50mm f1.8

gsxr1

I just got a new Canon 50mm sent new from Hong Kong for 60 pound. I have to say. Im very impressed. It takes effortless portraits of my son. Makes the kit lens seem useless .

My question is. Is there a shorter lens by Canon for the same sort of money? I would like a 30mm or less as well as the 50.

magicbastarder

not for the same money. there's a 28mm f1.8 or an f2.8, but the latter is more expensive, and former considerably more expensive.

http://www.connscameras.ie/canon-ef-28mm-f2-8-lens/4960999211831pd.html
http://www.connscameras.ie/canon-ef-28mm-f1-8-usm-lens/4960999213286pd.html

there's also the sigma 30mm f1.4:
http://www.connscameras.ie/sigma-30mm-f1-4-ex-dc-lens/p-085126300272pd.html

or the 35mm f2:

http://www.connscameras.ie/canon-ef-35mm-f2-lens/4960999212715pd.html

.Longshanks.

Canon make a 28mm f1.8 & there's also the sigma 30mm f1.4.
Both are roughly x4 the price if the nifty


Edit - beaten to it by magic above!

Borderfox

Anyone have the 28mm f1.8, seems like a good focal length for the aperture

goldseeker

Had 50mm 1.8f superb lens for that blurred background, nice bokeh, sharp stopped down a bit. It becomes about 75mm on those cropped sensor cameras.
Just one small note, if you go for that 28mm or 35mm you will lose that blurred background. I suggested to my friend 35mm 1.8f on cropped sensor body, so you do not have to walk back inside is room far to get all person in the frame. Becomes like 50mm not 75mm.But he was not able to get that bokeh and nice blurred background, that depends from f and focal length of the lens.
Hope that is somehow useful to somebody.

magicbastarder

someone correct me if i am wrong - any focal length produces the same blurring at the same aperture; it's just that longer lenses 'pull in' the background more, thus 'magnifying' the extent of the out of focus areas.

i can't imagine that there would be a massive difference between the 35mm and the 50mm.

kelly1

Just buy a full frame camera

DaireQuinlan

magicbastarder wrote: »

someone correct me if i am wrong - any focal length produces the same blurring at the same aperture; it's just that longer lenses 'pull in' the background more, thus 'magnifying' the extent of the out of focus areas.

i can't imagine that there would be a massive difference between the 35mm and the 50mm.

heh. I was wondering when the bokeh wars would begin anew :-)

Strictly speaking if you have the same framing in a 50mm lens on a FF body and a 35mm lens on a cropped (say 1.5) sensor, then you'll be approx 1.5 times the distance away, and if you're at the same aperture you'll have almost exactly the same DOF from both. However subjectively they'll look different because the longer lens will (as you seem to say above) compress the scene a little more.

This is distinct from the example of shooting a 50mm and a (say) 20mm from the same point on sensors (or mediums) of similar size and cropping out the middle of the 20mm shot and blowing it up to same size as the 50mm shot, whereupon it will look identical.

gsxr1

kelly1 wrote: »

Just buy a full frame camera

LOL. Maybe after the recession.




I have noticed a lot of FD 35mm lens going very cheap on flee bay. But Im guessing the auto focus will not work on my 1000d if I use one.

gsxr1

gsxr1 wrote: »

I just got a new Canon 50mm sent new from Hong Kong for 60 pound. I have to say. Im very impressed. It takes effortless portraits of my son. Makes the kit lens seem useless .

My question is. Is there a shorter lens by Canon for the same sort of money? I would like a 30mm or less as well as the 50.

who did you order it from? no probs with customs?

kfish2oo2

I ordered mine from DigitalRev - there was what I thought was an issue with customs. They sent me a letter saying the revenue office were holding onto it and I needed to send them a paypal receipt; and that there might be a fee involved. So I got in touch with DigitalRev and they told me not to send anything and they'd sort it all out. 2 months later I just gave up, forwarded on the receipt that DigitalRev sent me to customs and voila, the next day the lens arrives with no extra fee.

Lesson: if you've paid customs handling on your receipt, customs will not charge you.

gsxr1

glasso wrote: »

who did you order it from? no probs with customs?

No. it arrived 5 days after purchase. it was ticked as a gift as well

from this seller
http://myworld.ebay.com/worlducuk/?_trksid=p4340.l2559

aidanic

Borderfox wrote: »

Anyone have the 28mm f1.8, seems like a good focal length for the aperture

I have the cheaper (f2.8) version of the 28mm. Lack of USM makes the auto-focus really noisey. Other than that I have no complaints. I tend to use it mainly for outdoors, and more recently for shooting some bits for sale on eBay. I use it both on a film EOS 30 and a 400D where it's more like 44mm.