Sunny Chung wrote:
Hey everyone thank you for all your quick and extremely informative
responses. Just wanted to introduce myself a little more....
I've only just began to work with DSLR's and I'm a poor college
student :-(. So after all your advice, I definately want the 50/1.4
FA lens... but don't have $200 to spend right now. The only lens I
have right now is the kit lens that came with my ist DL, which isn't
bad. Once again, thank you for all your responses. If you care to
look at my amature photography,
I've posted my best pictures so far at:
http://dapjang.deviantart.com/gallery/
Beautiful photos Sunny.
I particularly like the pan job you did on "Caught in Motion". I'm
useless at panning.
FYI, I bought an A50 f/1.4 just recently, and love it. if I could have
found an FA, I would have bought it. Mind you, after using the kit lens
and a cheap Tamron zoom, I thought I was just bad at manual focus
(blamed it on my eyes), but it turns out that I *can* manually focus
reasonably well, as long as it's with a bright lens.
For instance, I'm not sure that the effect I got on this shot is
successful, but I did manage to focus on approximately what I wanted:
http://forksandhope.com/Africa/IMGP5294-Kilimanjaro-Protea.jpg
If you're short on cash, you might consider an A50 f1.7 or f/2.0, which
aren't that hard to be had on ebay or keh, and are of very high quality.
jp
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