Early Birthday Present

[outstar79]

My mum surprised me yesterday by buying my a Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens! Pretty happy with it already and can't wait to really get stuck into what this little lens can do!


My Ugly Mug with the Nifty Fifty by Adam Brice, on Flickr


My Ugly Mug with the Nifty Fifty by Adam Brice, on Flickr

[Granville]

I think it's a dodgy counterfeit one. All the writing on it is backwards.

[outstar79]

Blimey! Perhaps JB's were selling those Bali knockoffs - nonac!

[rirakuma]

Congrats! You're gonna have tons of fun with that lens

[beachhead]

From what I can see with those shots your on a winner,my Nikon 50mm takes super shots and a really great pano lens.

[outstar79]

From what I can see with those shots your on a winner,my Nikon 50mm takes super shots and a really great pano lens.

Thanks mate - now I just need a whole new set of smaller filters!

[Brandy]

Thanks mate - now I just need a whole new set of smaller filters!

I have just finished reading "new to photography" on this site, and I felt the consensus was "no filters". Am I wrong?

[outstar79]

I have just finished reading "new to photography" on this site, and I felt the consensus was "no filters". Am I wrong?

Hi Jan, filters can be used to achieve a wide range of effects, depending on what you want to achieve ie: longer shutter, cut out glare etc. I'm not totally sure (because I haven't read the "new to photography" book in a while) but I'm fairly certainly it tells you how your camera works etc at a basic level? I predominately use graduated filters and neutral density filters as I shoot a lot of landscapes.

[fotog]

Who's been a good boy?

[outstar79]

Who's been a good boy?

Who?! Don't know how that happened!

[bsdunek]

Thanks mate - now I just need a whole new set of smaller filters!

How about a step-up ring? I've pretty much settled on 52mm filters and step-up rings for the smaller lenses.

[outstar79]

How about a step-up ring? I've pretty much settled on 52mm filters and step-up rings for the smaller lenses.

Would you get any problems with vignetting? And I suppose you could fit your lens cap/hood on unless you had the larger size?

[Mark L]

Don't you get the filter for your largest lens and use step down(up) rings? Should work, though ask in gear talk forum, 'spose.