Friends who hook you up with free lenses are the best kind of friends.
The 50mm f/1.8 is freaking awesome. I can already tell it’s going to be on my camera 90% of the time. Yay for prime lenses, big apertures, and shallow depths of field!
Sara, I owe you big time. I’ll buy you lots of free drinks at Southby. :)
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001 // sourjayne // 02.25.2008 // 6:12 PM
Sweet! I just got one of these today, too! I love this lens. This lens is the reason I got a DSLR!002 // Jeff Croft // 02.25.2008 // 6:24 PM
Me too, more or less. I was planning to buy one, and then dotsara just offered hers up for free, which is freaking awesome (she replaced it with the even more badass 50mm f/1.4).003 // twatson // 02.25.2008 // 7:03 PM
Welcome to the prime side. Wow, did I just write that?004 // gblakeman // 02.25.2008 // 7:10 PM
This is, by far, my favorite lens. It just makes bokeh pure fun.005 // Ratherfancy // 02.25.2008 // 8:52 PM
Yep, it’s all I keep on my d80 until I spring up for a wide-angle maybe.006 // penmachine // 02.25.2008 // 9:59 PM
Also my main lens, which I’ve had since my last Nikon film SLR, and works great on my D50 too. It’s especially nice for available light. A couple of shallow-field shots I’ve really enjoyed that I took with it:007 // mstickel // 02.26.2008 // 4:04 PM
> Of course, now I want the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 Mmmm, just bought one of those not too long ago. It’s awesome!008 // Matt Robin // 02.26.2008 // 5:27 PM
Cool. I noticed Dustin Diaz says he likes doing the shallow depth of field thing too….or something like that…tis cool (and very arty). ;)009 // dotsara // 02.26.2008 // 8:08 PM
YAY!!! (: (Ha! prime side!)010 // Dustin Diaz // 02.27.2008 // 11:17 PM
I don’t know what you get more out of the 50 f/1.4 over the f/1.8 other than paying the extra ~ $200. The lens you got here is excellent and worth every penny. Btw, stickel, how are you liking your 30mm?011 // Jeff Croft // 02.27.2008 // 11:59 PM
I played with the f/1.4 and I could tell that it gave me a bit more light intake, a bit shallower DOF, and maybe (?) a slightly closer focusing distance. But, give the price difference, I’d probably recommend the f/1.8 to everyone but the most demanding of photographers. The f/1.8 has got to be the best value in all of photography.012 // dotsara // 02.28.2008 // 7:09 AM
I think the differences between the 1.4 and the 1.8 really only start to show up when you’re shooting in low light. The 1.8 is a champ, for sure, but, having the 2 extra stops can be pretty helpful.