I'm a total punter at photography, but I picked up a D50 digital SLR for my bar trip to Asia last summer and haven't regretted it since. It's easy, it's fun, and the pictures come out looking amazing with very little effort.
So begins the slippery slope. I started out with a 18mm- 00mm Sigma f/3.5-5.6, which worked great for the trip but suffers in low light. The day I was at 西湖 in 杭州 it was terribly overcast and most of the pictures came out dim. Well I'm waiting to be able to afford some kind of f/2.8 superzoom, I decided to try and find something that'll get great pictures in low-light. And a bonus if it's an actual Nikon lens.
Enter my first real Nikon lens, a Nikon 55mm f/1.4D prime. After hunting around on Ebay for a few weeks, and seeing used lenses going for reputable sellers around $260 + shipping, I opted to spring the $20 extra it cost on Amazon (at the time - it since went up to $329) for a brand-spanking new one. I can't wait to get this thing out and see what it can do.
1 comments:
You made absolutely the right choice to pick up a wide-open prime lens like the 50mm f/1.4.
First, the 50mm is a joy to shoot with because you can frame things the same way you see them, rather than being skewed through a zoom lens.
Second, at f/1.4 you will easily be able to hand-hold in fairly low light, both because it lets so much light in and because the lens is light-weight, which reduced shake.
In short, great decision, and I'm sure you are going to get some great pictures out of it.
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