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I have a 50mm 1.8 for my 450d and i love it. however, because of the crop on the camera i often find its too 'long'. Is there a budget alternative and by budget i mean around £100 or so 35mm equivalent. The canon EF is about £180 new and a little out of my budget. Any recommendations?
 
Are you selling the 50 than adding £100? Still probably not enough money but there is a canon 28mm f1.8 or you could look at the sigmas 30mm f1.4.
 
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I'd probably sell the 50 yes, then add the rest to make it up to £100 (or even sell my kit lens that i dont use as well.
Thanks will take a look at the others see what price they are.
 
Sorry yes they will be out of your price range. Canon just brought out a 40mm pancake which can be bought for under £200 i believe? I can not see you getting anything for £100.
 
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if you have original paperwork, it might be worth part exchange at MPB photographic?
 
Ok thanks for your suggestions.
New 2 me what so you mean by paperwork? I bought it from amazon - so will have proof of purchase etc or do you mean warranty etc?
 
The answer is that no, there is not a budget equivalent of the 50 1.8 in 35.
I too would have liked there to have been as I would prefer a 35 1.8 for £70 (I could live with the cheap build and noisy focus) but the cheapest 35 is over £200.

I went for the 40 2.8 as that is next cheapest (£139 delivered) and it is great. Obviously it is not 1.8 but all other aspects are better but if you need 1.8 you will need to pay for it. The difference between 40 and 50 is greater than I thought it would be and I find 40 perfect for my needs whereas with the 50 I spend most of my time walking backwards to get the subject in!
 
Thank you ernesto.
Where did you get the 40mm for at £139 please?
I will keep looking round see what i can get for my money - i could do with 1.8/2.0 as i do a lot of indoors stuff where the light isnt great and my camera iso only goes to 1600 which is noisy!
many thanks
 
chriscross said:
Thank you ernesto.
Where did you get the 40mm for at £139 please?
I will keep looking round see what i can get for my money - i could do with 1.8/2.0 as i do a lot of indoors stuff where the light isnt great and my camera iso only goes to 1600 which is noisy!
many thanks
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The 40 is £139 at DigitalRev, took just over a week to arrive.

Sounds like it would not do it for you though it you regularly use 1.8 (it's only downside that I can think of)
 
Could buy yourself a yongnuo yn465 flashgun from ebay for £40 they're a great and use your kit lens. I leave mine on my camera permanently in the house.
 
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rjbell said:
Could buy yourself a yongnuo yn465 flashgun from ebay for £40 they're a great and use your kit lens. I leave mine on my camera permanently in the house.
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I know, I have a built in flash on the camera but I don't like the results u get with a flash. Thanks any way
 
chriscross said:
Thank you ernesto.
Where did you get the 40mm for at £139 please?
I will keep looking round see what i can get for my money - i could do with 1.8/2.0 as i do a lot of indoors stuff where the light isnt great and my camera iso only goes to 1600 which is noisy!
many thanks
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You'd be better off keeping the 50mm then, 40mm on a crop is still 64mm. It will still not be wide enough for you if you objective is 35mm equivalent.
 
chriscross said:
I know, I have a built in flash on the camera but I don't like the results u get with a flash. Thanks any way
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Thats why people buy flashguns. It's noting like the rubbish built in flashes. With a flashgun you bounce the light of the wall or ceiling to give a softer light.
 
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rjbell said:
Thats why people buy flashguns. It's noting like the rubbish built in flashes. With a flashgun you bounce the light of the wall or ceiling to give a softer light.
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Oh ok thanks. Never really been shown/told how to do this but i suppose it is worth considering! thanks
 
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You'd be better off keeping the 50mm then, 40mm on a crop is still 64mm. It will still not be wide enough for you if you objective is 35mm equivalent.
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I am not necesarily after 35mm equivalent, just a wider prime as the 50mm
(64mm) is too long normally. I just assumed the 35mm would be the one I would need but open to suggestions.
 
chriscross said:
Oh ok thanks. Never really been shown/told how to do this but i suppose it is worth considering! thanks
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If i had time i would do a comparison with built in flash and bounced flashgun. Problem with shooting f1.4 or f1.8 is if like me your chasing children around DOF is so shallow your focusing needs to be spot on. With a flashgun you can shoot at 1/200th and at a lower iso.
 
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chriscross said:
I am not necesarily after 35mm equivalent, just a wider prime as the 50mm
(64mm) is too long normally. I just assumed the 35mm would be the one I would need but open to suggestions.
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I personally like 40 but would probably also like 35. Each persons needs are different though. I always knew 50 was too long though and feel like the 40 is dead right for my do it all needs and any wider maybe too short.
 
ttl flashguns couldn't be easier its the same as the pop up flash it works everything out automatically. All you do is bounce it off the ceiling or walls.

This isn't the best example but haven't got much time. Both shot at iso400 1/200th f8 which was what the camera was set on when i turned it on.

Bounced off the ceiling
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Pop up flash
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Thank you for showing me that - certainly food for thought. Just realised though it adds £40 to it as opposed to reducing the cost of the 35/40 mm lens I think I need lol
 
chriscross said:
Thank you for showing me that - certainly food for thought. Just realised though it adds £40 to it as opposed to reducing the cost of the 35/40 mm lens I think I need lol
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Sorry i was trying to save you £60!:)
 
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I have a 450d and the built-in flash isn't very good IMO. I used to get very mixed results with the built-in flash (more bad than good) and the strobing in low light used to really annoy me.
I now have a Canon 430ex ii with a Stofen diffuser. Bounced off the walls it gives much, much better results than the built-in job and it focuses a hell of a lot faster in low light (without that annoying strobe).
 
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