New lens

danman

20d, 50mm f1.4 ISO 400

I used to have a 50mm Carl Zeiss f1.4 on my first Praktica as a teenager and have never had a better lens since then. Of course the 1.6x factor makes it more of a portrait lens than a 'standard' one.




Lunch at Ask in Witney, Oxfordshire

Nir

Great shot Danny!

danman

New lens

Nir wrote:

Great shot Danny!

Thanks, Nir. Here's another I took yesterday. I'm really liking this lens, though the depth of field when it's wide open is so short!

Danny

happysnapper

Both great shots, and I really like the DOF!! Keep up the good work.


Cheers
Yvette

gubbs

danman wrote:

20d, 50mm f1.4 ISO 400

I used to have a 50mm Carl Zeiss f1.4 on my first Praktica as a teenager and have never had a better lens since then. Of course the 1.6x factor makes it more of a portrait lens than a 'standard' one.




Lunch at Ask in Witney, Oxfordshire

Nice shot Danny, I hope you don't mind, but I had a quick look through your site, "walking" is a lovely shot & "bush"

happysnapper

gubbs wrote:

Nice shot Danny, I hope you don't mind, but I had a quick look through your site, "walking" is a lovely shot & "bush"

I also had a look at your gallery and I really like the shots you have of staff at the hospital, especially the birth of the baby....

Yvette

danman

Thanks

happysnapper wrote:

I also had a look at your gallery and I really like the shots you have of staff at the hospital, especially the birth of the baby....

Yvette

Thanks,
Danny

damonff

great eyes!

lynnma

danman wrote:

20d, 50mm f1.4 ISO 400

I used to have a 50mm Carl Zeiss f1.4 on my first Praktica as a teenager and have never had a better lens since then. Of course the 1.6x factor makes it more of a portrait lens than a 'standard' one.




Lunch at Ask in Witney, Oxfordshire

Thats a beautiful shot Danny! I'm also very excited cos I just bought a 50mm 1.4 and have'nt been able to play with it yet.. cors' I don't have a 20D I have a rebel.. still I'm happy...well done.

Thiago Sigrist

50 == bliss!
Hi Danny!

First of all, congrats for your excellent shots with your 50mm f/1.4! :-)

I have to agree with you completely, regarding this particular lens. I just bought me a 50mm f/1.4 (however, mine is the Nikon version) and I'm having a great time with it.

This particular lens is great because it unleashes the low light potential of DSLRs and it's *incredibly* sharp when shot a little stopped down. Even though you're more geared than I am (the fifty is my second lens, first was the kit one), I won't be surprised if it becomes one of your favourites. :-)

Thanks for sharing!

Take care!

-- thiago

marygrace

Hi Danny, These are really great shots! I've got a 50mm 1.8, but haven't played around with it much. I should start taking more photos if my pics can come out like these. Thanks for sharing...