Hope so, ordered it for when I want to travel light and don't need the zoom lens.
mnkhan2538
23 Jan 17#3
Can anyone tell me if this would be a good lens for taking photos of a mannequin in a home studio?
Sambat to mnkhan2538
23 Jan 171#5
About 85mm, a portrait lens, but they don't come cheap.
ashfields to mnkhan2538
24 Jan 17#15
Sure.
davedelaney1978 to mnkhan2538
24 Jan 17#27
If you are short on space like me this might be a good option as the 50mm wont get full body shots, I have an old ef28mm and a ultra wide angle for this.
paulmccreaddie
23 Jan 171#4
it's a bit wide for that. a 50mm or 85mm would be a better option on a crop sensor camera.
Ajibee
23 Jan 171#6
Though a nifty fifty on a 1.6x cropped sensor (APS-C), giving an equivalent of 80mm, would be a good value for money alternative.
aijlarkin
23 Jan 17#7
I'd recommend a cheap canon 50mm Ef lens on eBay, they do great bokeh (blurry backgrounds) for making a subject really pop in a portrait. And as the comment above says gives you nearer 80mm focal length
TAZMANUK
23 Jan 17#8
what better nifty fifty or this i have the nifty fifty already
ElGofre to TAZMANUK
23 Jan 172#10
This gives you a field of view that is almost exactly twice as wide, it's a very different perspective. They're better suited at different things rather than being direct competitors.
gourmetguy to TAZMANUK
23 Jan 17#12
travel
luvadealme
23 Jan 17#9
shame this does not fit my canon 5d mk 1
DevK
23 Jan 17#11
Hi, can anyone give a quick overview as to what this lens would be good for? many thanks
bentrewern to DevK
24 Jan 172#17
This is about a 38mm full frame equivalent (24mm * 1.6) which is slightly wide angle. This would be best for landscape, travel and street photography especially as it's so small and easily portable. Not really good for portraits as faces look distorted and not very pleasing with such a lens. I suppose it would be OK if doing a full length portrait with some background, just not for close-ups.
For this price get it. If you don't like it I'm sure you could get all your money back on ebay.
g_mac1986 to DevK
24 Jan 171#20
I just received this yesterday also from Amazon, bought on Friday for £120 but used Amazon's BIGTHANKS £10 off so got it for £110, wonder would they give me the fiver off it :smirk: ?
Haven't had any chance to use outdoor yet, stupid Daylight Savings, but indoors it seems very good in low light scenarios. With the extra Aperture setting you can effectively have your shutter speed a setting higher or ISO a setting lower which leads to all round better low light shots.
It has a good field of view, not excellent but good and I do seem to get better shots than with my kit lens also set to 24mm.
In my head I imagine this would be good for night time outdoors shots since the the lens can naturally let in more light and it is just bordering on the wide angle variety.
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For this price get it. If you don't like it I'm sure you could get all your money back on ebay.
Haven't had any chance to use outdoor yet, stupid Daylight Savings, but indoors it seems very good in low light scenarios. With the extra Aperture setting you can effectively have your shutter speed a setting higher or ISO a setting lower which leads to all round better low light shots.
It has a good field of view, not excellent but good and I do seem to get better shots than with my kit lens also set to 24mm.
In my head I imagine this would be good for night time outdoors shots since the the lens can naturally let in more light and it is just bordering on the wide angle variety.