Today I've been practicing with a Canon 50 mm 1.8 II lens or 'nifty fifty'. It was a present from my son and it's pretty impressive.
When you look through the viewfinder of the camera and then open your other eye. You can see that the image that the lens captures is almost identical to what you can see with the naked eye.
The detail is amazing and looks just like a macro lens when you zoom into the image.
Orchid cropped in close.
You can have some fun with this and get some tight shots of everyday things that suddenly look completely different up close. Like this below. What do you think it is?
Did you guess correctly? It's cracked black pepper.
Can you guess what this is below?
Did you get that it was chili oil? :)
The apples are almost ready for picking and you can see how the 50 mm gives that nice blurred effect to the background. This is called a bokeh effect. All of the above photos were taken and posted as they came out of the camera with no post production editing except from the orchid which was just cropped.
There are some other interesting aspects of this 50 mm lens which I would like to share with you but it will be quicker to make a video to explain these other features to show you what you can do with it.
This lens is good for landscapes and portraits as well as many other use cases which I will be exploring over the coming weeks. Hope you like the results so far.
My entry for #macrophotography by sponsored @juliank
My camera gear
EOS Canon 70D
Canon 50 mm 1.8 II lens
Sigma 30 mm lens
Sigma 20 mm lens
Pixel Shutter Cable Release
Travel tripod
| Category | (Macro photography) |
| Camera | (Canon EOS 70D) |
| Exposure | (1/400) |
| f Stop | (4.6) |
| ISO | (160) |
| Lens | (Canon 50 mm lens) |
Nice photo 👍
Love those shots. The 50 mm is adored by many and I can see why. Even the chili oil looks glamorous. :)
Yep I can see why people love the nifty fifty. Gives great results.
A lot of great photos in the article.
Thanks the lens is awesome and I'll be using it a lot.
I wish I had a 50 mm for my phone @molometer. I like the bokeh look.
i particularly enjoyed the two food close ups.😊
You can get lens kits for smart phones they are cheap as chips too. I don't know how good they are though?
The cracked black pepper looks like a shingle beach :)
Yeah. I did look into that at one time @molometer but never got around to actually buying any. I think they vary quite a bit in how good they are.
I should maybe put it on my present list and let someone else do the research and make the decision for me. 😁
I thought the pepper was shingle at first.
I've seen those lens kits a the airport duty free but like you say. Which one to get?
Youtube? :)
I did a bit of research but none of them stood out at which point I gave up @molometer. I suppose it would have made more sense to conclude it didn't matter which one I bought then but my mind doesn't seem to work that way. 😁
I adore my 50mm fixed lens. Flowers come out so beautiful.
Opphs! what am I doing talking to myself? haha@photobe I know it is tuff having a 39 rep but hang in there.
39 rep already @photobe going like a rocket. :)
@photobe is hanging in there ... more votes from people with higher score move her up faster.
Classical fifty 😉 since I mount it on my camera I forgot to take it off
I can see the attraction. It is a very capable lens and light as a feather.
Thank you for the brief overview of this lens. Well shown by examples. The photos look very impressive. I like this blurred effect. It perfectly helps the look to focus on a particular subject or small detail, making everything else just a background. Great footage. Good luck with your shooting and enjoy using this lens.
Thanks madlenfox, this was my first time using this lens and it gives pretty good results straight out of the box on basic standard settings.
I'll do a video on it when I have a bit more experience with using it.
That would be a great idea! I'd love to see it. I really like this kind of photography. Your experience will surely help me to better deal with this. Thanks @molometer :)
I didn't get that was chili oil but your camera takes beautiful photographs!!!
I'm very impressed with this little 50 mm. It's very versatile. I can see how people just stick with it.
It reproduces exactly what we see.
I really like how this lens is taking a pictures and I dreams about the same lens with a better light. One day I will have it, I'm sure of it <3
Thank you and you know that this 50 mm is not expensive. I was lucky and got it as a gift but they are pretty cheap right now.
Nice photo... I like it.
Thanks the 50 mm lens is the real star.
awesome pics
Thanks you, glad you liked them.
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Macro photography is very difficult but i like this very much.