She was getting upset. Whenever I took her to a concert she felt like she wasn’t good enough. So I decided to get Lucille new lens: the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. The main reason for getting this is the maximum aperture of f/1.8, allowing both very shallow depth of field and more importantly for me: shooting at even lower light levels then I could with my current lens.

So we went for a test drive and took some photos of Antibiotica at a rehearsal:

Antibiotica rehearsal

I opened the aperture to its fullest, boosted the ISO, and started taking some photos. I’ll admit, the lighting was hard, my space was limited, no zoom on the lens and the auto focus on the lens did a terrible job. But nonetheless, some nice photos were taken there.

Antibiotica rehearsal

It’s true: the lens have difficulty focusing at low lighting (such as the above). They are highly criticized for being made out of cheap materials (I’m trying not to throw them on the floor to test that). But that makes the lens cheap, and being made mostly out of plastic and not metal also makes them lighter. In short: they’re a pretty good value-for-money in my opinion.

Antibiotica

Best thing about this evening: I kinda got a show for free. Plus food and beverage! I guess I should do this more often

You can find Antibiotica onFacebook, MySpace and their website. Listen to some tracks, and I’ll let you know when they have an upcoming show…