well played with my buddies 50 f1.8 and 70-200 f4L today..

[felix21685]

all i can say is WOW..those are awesome lenses guys!!

i thought the 70-200 didnt have the AF turned on because it was so quiet.i was starting to think its broken since it was in AF and it didnt make a sound.

now the 50mm

im just now going through the pictures of today..and im tempted to sell my 28-80 to get the 50mm..who cares about wide angle if you can have crisp shots!!

and the 70-200 AF is just amazing..finally got to find out what the XT is made of.
I had an awesome time today and only got yelled at one time at the airport today..
awesome..
heres a shot taken with the 50mm..My friend Steve sells these for a living.
now hes selling custom ones..to people like orange county choppers etc.

[Dante King]

Damn, how about a test drive!!! :):):):)

[tim]

Nice photos, reflections done well are always nice :)

[felix21685]

hah yeah i shoulda asked to drive it around the lot..well maybe just forward 20 feet to say i drove a bus.. that would have been friggin cool man..he woulda let me too probably..just drivin it straight..
that thing only has 4000 miles on it..so its pretty darn new..
im really blown away by the nifty fifty guys..that thing is amazing..
im really considering selling my 28-80 for a nifty fifty
ok maybe ill just get some money from selling other junk on ebay or at a yardsale and get it :)

[blue_max]

hah yeah i shoulda asked to drive it around the lot..well maybe just forward 20 feet to say i drove a bus.. that would have been friggin cool man..he woulda let me too probably..just drivin it straight..
that thing only has 4000 miles on it..so its pretty darn new..
im really blown away by the nifty fifty guys..that thing is amazing..
im really considering selling my 28-80 for a nifty fifty
ok maybe ill just get some money from selling other junk on ebay or at a yardsale and get it :)

You might find enough tucked down the backs of the seats on the coach!

Graham

[felix21685]

haha no joke. and imagine an empty bus shell with customized interior ..a executive office on wheels..or customized for a touring band..those things are insane..
anyways Steve the guy i went with is an awesome dude and travels alot of course, told him to check out this forum..since he got the gear lol
first he was like hey felix what do u think about the 20D with the kit lens?
:D needless to say i made him spen about a grand more ;)
and i warned him. i said steve if you go on the forum be prepared to shell out another grand in the next 6 months.:D

[guitarman3]

Yes Felix, by all means get the nifty fifty. I find it very sharp and who cares how much noise it makes! Well, some folks may, but not I. It's great to have in the bag for us who don't have a lot of excess funds for this hobby.

[Andy_T]

My friend Steve sells these for a living.
now hes selling custom ones..to people like orange county choppers etc.

Well, I didn't have much time to browse Orange county choppers' website (as it is rather slowish), but they must be doing pretty crazy things to put bus wheels on motorcycles :shock:

:lol:

Best regards,
Andy

[skyphix]

I only take my 50mm 1.8 off of my camera if I need to shoot wide and cant walk any farther backwards, or if I need to shoot sports.

Get it, its cheap. I got my mk1 with a camera attached for like 180 after shipping (guy charged way too much for shipping) and the new ones are 60-80.

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

That's awesome that you got to play around with your friends lenses. They're really great lenses. I own both of them and they're pretty great.

Anyway, definately get the 50mm f/1.8. It's just too cheap to pass off, and I'm sure it's a lot better than your sigma lens that you'll be selling to get it. Then save your cash and get the 70-200mm f/4L because it's an AMAZING lens! :-)

Personally I don't really like the 50mm f/1.8... I find it's AF too slow and it's bokeh un-impressive, but then again I compare it to my 17-40L and 70-200L so... guess I'm not giving a fair chance huh?

Certainly does perform real well for a $75 lens though!:-)

[felix21685]

haha thanks guys for all your comments,
andy - das waehre ein bischen komisch nett?
buswheels on a motorcylcle :D

[Keiffer]

I just recieved my 50 from B&H yesterday and haven't had much time to play with it. But I'm just trying to find the sweet spot on it and also seeing how well it does in low light(the reason I bought it).
I also now realize that I am hooked on zoom lenses LOL. If I were to get another prime it would have to be like 400mm :-)