I love my 50mm for indoors, but there are times I wish I could get wider. Sometimes at the karate dojo I'm just too close to the action for that prime.
It's a wonderful portrait lens, though. The owner of my karate school really liked this shot I took of him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Walker I've taken some really great pictures of my wife and kids with it, too. Mike On Sep 10, 2010, at 12:40 AM, Jim Flanagan wrote: > That's a nice overall lens Joe but not only is it big but those types of > lenses are not very fast f3.5 means you'll have a hard time taking unobtusive > portraits indoors. > I prefer a Prime 50mm lens which is a perfect size for portraits and is F1.4. > People also swear by a 35mm for inside as well but I really like the 50mm, > it's also a tiny lens which doesn't make people nervous, > > For telephoto I have a 75-300mm f4.5-5.5 but I really want a bigger faster > lens than that, I also have a nominal macro lense but want a good one and am > experimenting w/ reverse mounting lenses for that as well as adapting old > manual lens' > > sent from G1 > Cell: 773.396.4638 > Chicago: 773.463.5494 > Beaver Island: 231.448.2109 > > >> On Sep 9, 2010 11:05 PM, "Joseph Lee" <joseph...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> Another new technology that will make you want to find a reason to upgrade >> the camera in the future. >> >> HDR Video..... >> >> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/hdr-video-accomplished-using-dual-5d-mark-iis-is-exactly-what-i/ >> >> I could see this being a new feature in cameras in a few years. >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 9, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Dylan Haines wrote: >> >> > Yes I'll be adding to the lenses as time goe... >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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