50mm F1.8 Lens

This Video discuss' the benefits of adding a 50mm F1.8 prime lens to your DSLRs standard kit lenses.

We hope you find it Informative.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• 50mm
• F/1.8
• Kit
• Lens
• Prime
• Nikon
• Canon
• Wide
• Fast
• Aperture

[Mist8knI10tt]

There are no hard and fast rules and no substitute for experimentation, so get out there and have fun.

Hope this helps

[Mist8knI10tt]

M = Manual. You get control of both the aperture and shutter speeds. In this mode you have to learn to read the cameras built in light meter but it offers the most control. Great in terms of the amount of control it offers but takes time to become proficient at using quickly. I love to shoot in M when using flash as it offers so much more control over the ambient light levels in relation to the flash. It's also great for night photography and offers access to bulb mode for really long exposures.

[Mist8knI10tt]

Tv = Time value (shutter priority) You set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture for you. Great for situations where you are trying to acheive a specific amount of motion blur or lack there of. I like to use this when shooting panning shots or scenes where I want the motion of a water course to be smooth and marshmellow like.

[Mist8knI10tt]

Av = Aperture Value (aperture priority) You set the aperture, thus controlling depth of field while the camera looks after the shutter speed. My prefered mode for shooting both Portraits and landscapes where you often want to be at one end of the scale or the other.

[Mist8knI10tt]

As a general guide :

P = Program (camera sets both aperture and shutter speed) and is useful for situations where you want to work quickly concentrating on composition and not worrying about the cameras settings. As a word of warning the camera will always go for the middle ground in program mode, which limits creative possibilities.

Due to the Character count limit I will have to post my response over several posts.

[1987dman]

omg you scared me with that last pic!!

[matteuklol]

digital slarrrrrrrrrrrrr

[supercooled]

Does it shoot at any lower than 1.8 or is that also fixed?

[Tiscali1337]

@bakerdeshun because at 50mm on the 18-55mm you can just use f/5.6

[torchidman]

thanks..........I own the Nikon D3100 with the 18x55 kit lens.....lol........I will be buying this 50mm lens for my short horror movies..........any diff between the f1.8, f1.4 or even a 35mm lens for what I am trying to achieve?

tks

Tim.

[Lizeeyy]

Oh the Kiwi accent..

[bakerdeshun]

if ur gonna compare the 18-55mm to the 50mm y not compare the 18-55mm at F/ 3.5 instead of f/ 5.6. It's totally misleading the consumer if ur gonna go as low as f/ 1.8 on the 50mm.

[IANT68]

Excellent info and examples. Cheers!

[ClickKopf]

@vtomagic Australian doesn't sound that bad, he's Kiwi!

[vtomagic]

Where are you from? Australia?

[LooperNor]

@Mist8knI10tt In most cases where light changes often it's usually better to go for Aperture Priority though, which most pros seem to do.

In settings like night shots and using flash, manual is the way to go though.

[carmelcoveredsk8rmop]

why the hell is there a random creeper picture of the guy at 1:24 haha