new canon 50mm 1.8 lense

[ron moore]

hello everyone

just purchased a canon 50mm 1.8 lense. Taken a couple of pictures and the sharpness
looks very good. I know it will be no good for landscapes but can this lense be used as an everyday walkabout lense

ron moore

[GeoffWessex]

50mm was the standard lens sold with (film) SLRs for years. But bear in mind that a 50mm lens on an APS-C DSLR gives an equivalent angle of view as a 75mm or 80mm (1.5x or 1.6x crop factor - usually 1.6x on a Canon). If you got a kit lens with the camera, that's going to be more flexible as a 'walkabout - multi-purpose' lens...... and if you haven't got a kit lens (around the 18-55mm range), they can be bought quite cheaply - millions made!

Personally, I like the idea of a fast 50mm lens for 'street' photography in particular..... and let the feet do the 'zooming'..... but it's not for every picture you want to take.

[ron moore]

hello geoff

thanks for information

ron moore

[donoreo]

Here is something I did when I got my 50 mm f/1.8. Leave it on the camera and ONLY use it for a while. Using a prime lens makes you think more about what you are doing. I went for 3 weeks and even set up a challenge on another board for everyone to only do 50 mm shots. I just checked and it has 114 posts, mostly photos.

[ron moore]

hello donero
can you tell me where the posts and photos are


ron moore

[donoreo]

It is on dslreports or broadbandreports (same site) in the digital imaging forum. It started for highspeed internet discussion but has expanded and covers a lot now including general chat. I am not sure the link with work but you can try at http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r240...-MM-shots-only