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Have you tried mounting it in the front of the camera?
now that would be a good start wouldn't it..
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I just got a new Af nikkor 50mm f/1.8D lensbut now what do i do with it??
Post it to me directly. I won't sell it on ebay....honest!!
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will do just that when i get the chance which will be tomorrow now...just so you can take the p some more
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Post it to me directly. I won't sell it on ebay....honest!!
emmm some how i don't think so
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I know quite a few that would say - the next few times you go out put it on the camera and dont take any other lenses, you will learn lots and tend to see images you wouldnt normally see.
Give it a try
Give it a try
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As mentioned, portraits.
50mm is perfect focal length on your crop format Nikon, and if you shoot wide open at f/1.8 you will get very shallow depth of field which, sometimes looks really good. You can't do that with most lenses.
Focus is obviously critical and with such shallow DoF the slightest movement of camera or subject will throw it out. Focus on the eyes with the centre point; if in doubt, focus on the nearest eye!
The other thing f/1.8 can do is shoot in very low light, but with a high shutter speed and/or low ISO. F/1.8 is over two stops brighter than, say, f/4 - the difference between perhaps 1/8sec and 1/30sec in terms of shutter speed.
50mm is perfect focal length on your crop format Nikon, and if you shoot wide open at f/1.8 you will get very shallow depth of field which, sometimes looks really good. You can't do that with most lenses.
Focus is obviously critical and with such shallow DoF the slightest movement of camera or subject will throw it out. Focus on the eyes with the centre point; if in doubt, focus on the nearest eye!
The other thing f/1.8 can do is shoot in very low light, but with a high shutter speed and/or low ISO. F/1.8 is over two stops brighter than, say, f/4 - the difference between perhaps 1/8sec and 1/30sec in terms of shutter speed.