Thanks eric1 (prime lens shock!)

Just got home and sitting there on my bed was the 50mm f/1.8 i bought off of eric1, included as he said was a generic rubber lens hood (i actually like it!) and two hoya filters.

Packaging was outstanding, would love to buy form him agian

*end of post belonging to marketplace*

I put the lens on and put it up to my mom, first thing i did was grab for the zoom...then i realized it had none! Thats when it occured to me that i've never owned a prime, this is gonna take some getting use to, i think it'll be good for my photography. I'm gonna stay away from my zooms for a while and just shoot with this. I read an article on a mexican photographer (whos' name does not come to me at the moment) and thats pretty much all he ever shot with and his photos were amazing.

Cant wait to get some examples *darn battery is dead*

I think once you are able to see how fantastic the images are from these primes,. you will forget about the lack of zoom pretty quickly

CyberDyneSystems wrote:
I think once you are able to see how fantastic the images are from these primes,. you will forget about the lack of zoom pretty quickly

It wasnt that i was upset, it's just with a prime one must move his feet rather then his wrist to get the subject properly in the frame.

Doesn't take too long to get used to it, but I admit I was a little shocked to have to get off my arse to take a shot.

Running a prime certainly makes you think more, I'm sure of it. Just don't forget to not walk backwards into traffic as I nearly did once soon after getting my 50mm.

Cheers

Ian

Perhaps Pedro Meyer - the digital renaissance man!
http://www.wordyard.co​m/dmz/digicult/meyer-8-94.html

It very well could have been but the name doesnt ring a bell.

He was in his prime (no pun intended) far before digital photography, he was known for more graphic pictures, a car accident seen where a man was thrown into some power lines, a picture of a women 40 stories up about to jump, another women mid air just after she lept to her death.

iwatkins wrote:
Doesn't take too long to get used to it, but I admit I was a little shocked to have to get off my arse to take a shot.

Running a prime certainly makes you think more, I'm sure of it. Just don't forget to not walk backwards into traffic as I nearly did once soon after getting my 50mm.

Cheers

Ian

ROFL
Now I've dried my eyes enough to see to type, I notice you're not too far away from me! I'm living in Herefordshire. Maybe we could meet up one weekend!

That all seems a bit freaky to me. I mean, was they guy just conveniently there when these things happened? Or did he have people call him to say 'man, you gotta get over here quick there's a guy about to jump off a bridge!'

KO_300D wrote:

iwatkins wrote:
Doesn't take too long to get used to it, but I admit I was a little shocked to have to get off my arse to take a shot.

Running a prime certainly makes you think more, I'm sure of it. Just don't forget to not walk backwards into traffic as I nearly did once soon after getting my 50mm.

Cheers

Ian

ROFL
Now I've dried my eyes enough to see to type, I notice you're not too far away from me! I'm living in Herefordshire. Maybe we could meet up one weekend!

timmyquest wrote:
he was known for more graphic pictures, a car accident seen where a man was thrown into some power lines, a picture of a women 40 stories up about to jump, another women mid air just after she lept to her death.

That all seems a bit freaky to me. I mean, was they guy just conveniently there when these things happened? Or did he have people call him to say 'man, you gotta get over here quick there's a guy about to jump off a bridge!'

He simply followed emergencies...i'll look him up for you guys when i get off of work.