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25-08-2009, 8:44 PM
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Im looking at getting a portrait lens and was thinking of the Sony 50mm F1.8, does anyone have this lens and if so whats it like wide open and at 2.8 ? if you have a few images could you post them. 
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26-08-2009, 9:01 PM
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Found a few reviews on the tinterweb and for £129.99 you cant go wrong really, should have it in a few days.
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27-08-2009, 5:49 AM
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I have one and its a great lens.
It doesn't feel very substantial but that makes it nice and light and it takes great portrait shots, you will be pleased with it I am sure.
Be careful though if you are thinking of putting a filter on it though, I bought mine second hand off the forum from Chris_M who had put a uv filter on the front and I found it was causing a fair amount of lens flare.
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27-08-2009, 6:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonstone  I have one and its a great lens.
It doesn't feel very substantial but that makes it nice and light and it takes great portrait shots, you will be pleased with it I am sure.
Be careful though if you are thinking of putting a filter on it though, I bought mine second hand off the forum from Chris_M who had put a uv filter on the front and I found it was causing a fair amount of lens flare. | Thanks for that Jonstone, do you have any images i could look at ? 
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27-08-2009, 9:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonstone I have one and its a great lens.
It doesn't feel very substantial but that makes it nice and light and it takes great portrait shots, you will be pleased with it I am sure.
Be careful though if you are thinking of putting a filter on it though, I bought mine second hand off the forum from Chris_M who had put a uv filter on the front and I found it was causing a fair amount of lens flare. | I didn't even realise there was a filter on the front! Never used it myself as it coincided with me selling my A700 but it seems a nice lens construction wise.
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27-08-2009, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by anthony566 Thanks for that Jonstone, do you have any images i could look at ? | Some sooc, no cropping. The ones outside were taken with them rolling down a hill so there was a fair bit of movement and the camera was in af mode, wide open apart from the last one
Some with a little processing/cropping
One with a lot of cropping
In fact it was the only lens I took on holiday so everything in my flickr stream after the bubblegum shot is taken with it, hope this helps
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27-08-2009, 11:33 PM
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Fantastic shots ....... I can see im really going to enjoy this lens when it arrives
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Nice shots, last one is my fav, amazing detail in the beads of water | |
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Originally Posted by RatJones Nice shots, last one is my fav, amazing detail in the beads of water | I was surprised by the sharpness of that one considering how much it is cropped
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Originally Posted by Jonstone I have one and its a great lens.
It doesn't feel very substantial but that makes it nice and light and it takes great portrait shots, you will be pleased with it I am sure.
Be careful though if you are thinking of putting a filter on it though, I bought mine second hand off the forum from Chris_M who had put a uv filter on the front and I found it was causing a fair amount of lens flare. | I'm about to get one of these and am looking forward to having a play when i get back to uni :D
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30-08-2009, 7:57 PM
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Well i really hope mine is here on Wednesday
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One thing I did find a problem with when I first got this lens was getting a good focus.
Wide open its quite unforgiving on focus, as any similar lens will be as the dof is very small.
I reverted to auto focus for a while in desperation which was producing perfect shots so I knew it was my ineptitude and not the lens that was at fault.
I'm getting the hang of it now I think but I do have to be a lot more precise than I did with my old 2.8 which is obvious I guess.
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31-08-2009, 1:58 PM
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A 50mm f/1.8 prime is a beautiful lens for portrait work, especially on a non-full-frame body.
On a full-frame 35mm body, look at a 70-90mm length prime instead.
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Well it arrived today, and what a dinky little lens this is... very light seems to focus nice and fast and with the very small play ive had with it it's prity quiet and does not hunt ( so far ) ill try and get some shots this weekend but all in all a very nice lens for £129.99
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would it fit my sony a300?
how does it compare to the minolta 50mm?
will i see much benefit over my tamron 28-75 f2.8 or save the money for something else
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