Vernon Chalmers Photography

Bring life even closer with the new RF 75-300mm F4-5.6 telephoto zoom lens London, UK, 29 April 2025 – Canon Europe today announces the RF 75-300mm F4-5.6 , a lightweight, easy-to-use telephoto zoom lens that’s ideal for users starting out in nature and sports photography with an EOS R System camera. With its amazing reach and flexible zoom range, the RF 75-300mm F4-5.6 provides creative freedom when shooting photos and video of subjects you can’t physically get close to. Users can keep their distance to avoid disturbing wild animals and birds or zoom right into the action when photographing a sports event from the sidelines. The streamlined design lets users react quickly, with a large zoom ring requiring little more than a quarter of a turn to run through the entire zoom range. At 300mm it’s possible to get as close as 1.5m to fill the frame with detail, making this lens a practical solution for portraits of animals and people. The long zoom and wide, seven-blade aperture ensure supe...

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens for Portrait and Fashion Photography ' A cost-effective small Canon EF prime lens with lots of potential ' - Vernon Chalmers Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens At first I didn't consider the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM prime / consumer lens as an option while planning for the 2015 Partners Hair Design Training Academy Graduation / Fashion Show in Cape Town. Prime Sharpness My initial thoughts were that the Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM prime lens may be a tad short for this close-up hair fashion shooting application, but as a fast, sharp and small non-zoom lens it could just be good enough for the catwalk (if I could move with the action). With all the confidence in the world I paired it with the EOS 70D; using the EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM lens on the Canon EOS 6D for the group / wider angle shots. Just love 85mm... after shooting with 400mm for months Great value and sharpness for a consumer lens and I am sure there are a few similar priced Sigma and or Tamron 85mm...