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AshleyMarston wrote in post #9107635
Just Had a Birthday and my husbadn bought me the 'nifty fifty'

Anyone have a tips for the 50mm...what are your favorite things to do with it? Perfect settings for it?

Wow, that's a great image! I'm getting this lens aswell this week. Everyone seems to say it's at its sharpest at F2.8 and higher Try that.

Happy Birthday, btw :P

mkville wrote in post #9104797
Here's one today with my daugther Olivia

Very nice -- and what a cute girl! I have a few pictures of my daughter against a wood fence, too. I just like the texture a lot.

Nice Shots Ashley, you'll enjoy this lens, you'll get nice portriats and closeup headshots with it, just beware the auto focusing tends to hunt at times, enjoy it though.

Love the shot with the dogs.

Notice you played with the shutter speed on both water pic's, I love the water softness effect very nice

Thanks Kristin, she is my little model, she's my model when I want to try different things out with settings and lighting and such. This was done yesterday and she was very patient with me so it got her chocalate bar

I use Lightroom a lot right now and just brightened it bit and sharpened, I like how it came out too thanks again

mkville wrote in post #9108578
Nice Shots Ashley, you'll enjoy this lens, you'll get nice portriats and closeup headshots with it, just beware the auto focusing tends to hunt at times, enjoy it though.

Love the shot with the dogs.

Notice you played with the shutter speed on both water pic's, I love the water softness effect very nice

Thanks
What do you mean by 'tends to hunt at times'
And your daughter is beautiful My 4 year old son is my model too...as well as the dogs. Everyone is my family has learned to pose and stay still

Some shots with the kit lens from last night

i ahve a question about this camera. would i be able to use a Zenitar fish eye lens on my canon 1000D? my mate gave me one but i dont want to damage the camera trying to use it.

Ashley, when I say hunt sometimes it takes a while before the auto focus locks in on the subject, it will just keep turning before it kicks in, which means sometimes that great shot you want to take of the kids will be gone before it focuses. Also it's not the greatest in low light IMO

Oh..Ok I understand
I was under the understanding that the 50mm was good in low light?

AshleyMarston wrote in post #9109197
Oh..Ok I understand
I was under the understanding that the 50mm was good in low light?

It normally is, but mine just isn't trustworthy for me at night time, mind you I get impatient fast so I switch lenses when I don't get the results I'm looking for. Now that being said I haven't used it since I picked up my flash, hmmmm maybe time for an experiment with my daughter

Again Ashley this is my opinion, so take it at the lowest setting

Enjoy your new lens

I agree, my copy of the 50mm is pretty bad at autofocus after dark unless I can find some kind of high contrast line in the same plain of view as my subject. The lens is great because of the low aperture, but if you can get good at manual focus, your ability to get good night shots will improve.

Just went out to take some night shots myself, actually. The second I get out the door, the entire sky is lit up pink. Only downside is I need to walk 10 minutes to get the shot I want. By the time I get there, no more pink sky. Dammit. Didn't wear gloves either, which was a huge mistake. Ugh, so pissed.

Maybe I'll go back out anyway. A nice, dark, cloudy night.

Ashley, your flickr signature link is broken... might want to fix that.

RobinSchouten wrote in post #9107648
Wow, that's a great image! I'm getting this lens aswell this week. Everyone seems to say it's at its sharpest at F2.8 and higher Try that.

Do you have a link to the one you're buying?

B Koo wrote in post #9109703
Do you have a link to the one you're buying?

It's pretty cheap right here: http://www.amazon.com …Camera-Lens/dp/B00007E7JU

You can get em used, but usually for not much less than that.

I'm borrowing mine on permanent loan from a friend who has more lenses than he needs....


Jeff