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The first half were all shot with my $150 EF40mm f/2.8 STM, as my 24-70 mm zoom jammed up, and went in for service. The 40 mm is not as quick, and doesn't have the same clarity, but it is sharp, very small and unobtrusive. One thing that I did find out, is that it doesn't work as well with auto-ISO, and sometimes shoots too slow, so I put manual ISO setting back in my settings.
Flash photography one one facet I am challenged by, and it isn't getting any better, as my 5D doesn't have a flash. I usually like to shoot night shots naturally, without any flash, but artificially lit dark scenes, such as a carnival parade, are exceptionally challenging, as dim coloured lights on moving objects result in less than stellar results, as evidenced by IMG 7093. So, I dusted off my 50D, and shot the subsequent carnival parade using the camera flash. After adjusting the settings a bit, I found that using EV -1 worked very well, with saturated colours and underexposing distracting background objects. The exposure time matching the minimum 1/250 sync speed also helped with motion.
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