It opens wide, all the way up to f\/1.8, which is about 2 and a half stops better than any of my other lenses. The shallow depth of field this allows has given me a whole new world to explore.
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shallow depth of field:
\n![\"Example](\"http:\/\/kyleclements.com\/images\/misc\/hand.jpg\")
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My old main lens, a Nikkor 18-70mm 3.5-4.5G was making me lazy. Why walk towards something? With a zoom, I can just move my wrist down 2mm and bam! I’ve zoomed right in. This is a recipe for bland. I needed a prime to force myself into actually moving my body into a better position.<\/p>\n
This lens is absolutely perfect for what I bought my camera for: shooting images of my paintings.
\n50mm means no barrel distortion, and no pincushion distortion; straight lines are straight lines, not arcs.
\nAt f\/4 and f\/5.6, everything is SUPER sharp. super insanely crisp. wow.<\/p>\n
The lens is also good for the odd paying gig that comes my way. Most of my friend are musicians, so I most often end up shooting bands playing in dim environments. I normally had my lens zoomed in to 70mm, then took hundreds of shots, hoping that 1 or 2 would actually be in focus. This prime is right where I want it, but it has those 2 and a half extra stops, meaning motion blur won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be a problem.<\/p>\n
I also have some macro extension tubes that I never use, and now I can!\u00c2\u00a0 My existing lenses are all \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcG\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Lenses, meaning there is no aperture ring. As soon as I take the lens off the camera body, it closes down to f\/22. My new lens has an aperture ring! It feels soooooo good to control things for real, feeling the mechanics move under my fingers, rather than just turning a stupid dial and watching numbers on a menu screen change.<\/p>\n
1.8D lens with 8X macro tube
\n![\"image](\"http:\/\/kyleclements.com\/images\/misc\/fly.jpg\")
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Sweet! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m happy.<\/p>\n
Now if you will excuse me, I must return to what has been keeping me busy these past few nights: running through my apartment, shooting bokehlicious pictures of things.<\/p>\n
A painting of mine:
\n![\"Detail](\"http:\/\/kyleclements.com\/images\/misc\/painting.jpg\")
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