Hey, this is Scott of Photography Banzai.
I'm gonna try out this 24mm f/2.8
EF-S lens on the 30D today. See how it works out. I picked this lens up
used locally for a nice deal. So that was good...
And make some videos about it. Of course, I have the 22mm f/2 for the EF-M system.
But this should be interesting as well. With the 30D you can see that it is
pretty compact on this camera, but when you add an adapter to EF-M...
It's definitely a lot larger than the 22 on the EF-M stuff.
So we'll take some photos today. See how it turns out.
This lens appears to focus pretty close, which is nice. About that distance for
the focus. With an STM lens like this I'm surprised
that they do work nicely with these older canon cameras.
EF is an interesting mount because they added a lot of technology to it
right from the get-go when it was introduced.
Even these super new or newer lenses just really seems to work pretty
decently well. Focus doesn't go back in when you turn the camera off.
So if you leave it out like that it's going to stay out. You just have to
remember to focus...
further away so it goes back into the lens.
I am using the M50 today for video. I'm using fully automatic
with negative one-third exposure compensation.
And just let it go, see what happens.
Crop factor seems to confuse some people. It's pretty simple, just think of it as a
full-frame camera with the image in editing software. You go in
there. You crop it to 1.6x so you remove that amount of the photo.
You'll get the look of this camera, with the specific lens. Of course, this is
an APS-C lens so it's designed to not fill an entire full frame, but
it's still.. a whatever.. 24 millimeter f 2.8 lens.
If it were full frame it could do that look.
Going back to focus and recompose with the center point.
It is kind of frustrating but nice sometimes. Because I know.. the..
it'll be off most likely, but still it's relatively easy to do.
You can change the focus points on here but you don't have a huge range
of area you can select. It's actually not too bad. Like I said in a previous
video, I've got a little bit of muscle memory for this
camera now. A little slower than some of the newer solutions like the touch
screens up to your eye where you can change it. Of course, this
camera does have a joystick if you press this button and then use a
joystick. Or press the button and use this top one to cycle through
those different points in the viewfinder.
I've been using iso 400 the entire time didn't notice. Let's fix that real quick...
And I'll leave it on 200 for a while see how that does.
When I'm doing manual focus with this camera there is a
meter in the viewfinder you can see that in the center
you've got a generally decent exposure, maybe...
Based on what it decides. And I just.. adjust the settings to get around the
middle. But the thing is with these cameras you
won't know exactly, the SLR type cameras...
It's probably a good idea to look at your photos after you take them to make
sure you're okay. You can see the histogram in
the LCD screen or any of the other features the camera
might have to check exposure.
So right now i'm doing 1/200th of a second at f3.5...
Just to see what the small apertures might look like.
When I want to take a photo of the whole area sometimes I adjust
where I'm focusing. I'll take multiple photos, so I'll take one on the ground.
I'll focus into the trees or just the back
area of the path. That way I get some variety. And sometimes one's really
interesting compared to another one that doesn't work out. Depends on the
situation, the scene... But I tend to try to take multiples of
different looks. Ao maybe I'll find one that I
really like. And if I didn't do that I might have
missed out. In this case i'm doing the focus and
recompose. So I'll pick my point and then adjust the camera. So if I want
to have the focus on the ground towards me then it just is better to
shift it in that situation. I will say as I've
said in previous videos with the 30D. It is a pleasant camera to use
for the most part. Just a DSLR. Sometimes they are really nice
compared to the mirrorless. They have their own feature set.
Their own way of being used. And of course I've used the
DSLRs for a long time since the Pentax 2005
or so. It's just generally pleasant to switch things up
occasionally. But I do really like mirrorless cameras and
they are my preference. Because I do a lot of video. And in the
photo situations the M50, the M5, work well to simply get a
quicker easier photo out of it.
In the case of the 30D and older cameras like this
you don't have any live view. So you don't get the added benefit of the newer
DSLRs to compose your shot with the screen at all.
But it's a very simplistic experience in some ways because you'll
have to use that viewfinder. Or just "spray and pray". So sometimes I will just
take a photo without looking through the viewfinder.
Sometimes it does work.
One thing you want to be careful of with
DSLRs. Looking through the viewfinder and using
the sun at all in your photos you have to be extremely careful.
It's probably better just to get the general composition.
What you think it is. Take a photo don't look through the viewfinder.
The paths are very tight today. Which of course it is this summer so
not unexpected. Actually probably the last time I was here
was in the winter, I'm not sure.
I keep hitting this on off switch. For on there's two modes... One
lets you use this back dial, which I use. The other one doesn't. And it keeps
switching to the one that doesn't do it. With this camera and the way that it
focuses, the limitations of what I can focus on without having to
adjust the camera... With the way it doesn't have live view.
I do think that with mirrorless cameras, especially the newer ones, that you can
select a focal point on nearly an entire frame.
It's just so much better for creativity of where you want to focus. How you want
to compose the image. So in that respect I feel there is
some definite limitation to a camera like this. I mean the point of this video
actually was to talk about the 24 millimeter, but it's worked just fine.
There's... I don't feel like it's too slow or
anything. It just seems to be pretty nice. And it's at
least on this camera it's nice and compact.
I think I might get some gaff tape and tape that on off switch.
Cover it so that when I'm using it I'll put the tape on there.
And it won't hit. It could be this strap that when i'm using it to the side
instead of just on the neck. It's actually.. it's more comfortable to
do it like this where it comes off the side. But I'm thinking
that it's rubbing. yep.. yep..
I should also mention with the M50 I'm using the optical and digital
standard stabilization throughout the video.
See how it works out.
These cameras, the one benefit I guess is that there's less
menu options to deal. With which is a positive in some ways.
This lens is wide enough that if you want to get a top down
you'll definitely have to adjust your feet a little bit.
These mosquitoes are even attacking my camera. They must
sense the heat on it or something. One thing you need to keep in mind with the
M50 and the digital stabilization, or even the optical
is when you're using a tripod and you're doing video stuff.
You want to give the camera a few seconds to
stabilize and stop messing around. With the image before you do something
that you want to actually record.
I think we're gonna move to a different area. I'm gonna walk over to the lake.
That was a really nice photo opportunity. Usually the butterflies are very
skittish. Very scared of letting me get close to
them. But that one didn't seem to have a problem.
So one thing you can do sometimes is just use the viewfinder to frame your
shot without really having the intent to take the
photo immediately. So if you're trying to think of a good
composition. Sometimes you'll see it in the viewfinder rather than seeing it
with your eyes, straight up. I do have to say with the
M50 letting it do its thing with automatic video
is very pleasant. It's less hassle, so if it looks decent
I think I might use that more often.
The 30D definitely struggles on some focus situations. Like this right here.
It is very small. Even if you get close. And it does struggle on that. Now, I don't
think it's the lens. It's just mostly the camera.
One thing I just remembered about SLR stuff is that
you get dust and stuff in the viewfinder. You have to clean that out.
It's a big hassle so with mirrorless you're not gonna have it in the
viewfinder probably. Unless it gets in there and then you're
totally in hot water but...
That's it for this video. I hope you enjoyed it on the 24 millimeter f/2.8
with the 30d. I will take this lens out with the other cameras.
Probably do a comparison eventually with the 22 millimeter f2.
And this lens on maybe the two M50 cameras. But besides that, not too bad!
Hope you enjoyed the video, again. Thanks!