Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II - Nifty Fifty

It's kinda hard to ignore that it's a down-sized, under-exposed shot of a plush toy with a razor thin DoF - get out of the kitchen and shoot outside! All that being said, you can see where to focus plane is, and it's at least resolving the knit lines in the fabric (left side of Wall-E, eye and hand). I'm sure that you don't have anything to worry about - go shoot, have fun, get the f/1.8 out of your system; learn your working distances and when you need to stop down for appropriate depth - f/1.8 is fun, but not always right. More important, keep an eve on your exposure histogram when shooting.

I am stuck in the house waiting for delivery men so was just playing to confirm the new Lens was working OK. At least you noticed where I focused on!

sancho1983 wrote in post #7454613
Just tried a similar shot manual focusing, can't tell any difference really. But i have an uncalibrated monitor and not the best eyesight in the world!!

[Stupid question] Does the diopeter adjustment have any bearing when autofocusing? [/stupid question]

Another question while i'm on it, what's 'Bokeh'? from reading comments etc. i take it to mean a blurred background, but what's good and what's bad 'Bokeh'?

The diopter adjustment would not have any bearing on shots using auto focus, but it could on manual focus shots when you are judging the sharpness yourself.

As has been mentioned - bokeh refers to the quality of the out of focus elements in a shot.....not the elements themselves. The 50mm f/1.8 is not known for the best bokeh - especially when stopped down a bit, due to the fact that it only has 5 aperture blades and it renders out of focus points of light in a more of a pentagon shape at times as opposed to the much preferred round shapes. I personally think that the 1.8 does pretty well bokeh-wise, but you can get some really dreamy bokeh when you move up the food chain so to speak in quality of lenses.

Shots from my nifty fifty

I really like those shots colourblindphotographe​r.......

To the group - you can see in that first shot of the train the pentagon shaped points of light at the top of the frame. That is what people will point out from a bokeh related standpoint with this lens, due primarily to the small number of aperture blades (5)....a 50mm f/1.2 would render these same points of light as nice perfect circles.....for a price....

bauerman wrote in post #7462447
I really like those shots colourblindphotographe​r.......

To the group - you can see in that first shot of the train the pentagon shaped points of light at the top of the frame. That is what people will point out from a bokeh related standpoint with this lens, due primarily to the small number of aperture blades (5)....a 50mm f/1.2 would render these same points of light as nice perfect circles.....for a price....

but a 1.2 costs arround 10times of a nifty...
i think for arround 80 bucks this lense is amazing

cupra_flo wrote in post #7462459
but a 1.2 costs arround 10times of a nifty...

That is why I ended my post with the phrase "for a price".......

Shot at: f/1.8. 1/200 sec. ISO-100.

bauerman wrote in post #7462447
To the group - you can see in that first shot of the train the pentagon shaped points of light at the top of the frame. That is what people will point out from a bokeh related standpoint with this lens, due primarily to the small number of aperture blades (5)....a 50mm f/1.2 would render these same points of light as nice perfect circles.....for a price....

That's why I always shoot at f1.8 with this lens...no blades to get in the way of my nice perfect circles

chukdivad wrote in post #7462612
That's why I always shoot at f1.8 with this lens...no blades to get in the way of my nice perfect circles

That is one way to do it - that is for sure!

infinite0216 wrote in post #7462531
Got it today! Wooo!

Congrats on the wise purchase...

bauerman wrote in post #7462654
Congrats on the wise purchase...

Thanks. Best purchase thus far.

wow... what was going on there? great shot!

stetsonaw wrote in post #7465715
wow... what was going on there? great shot!

Initially i thought the building was burned down, the next day when i saw the news, it was actually a row of wooden houses behind the building turned into ashes. Very unfortunate, 15 wooden houses, 75 family members lost their home.