Just got a nifty fifty!

Owen · 21-04-2007 4:59pm #1

Picked up a Canon 1.8 50mm Prime Lens today in Denis MacSweeney's in Cork, and I love finally having a 1.8 lens, it makes such a difference!

helios · 21-04-2007 5:14pm

congrat's! was just using one today myself. How much did you pay for it, if you don't mind my asking?

Owen · 21-04-2007 5:32pm

150, which is obviously more than you can get it on the net for, but when things are sub 300 Euro, I prefer to buy locally.

Carrigman · 21-04-2007 5:55pm

Enjoy. It's a cracker of a lens. The best Canon value - even at 150 Euro - available. (I got mine on the net for around 90 Euro).

Everyone with a Canon DSLR should buy one.

Fenster · 21-04-2007 5:55pm

...I was going to reply with a gig shot that I took on Thursday, but according to the EXIF I used my 28mm. Whoops.

It's a fantastic lens, although it honestly doesn't get much use, my 28mm being far more versatile. On a full frame it'd be the oppisite, the 28mm being too wide and the 50mm "just right."

Fair warning, the autofocus is horrible. It's great if you've light, but even with the AF-asisst beam from my flash it kept locking to infinity and taking it's merry time about doing that.

positron · 21-04-2007 6:22pm

Its great lens (I have a Mark I), you would love the results.

Here's a small thread (:eek:) on nifty pictures.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=186207

elven · 22-04-2007 12:19pm

Yay! I love my fifty. Welcome to the club

Just got a nifty fifty!

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