July 20, 2006
Old school
I'll be taking photos at Adrian's wedding tomorrow - no, I don't think I'm good enough either, but he assures me he'd rather have a million digital snaps to do with as he pleases, rather than 30 ludicrously expensive "professional" pics that he has no rights over. Anyway, as a backup to the 350D I've pressed into service an old EOS 620 that belonged to my brother-in-law.
I needed to check that it was still in good working order, so after replacing the battery I put a cheap film in it, and went out to take some shots with the new 50mm prime lens I'd also got. So how did it do? Well, I'm quite happy with the shots, though I definitely need to keep an eye on the focus when doing close-ups with the 50mm lens. I love the larger viewfinder on the 620, but I find it disconcerting that I can't instantly review the shots. It looks like the photos from film come out quite a lot warmer than the ones from the 350, so I'll have to play with the white balance a little and see if I can get some warmer digital shots.
The public pics are over on flickr, in the EOS 620 test shots set.
Posted by savs at July 20, 2006 4:22 PM