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What Digital Camera do you have . . . Share your baby with me please !!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Exodist" data-source="post: 1543173" data-attributes="member: 284358"><p>Thanks Tattoo and Ravi,</p><p>Not all 50mm are bad. The one for the Canon however is what you would expect from a childs toy. Very very plasticy, including the mounting base is plastic.. That was the first "i dont like this" I noticed. The other is how the lens contrast the light. The 50mm seems darker despite both have a f1.8. Also its not a ultra sonic motor, so it sounds like I got insects chirping in that things when you use auto focus. But this is something my wife wanted for better macro usage and was way under 200USD (which I still think it way to much), Now my 85mm is solid built, only really difference in the Canon Red Ring lens and the 85mm I have is f1.4 and weather sealing.. Plus a pound heavier.. While an argument can be made about f1.4 offering slightly better background blur, one would still have to do a side by side to notice any. And, I dont play in the rain, so weather sealing isn't a priority for me. Now back to the issue on light, its not that a 50mm is bad for portraits. I just dont find it as nearly as good as in image quality and lighting as a 85mm gives. Plus you dont have to be right up in the persons face.</p><p></p><p>You should give Lightroom 5 a try. You can download the 30 day trial. To be very honest, if I find a better program then photoshop to stitch panoramas together. I will no longer need PS. Lr5 gives you the best best tools and you can do so much with it now. If you want I can post some recent photos I did since moving to Lr5 that use only Lr5 toolsets.</p><p></p><p>Before I do, I noticed there was some talk about lens angles on of the pics that looks like a college campus posted above. Lr has a huge database of lens profiles that can eliminate distortion and chromatic aberration on the worst lens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Exodist, post: 1543173, member: 284358"] Thanks Tattoo and Ravi, Not all 50mm are bad. The one for the Canon however is what you would expect from a childs toy. Very very plasticy, including the mounting base is plastic.. That was the first "i dont like this" I noticed. The other is how the lens contrast the light. The 50mm seems darker despite both have a f1.8. Also its not a ultra sonic motor, so it sounds like I got insects chirping in that things when you use auto focus. But this is something my wife wanted for better macro usage and was way under 200USD (which I still think it way to much), Now my 85mm is solid built, only really difference in the Canon Red Ring lens and the 85mm I have is f1.4 and weather sealing.. Plus a pound heavier.. While an argument can be made about f1.4 offering slightly better background blur, one would still have to do a side by side to notice any. And, I dont play in the rain, so weather sealing isn't a priority for me. Now back to the issue on light, its not that a 50mm is bad for portraits. I just dont find it as nearly as good as in image quality and lighting as a 85mm gives. Plus you dont have to be right up in the persons face. You should give Lightroom 5 a try. You can download the 30 day trial. To be very honest, if I find a better program then photoshop to stitch panoramas together. I will no longer need PS. Lr5 gives you the best best tools and you can do so much with it now. If you want I can post some recent photos I did since moving to Lr5 that use only Lr5 toolsets. Before I do, I noticed there was some talk about lens angles on of the pics that looks like a college campus posted above. Lr has a huge database of lens profiles that can eliminate distortion and chromatic aberration on the worst lens. [/QUOTE]
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