Whats so special? Enlighten me!

I can fet the 50mm 1.8 for £79 or the 50mm 1.4 for £179, think I'll get the 1.8 and put the £100 that I save towards another lens. Happy days !

I bought the 50mm 1.8 and could not be happier ...I did consider the 1.4 but liked the sharpness of the 1.8. One thing about the 1.4 is the shallow DOF was not very useable for what I shoot. Price was not a factor in my decision ...I can recommend the 50mm 1.8 to anyone.

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Bullhead could you please point me in the right direction for this lense at £79 please

Cutes6 this is the site for the Nikon lens, this is the link to the 50mm 1.8

http://www.microglobe.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=143_164&products_id=74

Thanks for that, I assume they are a reliable company as I might go for the Sigma 70-300 xxxxx blablabla model that everyone is talking about.

Yes as far as I know this site (Microglobe) is reliable, it's where I'm going to order my lens.

workatron said:

While reading alot of threads on this forum, I've noticed alot of
people own a 50mm 1.8 lens. What is so special about this lens that
makes every one want to have it? Obviosuly it seems to have a large
avaiable aperture but i was wondering if there was anything else
about it that made it great?

I'm still very new to this lens thing and i dont have the ability
to know what makes a lens or indeed by just looking at the name of
a lens, what the abilities and what type of pictures would this
lens be more suited to?

Comments, reviews, pictures, songs...you post what ever you want to
enlighten me!

Thanks

Kirsten

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I don't have the 1.8, I got a used 1.4 for the same price as the 1.8. I love it for all the same reasons stated by everyone else. Most of the pictures I take are of my daughter and most of them have been taken with the 50mm.

It's a great buy!

thousands taken of the baby using this lens, here are a few recent ones











and a few flowers













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Thanks Bullhead

This lens looks like a nice little lens and is now on my wish list at B&H (I don't know when I will buy one). I have a 35mm f/1.4 I got free from work (look in my post history and you'll find the story) and I can say that the difference in low light at f/1.4 is phenomenal -- I can get very nice handheld shots indoors with available light with little blur. I was amazed -- as you said, my lens collection tends to be in the f/4-f/5.6 range (that said, I'm not selling my 24-120 VR as it's a great lens even if it isn't the sharpest Nikon makes -- it's just too useful as an all-around lens).

The 35mm is great (it's f/1.4 and it's got that old-school metal build that means it can take quite a beating) -- its only failing is that it is not autofocus and it has no chip to tell the camera what f-stop is set, so I need to get ahold of a light meter to be able to use it well.

And sometimes I like to shoot things that move a bit much for manual focus. So this lens is definitely on my to-get list -- especially at $95 (with shipping included).

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Just to let you know i received my Nikon 50mm 1.8 safe and sound, beautiful bit of kit and I'll be using it today.

Lucky you, I have not ordered yet but needs something soon as I'm going to the Goodward festival of speed on the 25th. I look forward to some pics. Also need a zoom maybe the 70-300 sigma macro thingy.

In the old days we used to say that a good portrait lens was in the range of 75-100. This was a good range for head and shoulder shots. So in that stead, the 50mm with the 1.5 multipler gives the 75mm. Lots' of uses. I own it. I like it. And the f:1.8 is pretty fast. Not much being made that fast now.

I also have a Sigma 28mm f:1.8 that I like very well. It gives me a 42mm FOV which is a wide normal. I like it also.

dave

Those samples sure make my monitor look good. Maybe I do have it calibrated right without any gadgets. I'll have to get out and use my 50 a little more.
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