The Magic Lens - Canon 50mm F1.8 Lens Review

First off I would like to say that this is one of thenot necessarily a sharp one. The lens on any
most under rated lenses in the whole market. Incamera is the most important part and the one
this article I will try and inform you why I havethat truly defines the image quality the camera
formed this opinion.produces. One downside is that most great lenses
Many people feel slightly underwhelmed with thecost many hundreds, if not thousands of dollars.
results they get when they start shooting withThe Magic Lens
their first digital slr camera. Their are two mainThe Canon 50mm f1.8 is without doubt the best
mistakes that people make when moving fromvalue lens money can buy. Commonly known as
compact cameras to SLRs. The first is that theythe 'nifty fifty' it costs under $100 and produces
use the automatic or preset modes within theimages that are up there in quality with those
camera while shooting. In my eyes this is liketaken on Canons L series or professional range.
buying a Ferarri and never getting out of firstThe reason this lens is so cheap is because Canon
gear. To unleash the power of a SLR camera youhas only focussed on the glass optics in this lens.
need to start learning about how to use some ofThe 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 toMy 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 camerasfact I would recommend buying it in place of the
marketing efforts seem to be based about thestandard kit lens if you are about to buy a new
number of mega pixels a camera boasts. Largecamera.
numbers of pixels will only give you a large image,