stanislaw32
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I am a big fan of night photography.
See e.g. here:
http://www.trekearth.com/members/mkamionka/photos/
I think I learned to produce pretty good pictures having simple camera (EOS300, EOS350d).
my trouble began when I decided to upgrade.
I bought EOS450d and then 17-85mm lens.
The tripod which I used was always the lightest cheapest smallest tripod which worked out perfectly and was great for travel.
I think the new lens is pretty heavy and destabilizing the whole camera.
I performed some tests with same camera using this new lens and some old simple lenses.
The shots with old simple lens (EF 80-200mm II)
are ALL very sharp.
The shots with the new heavy lens (EF-S 17-85mm IS USM) are in most cases not sharp. I took about ten consecutive shots and out of ten 1 or 2 are satisfactory but never as good as with the simple lens.
Now the paradox is that upgrading the lens I get much better pictures in the daylight but much worse at night (which are my favorites).
I am very curious if anybody had a similar case.
Is everybody using heavy tripods?
What are your favorites?
Are there some heavy tripods which are not necessary
very expensive?
Alternatively I think about taking for the night photos the lighter simpler lenses but for the travel I would need to take two versions of each lens.
I would appreciate your advice.
See e.g. here:
http://www.trekearth.com/members/mkamionka/photos/
I think I learned to produce pretty good pictures having simple camera (EOS300, EOS350d).
my trouble began when I decided to upgrade.
I bought EOS450d and then 17-85mm lens.
The tripod which I used was always the lightest cheapest smallest tripod which worked out perfectly and was great for travel.
I think the new lens is pretty heavy and destabilizing the whole camera.
I performed some tests with same camera using this new lens and some old simple lenses.
The shots with old simple lens (EF 80-200mm II)
are ALL very sharp.
The shots with the new heavy lens (EF-S 17-85mm IS USM) are in most cases not sharp. I took about ten consecutive shots and out of ten 1 or 2 are satisfactory but never as good as with the simple lens.
Now the paradox is that upgrading the lens I get much better pictures in the daylight but much worse at night (which are my favorites).
I am very curious if anybody had a similar case.
Is everybody using heavy tripods?
What are your favorites?
Are there some heavy tripods which are not necessary
very expensive?
Alternatively I think about taking for the night photos the lighter simpler lenses but for the travel I would need to take two versions of each lens.
I would appreciate your advice.