Canon 50mm f1.8

As pef exif - The shot of the speakers, both at 5.6. The shot of the spoon, both at 8.
 
Raymond Lin said:
You know, that test made me regret not getting the Kit Lens with my 30D :(
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Well, it's ok, perhaps I got a good 'un. Maybe my nifty is rubbish?

I think the 100% of the speaker is slightly sharper with the 50. Just. The only foible I have is these are low shutter speeds in far from ideal conditions.

The beauty of the 50 is its low light shooting ability. As for IQ, you only have to look at some of the examples on PBase to see how sharp it can be.

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Looking at the spoon shots, the 50 does have better contrast, but again it's hard to see the difference.
 
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Try it with F/3.5 for both?

The kit lens shouldn't be too bad a few stop down, and I think it is actually the sharpest at F/8
 
The kit lens will only shoot at f3.5 at a wider angle, therefore needs to be closer to get similar results to the 50 at f3.5. In this case the 18-55 will probably give sharper results.
 
personally with shots ive taken i cant see a lot of difference in quality, but the bokeh is a lot nicer with the 50mm, but i guess thats understandable really.
 
You should also remember that you requre an F2.8 lens to activate the cross type focasing points in the canon cameras that have them (not sure about 350D) in the more sensitive mode, which gives you better focus acuracy. The faster your lens is the more acurate the center focus point will be in AF mode.
 
buy the lens

it's not about sharpness for me, although it is a sharper lens
it's about light
the 1.8 will let you do things you can't otherwise do with a different lens with a higher f stop
I loved mine and only sold it again in favour of the f1.4
for 60 ish quid (50 second hand as they hold their value well) it's an essential purchase!
 
Just got mine and am quite impressed, just attached a snap I took quickly.
sarah50.jpg
 
FranchiseJuan said:
I know that bokeh is matter of personal taste, but the bokeh, especially in the pic just posted, is pretty ugly.
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Must be a matter of taste because I love it :)

Really focuses you on the subject without the distracting background.
 
M0T said:
Must be a matter of taste because I love it :)

Really focuses you on the subject without the distracting background.
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Ok I think you are miss-understanding what bokeh is. What you are describing is shallow Depth of Field, which does isolate the subject, but:

"Bokeh is the term used to desribe the quality of background blur in a photo,
i.e. how pleasing the blur looks. Since the softness of the background blur is usually more important than how the foreground items are blurred, bokeh usually relates to the background blur."

So bokeh is not the presence of background blur, but a subjective assement of how pleasing it is compared to what is possible.

Here is a link to bokeh.

This is a common miss-conception. :)
 
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