The Nifty-Fifty
Anyways, here are some Swabeng Tips from The Phoblographer
1. Zoom with your feet: As Sir Jo has mentioned in his lectures a few years back, using lens like these require movement to fill the frame of your intended subject. This would also help aspiring photographers to compose their shots by either moving forward, backward or sideways.
2. Manual Focusing at its finest: Some 50mm lens can have problems auto-focusing, hence making photographers focus on their subject manually. Though I have yet to encounter any focusing problem on my ninfty-fifty, I may give manual focusing a try.
3. Setting Aperture to f/4: They say most 50mm lens reach optimal sharpness at f/4. Setting your lens at f/1.8 or even f/1.4 will not allow users to get as much focus as needed. The wider the opening, the more chance of making a shot that may go out of focus on some areas. This would hold true on portraits as I observed in my shooting Marien, some parts of her face gets blurry though her eyes remain sharp (that's where I set my focus point at).
4. Take a closer look where it focus: When shooting at wider open F stops like f/1.8 or f/2, it is very possible for the photographer to think that they are getting everything that they want in focus. Again, when I take pictures of my baby at f/2, I make sure to check if other parts of the picture are properly focused. Adjusting your lens to f/4 to f/8 may help especially if the area is well-lit.
5. Remove your UV Filter: I'm not sure whether I agree or not. But I'd say I'd rather have my nifty-fifty protected than not. I'd advise aspiring photographers to invest in a high-quality UV Filter to ensure that their shots are still good.
These tips may be quick, though unfortunately, some do forget them. =P
Do you have any other tips to share for 50mm users? Let me know.
All these are just too complicated for me. :( I'm glad that digital point and shoot cameras are invented so as not to bother knowing about different lenses and other more intricate areas of photography. Also, these lenses are expensive leh!
ReplyDeleteThanks for these awesome tips.However, I think I might need a cam just like that before I can relate.. :)
ReplyDeleteWill try this tips with my camera. Hopefully, it turns up well.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. This is really helpful to those who do photography like me. My 50mm lens works well with my cam and I am enjoying its auto-focus so much. Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteSound and helpful tips for budding photographer. How I wish maging isa ako rito. But first, bibili mua ako ng cam ko. LOL
ReplyDeleteI probably know as much about photography as I do about fashion - practically nothing :P I do know enough to do my own f-number settings, and I set my digicam's f-number to 2 or less :)
ReplyDeleteI am a beginner in photography and this will come in handy thank you so much. Swabeh ka talaga:)
ReplyDeleteAha! These would have been very useful if I still had my DSLR with me. I mean, I loved toying around with the lens that I had back then. :) If I still had the camera, this would've been a pretty awesome addition. :) What's the price tag?
ReplyDeleteI don't have professional camera but your tips are noted if ever I buy one.
ReplyDeletethis is a good advice for aspiring photographer like me.. sometimes the basic is forgotten to which the best output really depend on . thanks for the advice..
ReplyDeleteim using the same lens also most of the time this is very helpful for me since i dont know much about lens hehe xx
ReplyDeleteOh la la! These will help me more understand on how to use DSLR. I really have a hard time using this kind of camera. How to focus an object that make it more realistic and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMy husband has been wanting to buy a new camera for me! I was just stopping him. Lol! When I finally decide to have a 50mm lens. I'll keep this post in mind!
ReplyDeleteIm getting schooled in terms of photography. Thanks Mark for the easy to understand tips for a beginner like me.
ReplyDeletethanks for these tips, mark... my brother have a dslr camera. if ever he upgrades his lens to 50mm, i'll show him this. Yahweh bless.
ReplyDeleteWaaah! Im buying my own DLSR next week. Thanks for the tips.
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