Anyone got any sample photos of a camera with a 35mm 1.8 prime?

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Anyone got any sample photos of a camera with a 35mm 1.8 prime?

I have a 18-50 sigma, but keep hearing that a 35mm prime (1.8) lets a lot of light in and is just pretty good.

What sort of distance would you have to be from a model (as in, human) to use this? What is so special about these?

thanks
 

_DSC9151 by Seraph82, on Flickr

the 35mm 1.8 is a fantastic lens, the picture above was about 1m away, roughly can't remember exactly.
Specialness would have to be how cheap they are and their versatility, it's a cracking portrait lens but also pretty good for landscapes amongst other things
 
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Thanks for that :)

Is there really much difference between using that lens, and a 18-50 lens (set to 35mm), if shot indoors? Does it allow a significat amount of extra light in?
 
It depends on how fast your 18-50 lens is, what is written on the side of your lens?

This was shot using a 35mm:

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hi,
thx for the pic

on the side of mine it says 18-50mm 1:3.5 - 5.6

so i am guessing that is quite a big difference from 1.8 ? (double)
 
gameover said:
hi,
thx for the pic

on the side of mine it says 18-50mm 1:3.5 - 5.6

so i am guessing that is quite a big difference from 1.8 ? (double)
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Around 4 stops difference, so a lens at 1/1.8 would let in four times compared to a lens at 1/3.6, so you could use a shutter speed 4 times less and get an image of the same exposure.

I find that I rarely need a flash when shooting indoors using the 35mm.
 
35mm is a great focal length as it's close to the human eye in what it sees. Being a prime it will also be sharper and 1.8 means more bokeh and light gathering.

I use a 35mm and 50mm when I'm out and about. Here's a random shot:

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I've had a 35L 1.4 for some time but used it rarely, I've started using it more and more now as the images it produces are awesome if you really get in close to your subject. I am a bit of a prime lens whore though.
 
It's worth remembering when looking at images for comparison that some of them may have been taken with a 35mm lens on a full frame body. To achieve the same look on a camera with a 1.5x/1.6x crop factor you'd have to have your lens at around 21-24mm.
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Around 4 stops difference, so a lens at 1/1.8 would let in four times compared to a lens at 1/3.6, so you could use a shutter speed 4 times less and get an image of the same exposure.

I find that I rarely need a flash when shooting indoors using the 35mm.
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1.8 to 3.6 is roughly two stops, but since he's using a zoom with a variable aperture it probably is closer to 3-4 stops when he has zoomed the lens to 35mm.
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Around 4 stops difference, so a lens at 1/1.8 would let in four times compared to a lens at 1/3.6, so you could use a shutter speed 4 times less and get an image of the same exposure.

I find that I rarely need a flash when shooting indoors using the 35mm.
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There are only 2 stops between f/1.8 and f/3.5
 
The same as going from ISO 200 to 800.....
To the OP, They seem fashionable, but understand why you would want one before jumping on the band wagon..... What do you with the pictures once taken ?..... on screen only, big printed enlargements ?
 
Some good explanations on Wiki .... full f stop scale looks like this
f/1, f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22, f/32, f/45, f/64, f/90, f/128

Then your into 1/2 and 1/3 stops
 
I was recommended this lens on this very site and am loving it! I'm very new to the whole thing but here's a couple of half decent pics of my son using it. Close-ups are definitely best in my opinion.

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