Eastern Bluebird
Based on the theory that you can create nice images with inexpensive camera gear, these photos were all taken with my “toy camera” and a $239, 55-250mm telephoto lens. I am impressed with the job this lens is doing. These are recent examples.
Several days a week I take our dog to the local lakes. These images were created Tuesday and Wednesday this week while I was walking him at Lake LaShane.
Spotted Sandpiper
The camera body and lens I used are both Canon “refurbs”. Refurbs are items that get returned to Canon for various reasons. Sometimes a customer buys a camera, changes their mind and returns it to the store. Even though it is a new, working camera, the store can’t sell it again as new, so they mark it down as used to resell it, or they return it to Canon. Canon techs go over the gear and make sure everything is working and up to spec. Then the item is marked down and sold as a refurb with a one year Canon warranty, the same warranty as brand new gear. Because it saves me money I have purchased several refurbs. Refurbs not only include less expensive Canon gear, you can also get high end refurbished Canon cameras and lenses.
Common Nighthawk
I would have preferred sunlight and blue skies, but Mother Nature has been doing clouds this week.
Muskrat
Are there times I wish I had a longer lens? Of course. I have a Canon L series 100-400mm lens that I take with me on photography trips. But for errands around town, or walking our dog, I don’t want to haul around a big, heavy camera bag. So I take my featherweight kit.
There are people who want to step up from their camera phone, but they don’t want big, heavy gear. They want something lightweight and inexpensive. And I periodically hear from people who say, “My son/daughter signed up for a photography class in high school and she/he needs a camera and one or two lenses. I only have $500 to spend. What should I get?” An inexpensive refurb kit is just the ticket.
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