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noir19
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:13 pm
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i m working with the kit on my canon 1100d,18 55 is2....i m very uppset cause my photos don t have enough blur,colour,contrast....and i want to shoot people,i m thinking of getting a 50mm f.18..is it true that will help me a lot? please share some opinions |
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noir19
Joined: 18 Mar 2012
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:14 pm
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50mm f1.8 sorry |
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ruxpriencdiam
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Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:21 pm
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You kit lens will work for you once you learn the limits.
And yes the 50mm f/1.8 is an excellent lens well worth the money. |
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hhltdave5
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Location: Our Stock, Food & Portrait photography books at www.rindersmithphotography.com
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:40 pm
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| noir19 wrote: | | i m working with the kit on my canon 1100d,18 55 is2....i m very uppset cause my photos don t have enough blur,colour,contrast....and i want to shoot people,i m thinking of getting a 50mm f.18..is it true that will help me a lot? please share some opinions |
Just answered this on the other thread where you posted it as well.
The 50 1.8 is a great lens. Nikon has used that lens as their standard camera lens for decades. Canon also have a very good version as well. You cannot go wrong with that lens.
You have to decide if you want to use that fixed lens or a zoom. Tamron makes a good product and although the reviews on the lens are not bad there are issues with it due to the wide zoom range.
If it were me I would go with the fifty and save up for a good solid zoom. The 50 does well with product and table top work as well as for landscapes although you do not have a zoom feature.
As far as your images being more colorful and better they have the potential to be better technically due to the very good optics. The lens itself will not make something more colorful. It may look clearer but if you want color you need to do what Laurin often says and that is to shoot something with color in it.
Glass is always going to be the best investment you can ever make. Give me a choice of a top quality lens or a new camera with a cheaper lens and I will take the lens every time . |
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noir19
Joined: 18 Mar 2012
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:52 pm
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thank you very much for the reply so i ll buy the 50 mm lens,i heard its very good acording to its cheap price ...i hope it solves at least the blur,i m trying to do some pics,with the people...at the portraits its always the blur i want,but when i wanna do a full persons photo..catching the legs and all,its zero blur..zero contrast...i don t have the person,as a subject.. |
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noir19
Joined: 18 Mar 2012
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:53 pm
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| ruxpriencdiam wrote: | You kit lens will work for you once you learn the limits.
And yes the 50mm f/1.8 is an excellent lens well worth the money. |
thank you for the reply,most appreciated! |
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turbodls1ta
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: T'exas, y'all
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:41 pm
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I have this exact lense and love it for portraiture. Great lens for the money. |
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hhltdave5
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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Location: Our Stock, Food & Portrait photography books at www.rindersmithphotography.com
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:47 pm
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| noir19 wrote: | | thank you very much for the reply so i ll buy the 50 mm lens,i heard its very good acording to its cheap price ...i hope it solves at least the blur,i m trying to do some pics,with the people...at the portraits its always the blur i want,but when i wanna do a full persons photo..catching the legs and all,its zero blur..zero contrast...i don t have the person,as a subject.. |
Just don't think that the lens by itself is going to give you tack sharp images. If you do proper focus techniques then they will not be a blur. If you have problems with focus then they will still be blurry. |
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rinder99
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:33 pm
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You looking for Bokeh behind a subject? or are you looking for a sharper lens overall.If it's bokeh, I would go with the 1.2 instead. More money but better blur in backgrounds. But that can easily be done in post as well. |
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chinchoi
Joined: 26 Apr 2010
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Location: Kuala Lumpur, MY or birdyfoto.blogspot.com
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:46 pm
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background blur...also called "bokeh", its one of the most expensive features of the lens, generally higher the lens price, better the bokeh.
According to lots of gearhead forumer, the 50mm f1.8 lens will give you BAD bokeh compare to other expensive lens such as 50mm f1.2L.
So you want good bokeh and potrait shot, make sure your pocket is very deep....^^ |
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noir19
Joined: 18 Mar 2012
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:25 am
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or photoshop:D |
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noir19
Joined: 18 Mar 2012
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:27 am
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| hhltdave5 wrote: | | noir19 wrote: | | thank you very much for the reply so i ll buy the 50 mm lens,i heard its very good acording to its cheap price ...i hope it solves at least the blur,i m trying to do some pics,with the people...at the portraits its always the blur i want,but when i wanna do a full persons photo..catching the legs and all,its zero blur..zero contrast...i don t have the person,as a subject.. |
Just don't think that the lens by itself is going to give you tack sharp images. If you do proper focus techniques then they will not be a blur. If you have problems with focus then they will still be blurry. |
i gotta exercise a bit the focus ,i am focusing at the eyes but many times i loose it,i m realising the button... |
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hhltdave5
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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Location: Our Stock, Food & Portrait photography books at www.rindersmithphotography.com
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:06 am
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| noir19 wrote: | | hhltdave5 wrote: | | noir19 wrote: | | thank you very much for the reply so i ll buy the 50 mm lens,i heard its very good acording to its cheap price ...i hope it solves at least the blur,i m trying to do some pics,with the people...at the portraits its always the blur i want,but when i wanna do a full persons photo..catching the legs and all,its zero blur..zero contrast...i don t have the person,as a subject.. |
Just don't think that the lens by itself is going to give you tack sharp images. If you do proper focus techniques then they will not be a blur. If you have problems with focus then they will still be blurry. |
i gotta exercise a bit the focus ,i am focusing at the eyes but many times i loose it,i m realising the button... |
Are you using spot focus? Are you moving after you focus? It can also be that you are focusing on the right spot but your hand held technique is not as good as it should be. You could be causing camera movement by pressing the shutter incorrectly, not holding the camera correctly and so on. Can you post one of your shots and a 100% crop so we can take a look? |
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copidosoma
Joined: 17 Nov 2009
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Location: Canada
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:26 am
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| chinchoi wrote: | background blur...also called "bokeh", its one of the most expensive features of the lens, generally higher the lens price, better the bokeh.
According to lots of gearhead forumer, the 50mm f1.8 lens will give you BAD bokeh compare to other expensive lens such as 50mm f1.2L.
So you want good bokeh and potrait shot, make sure your pocket is very deep....^^ |
x2, although the 1.4 might be a good compromise that is still reasonably priced.
However, if you are talking about shallow DOF, be careful. The 50 1.8 is really soft wide open. So you will get shallow DOF with it but nothing will be really sharp. |
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noir19
Joined: 18 Mar 2012
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:05 am
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| hhltdave5 wrote: | | noir19 wrote: | | hhltdave5 wrote: | | noir19 wrote: | | thank you very much for the reply so i ll buy the 50 mm lens,i heard its very good acording to its cheap price ...i hope it solves at least the blur,i m trying to do some pics,with the people...at the portraits its always the blur i want,but when i wanna do a full persons photo..catching the legs and all,its zero blur..zero contrast...i don t have the person,as a subject.. |
Just don't think that the lens by itself is going to give you tack sharp images. If you do proper focus techniques then they will not be a blur. If you have problems with focus then they will still be blurry. |
i gotta exercise a bit the focus ,i am focusing at the eyes but many times i loose it,i m realising the button... |
Are you using spot focus? Are you moving after you focus? It can also be that you are focusing on the right spot but your hand held technique is not as good as it should be. You could be causing camera movement by pressing the shutter incorrectly, not holding the camera correctly and so on. Can you post one of your shots and a 100% crop so we can take a look? |
well,tomorrow i ll be sending the ID to the register here and maybe finally can upload some photos by me ... |
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