Nifty Fifty

Jeremah1977

Hey,

I own a Canon 450D and it was recommended to me to buy a 50mm lens. Was looking a this lens on ebay -

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220385592280

Any feedback from someone in the know?

Also I wanted to buy an ND Grad filter system and tripod but am on a limited budget. Any suggestions.....

Thanks.

GhostInTheRuins

Of course you should get one, really fast, really sharp and really cheap. How can you go wrong?

MrParanoid

Go for it, i bought one as well some time ago, it's good for its price, but dont expect a high end lense. It feels light and plastic. It is sufficient for beginner's (like me as well), and its fun to play around with. Worth its money? Definitely. Top lense? Hell no.

Duchovny

Price/quality is for sure a MUST have lens, i got mine not long ago and i regret I didn't get it earlier

melekalikimaka

if you shoot in raw, an nd filter is a bit overkill, lightroom and ps do it quite well

City-Exile

The Canon 50mm f/1.8 is typically around GB£80 online.
Great value and well worth having.

Hugh_C

@Jeremah1977, you might want to check the import duty if this lens is coming in from Hong Kong. You might get charged...

I have the Nikon version of this, brilliant, cheap, fun lens. Great for portraits and knocking backgrounds out of focus ...

Hugh

jebuz

Can somebody explain the advantages of a static 50mm lens over say the standard 18-55mm kit lens?

To the layman here, 50mm lies within the range of the 18-55mm lens, so what's the difference?

Dades

The cheapest 50mm can shoot at f1.8.

See how much an 18-55mm lens that does that will cost you!

CabanSail

Any zoom has compromises to allow it to cover the range of focal lengths. This can result in a lens not being as sharp as a prime lens.

Also you will often get a much wider aperture with a prime than will with a zoom.

Zoom lenses have improved over the years, with fancy coatings etc. but then so have the prime lenses.