Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

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Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby Geoff M on Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:18 am

The bang for buck 'Nifty Fifty' should be in everybodys kit bag in my opinion.

Place your favourite images taken with your 'Nifty Fifty' in this thread. Critique if you wish, or just show what the lens is capable of.
I will kick off with a couple of mine.

50mm f1.8 @ f4, 1/40s, ISO 2000
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50mm f1.8 @ f4, 1/80s, ISO 200
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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby Remorhaz on Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:54 am

I no longer have my 50/1.8 - does my 50/1.4 count?
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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby Geoff M on Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:20 am

Remorhaz wrote:I no longer have my 50/1.8 - does my 50/1.4 count?


Any 50mm prime will do :D
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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby biggerry on Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:57 am

meh, the 50mm prime is over rated :lol: on DX i reckon its just not quite the right focal length, I actually found the 28mm 2.8 (on DX) was a really sweet prime length, just a shame the lens itself is crap.

I have the 50 1.8 but very very rarely use it, it was however the second lens i every owned :) I will crack it out and have a go, just for giggles
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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:14 pm

I actually haven't had one all that long. Both of these were from the D200, so are really PleasantJive SeventyFive I guess.
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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby Geoff M on Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:11 pm

This one is 6 vertical images stitched using the free MS ICE program. the 'original' image is 13500 x 4170 pixels.

D700, 50mm f1.8 @ f8, 1/320s, ISO 200

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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby PiroStitch on Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:30 am

It's a fifty (but not 35mm), though not nifty

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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby Remorhaz on Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:05 pm

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D7000 + Sigma 50/1.4 @ f/2.0, 1/250, ISO 100

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D7000 + Sigma 50/1.4 @ f/2.5, 1/60, ISO 900

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D7000 + Sigma 50/1.4 @ f/2.0, 1/1000, ISO 200

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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby Geoff M on Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:58 pm

Greg - lots to see in the first image, my eye is wandering all over the frame (in a good way!), the mirrors/reflections adding to the complexity of the image. The second I would prefer the sitter to be looking straight ahead (from her seated position) so we see more of her profile or better still, to be looking directly at you.

Pirostitch - always love your view of everyday life.

Rodney - all great images with perfect eye contact (3rd excepted!) engaging the viewer. My pick of these is the second.

Keep 'em coming. :up:
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Re: Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby surenj on Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:59 pm

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Your 'Nifty Fifty' Images

Postby Remorhaz on Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:20 pm

That's done it - lolcats :(
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