| First off I would like to say that this is one of the | | | | not necessarily a sharp one. The lens on any |
| most under rated lenses in the whole market. In | | | | camera is the most important part and the one |
| this article I will try and inform you why I have | | | | that truly defines the image quality the camera |
| formed this opinion. | | | | produces. One downside is that most great lenses |
| Many people feel slightly underwhelmed with the | | | | cost many hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. |
| results they get when they start shooting with | | | | The Magic Lens |
| their first digital slr camera. Their are two main | | | | The Canon 50mm f1.8 is without doubt the best |
| mistakes that people make when moving from | | | | value lens money can buy. Commonly known as |
| compact cameras to SLRs. The first is that they | | | | the 'nifty fifty' it costs under $100 and produces |
| use the automatic or preset modes within the | | | | images that are up there in quality with those |
| camera while shooting. In my eyes this is like | | | | taken on Canons L series or professional range. |
| buying a Ferarri and never getting out of first | | | | The reason this lens is so cheap is because Canon |
| gear. To unleash the power of a SLR camera you | | | | has only focussed on the glass optics in this lens. |
| need to start learning about how to use some of | | | | The rest of it such as the plastic body, noisy auto |
| the semi manual or manual modes. | | | | focus, barrel design etc are all built cheaply . |
| The second mistake is that people fail to | | | | My advice to anyone starting out in the world of |
| appreciate how important lenses are on a camera. | | | | digital slr photography would be to buy this lens. In |
| In the world of compact digital cameras | | | | fact I would recommend buying it in place of the |
| marketing efforts seem to be based about the | | | | standard kit lens if you are about to buy a new |
| number of mega pixels a camera boasts. Large | | | | camera. |
| numbers of pixels will only give you a large image, | | | | |