{"id":3776,"date":"2017-07-28T21:45:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T19:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=3776"},"modified":"2017-08-02T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T09:58:22","slug":"new-toys-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=3776","title":{"rendered":"New toys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orms<\/a> was advertising Canon 100D bodies for R3 795*. I wasted no time to get one (should have snagged three). They also had a number of second-hand\u00a0\u00a0EF 70-300mm 4-5.6 IS<\/a>\u00a0lenses, priced from R3 800 to R5 000. All rated “80%”. I took the R3 800 one.<\/p>\n

And then I chanced upon an\u00a0EF 50mm f1.8<\/a> \u201cnifty fifty<\/a>\u201d on Gumtree for R1 200. I had to get it mailed down from Pretoria, which cost me an extra R100, but that’s how it is. It allows me to do things like this.<\/p>\n

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Available light, 1\/80 at f 4.0, ISO 4000. Lightroomed to bring the eyes out a bit, here’s a strip at original resolution and no processing.<\/p>\n

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Toothless the black cat, however, is still impossible to photograph.<\/p>\n