50mm Prime what do you use it for?

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Originally Posted by dullbird

Hi guys

I was walking though bing lee's yesterday and noticed that they had nikon 50mm primes 1.8 in there for 270 bux (obvioulsy i reckon a lot less with there famous negotiable prices:p)

what i want to know is Do you have a 50mm prime if so what sort of thing do you use it for?

is it worth having as a part of your kit?

lou

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Dullbird, I use mine for absolutely Everything.

Really there are no restrictions as far as I'm concerned.

I have the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4. Super shallow DOF at f1.4 and a great Landscape lens at f7.0 and above.
Superb on late evenings and indoor photos without the need for a flash(to an extent ofcourse)

And here is one that I had prepared a little earlier on.....:D:D:D

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Originally Posted by dullbird

bing lee's yesterday and noticed that they had nikon 50mm primes 1.8 in there for 270 bux

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Lou, you should be able to get the lens for around $188. If you buy a parallel import lens, make sure it comes with an international warranty slip (get the seller to confirm). Canon and Nikkor lenses have international warranties - means you can get it fixed in Australia.

I've bought lenses and speedlights (covered by international warranty) from this guy:
Discount Digital Photographics: Accessories for Nikon Digital SLRs

For camera bodies (covered by national warranty) I've had both David Jones and JB Hi-Fi price match D-D's price.

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Originally Posted by Ben

Lou, you should be able to get the lens for around $188. If you buy a parallel import lens, make sure it comes with an international warranty slip (get the seller to confirm). Canon and Nikkor lenses have international warranties - means you can get it fixed in Australia.

I've bought lenses and speedlights (covered by international warranty) from this guy:
Discount Digital Photographics: Accessories for Nikon Digital SLRs

For camera bodies (covered by national warranty) I've had both David Jones and JB Hi-Fi price match D-D's price.

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yep i have brought lenses from that guy to, he is very good to deal with:)

and i'm not taking the bing lee price literally as i know i can get it cheaper on ebay
just really didn't want to add a lens to the kit that was on really able to be use for one thing

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Originally Posted by dullbird

.....just really didn't want to add a lens to the kit that was on really able to be use for one thing

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I hope the above replies show this is not the case :) Primes IMHO are so much better than zooms once you really get into it - the only problem is finding a bag big enough to carry them all! lets face facts, "zooming" can be done later on your computer if/when required...

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Originally Posted by dullbird

i thought longer focal lengths were better for portraits

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With portaits, you want to blur the background (shallow depth of field), which is achieved witheither a longer focal length or a greater aperture opening (or preferably both!).

It's usually easier to work with a longer focal length as you're not in your subject's face, but both will do the job just fine.

There's a new 50mm prime announced today. OK so it won't fit a Nikon or a Canon... but 50mm f/0.95:cool:

Ok so its a Leica and is going to retail at a measly £6290 :eek:

But f/0.95 :) That's some DOF

how does that work? i thought the f number was a fraction... like... f is some magical standard number that represents a fully open aperture... f/2 is half open, f/5.6 is 1/5.6 open... f/22 is 1/22 open... so f.95 would be 1/0.95, which means that it's open more than it's fully open???? :eek: ooooow my brains

or is the whole way i've thought of apertures been wrong for a long time but because i've never discussed it i didn't know... i hate it when that happens

No you have it quiet wrong.

Try here: A Tedious Explanation of the f/stop

Nikon have just released their new 50mm 1.4 AFS at Photokina :D