1.2009, your mileage may vary.
