Since the rental place was having a promotion, I decided to rent a couple of lenses I've had my eye on for a while. I rented a 20mm f/2.8 and a 180mm f/2.8. After about 2 seconds I decided the 20mm and I weren't going to get along. I think my vision is just so poor that wide angle lenses bore and frustrate me. I have a ridiculously difficult time getting them to focus on what I want them to focus on. I'll give it another try before I send it back, but it kind of felt like I was looking through the wrong end of a set of binoculars.

The 180 on the other hand...I LOVE LOVE LOVE! I wasn't so sure that it was focusing on what I wanted it to when I took it out to take some pics of Anna and my nieces in the back yard, but when I pulled the pics up on the computer they didn't look half bad! And that's even with my slightly unsteady hand! I am thinking this will be a good lens for me for outdoor sports for the kids when they get bigger.

All of these were shot with the 180, and I was about 50 feet away from the kids, which is awesome because I can take pics without being a distraction!

I'm so glad the auto focus wasn't getting confused!  I know I keep complaining about my vision, but seriously...it makes me heavily dependent on the auto focus....so it's crazy important. — I'm so glad the auto focus wasn't getting confused! I know I keep complaining about my vision, but seriously...it makes me heavily dependent on the auto focus....so it's crazy important.

My sister's kids crack me up. I'm not sure if they are extremely well camera-trained...or the complete opposite. They refuse to ignore the fact that I am there. :) But for the purpose of testing out this lens, it was perfect. Carson kept finding new places to pose for me.

Honestly thought the bark of the tree would trip up the auto focus, but nope!

I just happened to have it super-glued onto the camera (I seriously don't think I'm going to remove the 180 until I am forced to put it back in the mail....) when Josh pulled out some fireworks.