best price nifty fifty?

mumof2

Im coming up with Ebay, Amazon, Pixmania, - cant get the brain to work:(
thanks

kelly1

£80 from Camerabox.

http://www.camerabox.co.uk/product.asp?ProductName=Canon-50mm-EF-F1.8-Mk-II&ProductID=4815

hbr

mumof2 wrote: »

Im coming up with Ebay, Amazon, Pixmania, - cant get the brain to work:(
thanks

You can expect to pay around €100 on eBay. A bit less if you buy
from Asia, but the VAT man will probably want his share.

I got mine from this UK seller: http://myworld.ebay.ie/merlinphotographics/

See Item number: 280647011475

Tiriel

check Ian Kerso on ebay - flashcamera I think is the shop but he is usually great for prices and delivery quick. Google will tell you same :-)

Curran

Can also highly recommend Kerso / Flash Camera on ebay! Got my Nifty Fifty before Christmas and it was €85 delivered and he threw in a UV filter also! Arrived quickly and you dont have to worry about customs as he's based in Scotland!

Its worth keeping an eye on his shop over a few days, prices sometimes go up and down!

If you are unsure of how to find him....go to the ebay.co.uk home page, at the bottom under "Buy", in grey text, you'll find "eBay Shops", then search for "Flash Camera"; searching by shop name and you'll get him that way!
Nifty Fifty - Buy It Now!

mumof2

Thanks so much

Just cant get over the price difference between the 1.4 and the 1.8:eek:

pete4130

Well the 1.4 is so much better in every respect. I've had both. The 1.4 takes 80% of my images and rarely comes off my camera. The 1.8 is good, the 1.4 is amazing. It's hard to explain. Image quality isn't a massive factor. The 1.4 has a quality and look/feel the 1.8 doesn't. I couldn't go back to using a 1.8.

Thats the difference.

kelly1

You should see the price of the 1.2!! :eek:

FoxT

I traded in a 1.8 for a 1.4 (Canon, 40D) . The 1.8 is about eu90, the 1.4 is about 3 times the price.

I found
- In terms of image quality, (on a crop sensor camera, at least) there is no meaningful difference between the 2. If anything the 1.8 is a bit sharper at some apertures.

but
- virtually impossible to focus the f/1.8 manually
- AF on the f/1.8 was a bit 'hit & miss' at times
- And the noise really bothered me.

I know that sounds a bit stupid, but there was nothing worse to my ears than listening to the 1.8 wheezing & grinding as it AF'ed - was really distracting, I spent more time looking at the lens to see if it was OK, than I did looking through it, taking photographs.

I love the f/1.4 though. Silent. MF is easy. IQ is good.

but, then again
- I sold the f/1.8 very quickly on adverts, and got a good price for it. So, no real risk to buying & trying.



If you reckon you can live with the limitations of the 1.8 , then buy it & save eu200!

- Foxt

mumof2

FoxT wrote: »

I traded in a 1.8 for a 1.4 (Canon, 40D) . The 1.8 is about eu90, the 1.4 is about 3 times the price.

I found
- In terms of image quality, (on a crop sensor camera, at least) there is no meaningful difference between the 2. If anything the 1.8 is a bit sharper at some apertures.

but
- virtually impossible to focus the f/1.8 manually
- AF on the f/1.8 was a bit 'hit & miss' at times
- And the noise really bothered me.

I know that sounds a bit stupid, but there was nothing worse to my ears than listening to the 1.8 wheezing & grinding as it AF'ed - was really distracting, I spent more time looking at the lens to see if it was OK, than I did looking through it, taking photographs.

I love the f/1.4 though. Silent. MF is easy. IQ is good.

but, then again
- I sold the f/1.8 very quickly on adverts, and got a good price for it. So, no real risk to buying & trying.



If you reckon you can live with the limitations of the 1.8 , then buy it & save eu200!

- Foxt

I personally think I would prefer the 1.4 but will be very carefull and shop around. Have the advantage of Holland as well, seeing as I will be there in a few wks.....not sure about the airports duty free, dont think they would stock such items.

pete4130

1.4's have the look you can't get with the 1.8

The 1.4's aren't sharp towards the corners at 1.4 and have light fall off but its beautiful.

The 1.4 weigh a bit more too and you can visibly see how much bigger the glass is in the front element.

It's only 1/3rd or 2/3's of a stop of light but it makes a massive difference.

DoF is tiny at 1.4, really good when shooting close to isolate points of interest.


1.2's are better again for speed, quality, feel. Just really expensive!


Sure everyone has a 50mm 1.8 so just get the 1.4 and become an elitist!

Sleepy

Got the Canon 50 f1.8 on ebay for about €60 new from Hong Kong...

bang for buck, it's unbeatable in photography...

mumof2

Sleepy wrote: »

Got the Canon 50 f1.8 on ebay for about €60 new from Hong Kong...

bang for buck, it's unbeatable in photography...

How long did it take to arrive?

Sleepy

Bout two weeks I think...