Comments on: The 50mm f/1.8 – Small Wonder!

By: Ricky WILSON

Ricky WILSON — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:44:03 +0000

I’m happy with this little beauty, I don’t care about any comments regarding this lens, as long I get the shot the way I want, nothing else matters…

By: Parveen Singh

Parveen Singh — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:07:01 +0000

thank you so much for this i am definitely buying this one.. i recently lost my 18-55mm canon lens and was looking for a replacement

By: Peter Gust

Peter Gust — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:19:39 +0000

This is one of the greatest lenses of all time.. Great content you have here.. The nikon 50mm 1.8 is pretty much good for any situation.... I wrote a review about this on my website.. I'll link it back here too. Have a great day!

By: Dad03

Dad03 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:34:55 +0000

My wife purchased a discarded EOS film camera with a EF 50mm 1.8 with the metal mounting ring not really ralizing what she bought, just thinking, maybe it will be good for the kids incase they want to learn film. WHAT A GREAT GREAT LENS for all the reasons mentioned in the post; plus it was only $12.99 so I can’t be happier than that. It works just stellar indoors attached to my T1i.

By: Laura Higgins

Laura Higgins — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:06:42 +0000

Great article~ as always and I agree that the fixed lens sometime get a bad rap~ I purchased a Canon 50mm 1.4 and I was amazed at the image quality. For both portrait and landscape photography it is a great lens to have in your camera bag.

By: Sugata Banerji

Sugata Banerji — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:12:00 +0000

@katelizabeth: I have not used that camera or lens, but I did look them up on the Internet. Seems the lens has an aperture ring. Does the ring allow aperture control from inside the camera, or do you have to rotate the ring manually? And does your lens aperture remain closed or at the position set by the ring when it is not attached to the lens? You have to read the manual and see how to use lenses with aperture rings. I feel this is the problem – your aperture is either too low (black photos) or too wide (white photos). I use aPentax K-7 and an old Pentax manual 50mm f/1.4. I have to use the ring to set the aperture in the lens, and the aperture stops down before the shutter ONLY in the Manual mode of the camera. In all other modes, you may set it at f/22 and it still remains open.at f/1.4 causing white photos in well-lit areas. So try with different modes, and check to see if there is an “A” mode on the aperture ring that you can switch to.

By: Katelizabeth

Katelizabeth — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:14:22 +0000

@Sugata Banerji: I use a nikon D40x and a 50mm 1.8D Nikkor. I already know that the auto focus isint compatible. I have only started using manual with this lens, every other setting such as macro/auto/sport/landscape etc has been fine with this lens. I never used to try and use manual with the other lenses because it always came out black and i am just learning how to alter that.

By: Sugata Banerji

Sugata Banerji — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:10:20 +0000

@katelizabeth: Exactly what camera and what lens are you using? It seems the aperture control is not working. Is your camera working fine with other lenses?

By: Katelizabeth

Katelizabeth — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:40:14 +0000

I just got my 50mm a few days ago and seem to be the only person having alot of trouble with it.
I was advised to use it on Manual setting but the images all came out black or white, i have tried to change the fstops and shutterspeeds but the shutter is being much to slow and blurs dramatically. If i ever do geta fast shutter, then the image comes out black.
If any one could give me some advise or a guide to set up for a proper image it would be very helpfull, thanks.

By: Larry Miller

Larry Miller — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:35:19 +0000

I totally agree with you about the 50MM. I feel it’s a selective lens. I used it this past weekend when my 80-200 was just too much of a telephoto to use on some wildflowers up close. I have a Nikkor 50 F1.8 AIS, made between 1981-1985 and focuses down to 0.45. The color saturation and contrast is remarkable. I believe this Nikkor 50 to be the best of all that Nikon has made. It’s hard to find but if you see it, get it. I’m a sharpness freak. If it’s not sharp, it’s gone!