Photography EF50mm f/1.4 USM
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 Feb 6 2014, 10:52 AM
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I have 35 F2.0, 50 F1.8 and 50 F1.4
- Personally like 50 F1.4 for portraiture, low light photography - 50mm may be too long for 7D as walk around - My wife prefers to have 35mm full time on the 7D vs 50mm just my 2 cents This post has been edited by bbear: Feb 6 2014, 10:52 AM |
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Feb 6 2014, 11:01 AM
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QUOTE(Xiia0Ban @ Feb 6 2014, 10:58 AM) Too long in term of the focal length? You may find 50mm is not wide enough sometimes. Yes, both are the same things, just one in Focal Length vs one in Viewing Angle Another thing to take note. Both 50mm F1.4 and F1.8 has longer minimum focus distance in comparison to the 35mm F2.0 that i have. My wife is a Travel and Food blogger and at times, 7D with 50mm is not possible to take closer photo of the foods. The 35mm F2.0 does allows her to do so with getting nearer to the foods she is photographing This post has been edited by bbear: Feb 6 2014, 11:04 AM |
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Feb 6 2014, 01:47 PM
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QUOTE(reevanshirls @ Feb 6 2014, 01:42 PM) Haha that's actually what I am afraid of, the amount of moving around and walking with 50mm would be a hassle. It depends whether the location allows for it and what kind of effect you looking for. I always use 50mm for group photo whenever location allowed for. That including group photo of about 10 people in a dark ballroom. By the way, I don't use flash for these photo normally. |
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Feb 6 2014, 02:10 PM
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QUOTE(reevanshirls @ Feb 6 2014, 01:54 PM) But still the Canon 50mm 1.4 gobbles light. It opens up a world of indoor photography that is not possible with a 4.0 lens. Definitely in my "to buy list". I had 2 x 50mm F1.8 before buying the 50mm F1.4. The main reason was for the focusing speed needed for wedding assignment. the F1.8 focusing is a bit slow and noisy ( its some times alerted the person and they won't look natural when they started to look out where the noise comes from )I agonized over the 1.4 vs. the 1.8 versions of this lens. It seem to me that the additional stop does provide more shooting options. Often I'm shooting at the edge of acceptable shutter speed, and juggling both aperture and ISO. Many reviews comparing the two talk about build quality, focus motor speed/noise, etc, but the bottom line for me is the extra stop, is totally worth it? If I'd like to shoot indoors without a flash, should I get the 1.4? |
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Feb 6 2014, 02:25 PM
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QUOTE(reevanshirls @ Feb 6 2014, 02:16 PM) Also what about the depth of field, is it much much more better on the 1.4? I assume that it should be, or is it more or less the same with the 1.8? Again, this is very subjective to your style and your objects / composition. A lot will go for stops down and hence F1.4 or F1.8 does not make any different to them since some may only shoot stop downed to F2, F2.8 or more. For myself and my boss, we mostly shoot at F1.4 in low light or even day time. So, its boils down to what is your own expectation on the images.I feel this lens would be good for some street photography, don't you think? F1.4, F1.8 shooting something that is like 10 meters away may not have big different in DOF but something just 1 meter away will have some differences for sure |
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Feb 6 2014, 02:33 PM
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I think in bottom line is, if you have extra budget, go for F1.4, if you have ok budget, go for F1.4. If you have very very tight budget, go for F1.8.
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