The light was bright but not in the ideal direction for this composition, although the 30D’s Evaluative metering coped well.

The crops show a good level of detail from the 18-55mm lens, and very low noise from the 30D.

The crops aren’t quite as sharp as in the first example, but they were taken with the lens aperture wide open.

For full optical results with this lens and other popular choices for the 30D, check our Canon 17-85mm review.

Bright sunlight streaming through trees can prove a tricky combination, but again the 30D’s Evaluative metering and Program mode have coped fine.

The crops are fairly sharp, especially from the middle, although a little purple fringing is visible around high contrast areas in the corners. The lens aperture was only closed by one stop though.

To maximise the depth-of-field here we set the aperture to f32, and increased the 30D’s ISO to 400 to allow a reasonable exposure.

The crops are lacking the ultimate sharpness, but were taken at the lens’s closest focusing distance, while the closed aperture would result in diffraction effects.