Canon 50mm 1.8 - 50D - C&C welcome

[ylyad]

Saturday afternoon in Paris, nice weather, little walk in the Parc de Bagatelle near Paris - other shots with this inexpensive but adorable lens.

ISO100, no post-processing

-1

1/2000s f/1,8
-2

1/60 f/10
-3

1/3200 f/1,8
-4

1/2000 f/1,8
-5

1/1250 f/1,8

[vulko]

I'd say you could get much better results with Mir 1B 37mm 2.8 | Helios 44M shooting the same stuff. 50/1.8 has this synthetic bokeh... just doesn't look pretty and it looks flat, not 3d. The amount of CA is also irritating.

[ylyad]

Certainly, but they were not in the bag

[hexi]

I had this lens. Well if you look for CA, and stuff and this and that .... you can always bitch about a lens. I had pleasure to use it and it produced pix i liked, you might say i'm not very demanding

Pic 2 very good, shows the ability of this lens stopped down a bit, the others are showing the nice blur, which may not be the best, but hey the price of this lens is unbeatable.

[ylyad]

[jeff]

I have one too，but i think well the aperture is lager then 2 （2 or 1.8）， the picture is not clean and clarity enough。 but i for it price we could not expect too much。 it is a good lens for portrait

[cooltouch]

I'm assuming this is the EF 50/1.8? Aka "nifty fifty."

Seems like this lens is either slammed or praised for its optical qualities. I don't own one, so my comments are based on net-based observations only.

I guess my eyes are not discriminating enough, cuz I can't see enough CA to care about it. The bokeh are just so-so, but not annoying to me.

However, I find the second shot to be particularly good, and in fact the increased depth of field really opens up the scene. An old sycamore, I believe?

Lots of folks have used the nifty fifty as portrait lenses with great results. Do a search over at POTN and you'll see what I mean. It's a great lens for folks on a budget who can't yet afford the 50/1.4 (3.5 x cheaper).

[ylyad]

Thanks Michael. Yes it's the nifty fifty It's a plane tree and yes, I do like this second shot a lot. And well, I like that lens too. AF has some advantages too...

[cooltouch]

[Excalibur]

[sichko]