Gros Morne Photos, Gear

» 22 Sep 2006, 2:15pm in personal, photography - 0 comments

Phew, it's taken me a while but I've finally finished the photos from Gros Morne, except the ones from Western Brook Pond. I hope to finish those by the middle of next week. Gros Morne was, for me, the highlight of the trip to Newfoundland, and some of my favourite images are from the park.

I picked up a Contax Vario-Sonnar 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom lens for the Contax N system. A company called Conurus has recently released a conversion kit that allows these high-quality autofocus lenses to work on Canon EOS camera bodies. I gave the conversion a try, and some photos of the conversion are now online.

The conversion worked for two shots, then stopped working. Conurus is working out the bugs and I'm eager to try the fixed-up conversion kit once it's available. I've been looking for a high quality standard walkaround zoom for a while, but have avoided the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 due to its high price, large size and heavy weight. The Contax has a reputation for being sharper, higher contrast, less distortion, and is both lighter and smaller.

I also recently (July) purchased a Canon 400mm f/5.6 supertelephoto lens. I used it quite a bit in Newfoundland for wildlife and compressed landscapes, and expect to use it extensively going forward. Hopefully I can lug to the rainforests of Costa Rica or the serengeti of Africa some day! A gallery of photos with this lens is online.

There are a few other photography items I'll talk about in some upcoming posts, stay tuned.

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