Re: FA 50mm 1.4 on IST-Ds

2005-04-21 Thread Thibouille
That's what I thought. OK, no need to invest in short tele for my Ds then, excellent! Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:03 +0100 (BST), John Dallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thibouille) wrote: > > > Wouldn't that lens make a good portrait lens? > > Would give

Re: FA 50mm 1.4 on IST-Ds

2005-04-20 Thread John Dallman
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thibouille) wrote: > Wouldn't that lens make a good portrait lens? > Would give about 75mm on a 35mm and with 1.4 aperture it would allow a > good DOF. Any comments? Yup: that's what I use for about 90% of my shooting on the *istD. The combina

Re: FA 50mm 1.4 on IST-Ds

2005-04-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The 50mm lens is about my favorite portrait tele with the DS. I have several of them: A50/1.4, A50/1.7, A50/2, F50/1.7 and A50/2.8 Macro. Each has its distinct character. 50mm is about my most used focal length, even if I'm using a zoom lens. Godfrey On Apr 19, 2005, at 11:07 PM, Thibouille wro

FA 50mm 1.4 on IST-Ds

2005-04-19 Thread Thibouille
Wouldn't that lens make a good portrait lens? Would give about 75mm on a 35mm and with 1.4 aperture it would allow a good DOF. Any comments? -- Thibouille -- Z1,SuperA,KX,MX,P30t and KR-10x ...