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Major Nikon

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12. If you are primarily using the lens in the f/4 or smaller range...

Reply to BuddhaGirl (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:42 PM

Jan 2013

I'm not sure there's that much improvement with the 1.4. You are paying 3 times more for 2/3rds of a stop which you aren't using. It's mainly an advantage for those who want a higher degree of subject isolation at short distances and favor large aperture settings. If you shoot a lot at night, many large aperture lenses suffer from excessive coma at wide aperture settings. I'm not sure if this is the case with Canon's latest 50/1.4 but it's very typical for fast normal lenses unless they are specifically designed against this aberration.

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Anyone have the Canon 50mm 1.8, also called the "nifty fifty"? [View all] BuddhaGirl Jan 2013 OP

The nifty fifties are nice but ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #1

thanks! BuddhaGirl Jan 2013 #7

I have one Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #2

It's nice for portraits Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #3

thanks! I was able to try out a friend's this morning, and love photos that I got BuddhaGirl Jan 2013 #8

FWIW I think you'll get more out of the 55-250... Earth_First Jan 2013 #4

I'm hoping to get both lenses at some point, but leaning toward the 1.8 for now BuddhaGirl Jan 2013 #11

I'm not a Canon guy, so I can't help you specifically with this lens Major Nikon Jan 2013 #5

thanks for the link and your info! BuddhaGirl Jan 2013 #9

I have one and I love it. Island Blue Jan 2013 #6

interesting that your brother preferred the 1.8 over the 1.4 BuddhaGirl Jan 2013 #10

If you are primarily using the lens in the f/4 or smaller range... Major Nikon Jan 2013 #12

Yes, the 1.4 is $200 more than the 1.8 BuddhaGirl Jan 2013 #14

Coma is an optical abberation that mostly applies to telescopes Major Nikon Jan 2013 #15

That's a portrait lens, want to shoot macros, get a macros lens usregimechange Jan 2013 #13