Wide Angle Lens Test shots

[matty]

Got my new lens, walked around Bham last night and snapped a couple to get the feel for it.

Wide Angle Shots Gallery

[jezterr]

which lens?

[matty]

It's the canon 10-22mm

[jezterr]

ftw!

nice shots.

[WarriorDriver]

Id like to get one of those lenses in the future, appears you like it?

[Metonymy]

I want one too. A new 10-22, hood, and filter = $800. :(

[Metonymy]

And on the photos: They are nice. Good shots, especially the end of the railing.

The one of the downward shot of the descending stairs lokos odd though. Don't think the lens did the scene justice. The color contrasts are great, but a different lens would have been much better for that shot.

[jezterr]

the hood for the 10-22 is kinda pointless... it's basically a big dish that doesn't really block all that much out. not to mention it's kinda goofy looking since you're pointing a big circle at everybody.

this is a buddy of mine who got the hood...

[The Turk]

i hate to say it but i agree with Jayar. the hood doesn't do any good...

[Mike Reyna]

Just a hair dark for my taste....but overall very nice & sharp! Some of those would make very nice B&W pics!

[matty]

Originally Posted by Mike Reyna

Just a hair dark for my taste....but overall very nice & sharp! Some of those would make very nice B&W pics!

I think that for computer screen viewing, it drastically depends on the calibration of your screen. I do most of my editing on a mac laptop, and mac computers in combination with mac screens tend to be much brighter. So, I'd imagine that the typical PC would 'view' the pics a bit on the darker side in comparison.

Dually noted though, and I do usually take that into consideration when doing PP. When I do take more than 30 seconds a piece for pictures, ones I'm planning on being 'keepers' I pay a little more attention to the expected variances in screen contrasts.

[balut]

nice pics matt,
tahts a freaking long walk from the museum to bellingham bay haha

[Mike Reyna]

Originally Posted by matty

I think that for computer screen viewing, it drastically depends on the calibration of your screen. I do most of my editing on a mac laptop, and mac computers in combination with mac screens tend to be much brighter. So, I'd imagine that the typical PC would 'view' the pics a bit on the darker side in comparison.

Dually noted though, and I do usually take that into consideration when doing PP. When I do take more than 30 seconds a piece for pictures, ones I'm planning on being 'keepers' I pay a little more attention to the expected variances in screen contrasts.

I do have all my montiors color matched. Not only for photos, but for graphics as well. I work with security hardware & dye sublimation security printers that need specific YMC profiles to be exact.

Good to know though.

[matty]

Originally Posted by Mike Reyna

I do have all my montiors color matched. Not only for photos, but for graphics as well. I work with security hardware & dye sublimation security printers that need specific YMC profiles to be exact.

Good to know though.

Enlighten me, YMC? I've definitely heard of RGB and CMYK, and a host of others, but not YMC.

What kind of printing media do you work on? Or is it too secret!

[Mike Reyna]

Originally Posted by matty

Enlighten me, YMC? I've definitely heard of RGB and CMYK, and a host of others, but not YMC.

What kind of printing media do you work on? Or is it too secret!

I'm an Engineer for Ultra Electronics. Our main purpose is air/defense, but we also develop security ID printers. We mainly develop military security hardware, missle control systems, sonar systems, command/control systems, anti submarine warfare equipment that detect submarines....all kinds of cool stuff.

Nothing secret... well the hardware / coding development part is.


YMC = CMYK (yellow, magenta, cyan and the k panel which is black resin)

We call them YMC printers, because not everyone uses the K panel. Some do and some don't depending on what you are printing. The media is CR80 PVC.

What can be a pain in the butt is the RGB to YMC conversions. The printers are YMC, but every software out there is usually RGB (corel/PS). Then you have RGB monitors....etc Trying to go though 1000's of pantone colors to get colors to match is PITA! lol