| Rugby_Nut |
| (enthusiast) |
| 23/09/2008 19:37 |
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Re: Help!!! I Knew It Would Happen!!
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Hi Chris,
The 50mm F2 Oly lens is superb and you won't regret buying it if you do. It makes a cracking portrait lens and the clarity and sharpness of the images produced with it are excellent.
Other tips; watch your white balance when shooting with no flash indoors and don't forget to adjust it again when you go outside. Auto white balance will be safe outdoors, but possibly not indoors.
The 50 mm f2.0 is an excellent lens, but being a short telephoto it is also has a very narrow angle of view, so you may end up not using it very often apart from head and should portraits from a distance. (Try your kit lens at 50 mm to see what I mean).
For that sort of money, and given your immediate needs you would probably be better off buying the 14 ~ 54 f2.8 lens.
Also, if you are shooting RAW, I would just stick to using Auto White Balance as you can always adjust it in PS when processing.
Good luck anyhow!
Edit: The Sigma 30 mm f1.4 looks like another viable option, but I have heard (possibly incorrectly) that they don't always work (focus) well with Olympus cameras.
That was/is my main worry about the 50mm lens. I have no doubt it is a very good bit of kit but was worried that being effectively 100mm meant that I would have to move too far away to get people in.
I discounted the 14-54mm quite early. I didn't think having f2.8 over my existing 14-42mm's f4 was worth the money. I think I'd look at saving up for the 12-60SWD should I want to go in that direction.
I did manage today to quickly test both the 50mm f2 and the Sigma 30mm f1.4. And indeed the 50mm is just a little too long. So I've gone for the Sigma. I think the AF problems came with John Fosters review on biofos where his initial tests would indicate a problem. However, he discovered that his first tests where set up too close. When he moved a couple of inches further back, all was fine. I've tried a few quick test shots at f1.4 and f2 and the results look very good. I'll try some more shortly. Certainly Nick rates it, which is a good sign as well.