R.I.P Nifty Fifty!

[JackMcIntyre]

A sad sad day - was trying to take the seemingly welded on UV filter off, and it asploded!

And also, a shot from this morning taken with the very thing!

New photos as a result of the assplosion:

 

[david1701]

I think assploded is the best word ever used on TP

 

[JackMcIntyre]

I think assploded is the best word ever used on TP

I think it perfectly describes what happened. :shake:

 

[The Magik]

To me, it suggests some sort of anal explosion.

 

[JackMcIntyre]

To me, it suggests some sort of anal explosion.

This phrase almost suits my immediate reaction to the asplosion.

 

[blue max]

Guess you can add that to the list of reasons why you shouldn't use a UV filter.

Still, if it had to happen to any lens...

Graham

 

[sketch145]

Guess you can add that to the list of reasons why you shouldn't use a UV filter.

+1

I guess this would be a good excuse to move up to the 1.4 then

 

[JackMcIntyre]

+1

I guess this would be a good excuse to move up to the 1.4 then

It would, if I weren't skint! To be honest I hadn't used the 50 as much as I'd have liked because of its softness @ 1.8, rendering it quite useless since I can just use the 18-55 if I'm going to use anything above F/3.5. Is the 1.4 sharp wide open?

 

[david1701]

sharp ish

and miles sharper than an 18-55 at any aperture

but I woulda thought a 50/1.8 at f2.8 would kick an 18-55 into touch aswell

 

[Amp34]

I think assploded is the best word ever used on TP

I love childish words used randomly like that. Can just see his poor little face.

 

[JackMcIntyre]

I love childish words used randomly like that. Can just see his poor little face.

Update: My computer monitor just also tried to commit suicide but I managed to revive it - today isn't going well! Already been to a surfing contest to shoot to only find everyone sat down watching a ruler flat sea.

 

[Hyster]

Have you tried to put the lens back together? Is anything actually broken?

http://www.ejarm.com/photo/ef5018iidis/

 

[JackMcIntyre]

Have you tried to put the lens back together? Is anything actually broken?

http://www.ejarm.com/photo/ef5018iidis/

Quite a few small bits of plastic rained out as the two pieces parted into my hands, I think I may just let it lay out of its misery and use it as an excuse to spend money and upgrade.

 

[jinja chin]

so thats what they look like inside

 

[sketch145]

On a side note; did you get the filter off or is it still stuck on the front.

 

[JackMcIntyre]

On a side note; did you get the filter off or is it still stuck on the front.

Still welded right on there.

 

[snoop69]

There is 'wanted' thread somewhere from someone looking for broken lenses.

Not sure if this is what he had in mind though

 

[Kiwi Jaz]

Duct tape will fix that.

 

[the ghost]

great pic great lens
I have one but mine makes lots noises hard to auto focus but
it has not asploded! yet :0)

 

[andy_fozzy]

I think assploded is the best word ever used on TP

To me, it suggests some sort of anal explosion.

Guess you can add that to the list of reasons why you shouldn't use a UV filter.

Still, if it had to happen to any lens...

Graham

Update: My computer monitor just also tried to commit suicide but I managed to revive it - today isn't going well! Already been to a surfing contest to shoot to only find everyone sat down watching a ruler flat sea.

so thats what they look like inside

On a side note; did you get the filter off or is it still stuck on the front.

Oh how the TP humour never fails to amaze me

 

[JackMcIntyre]

Oh how the TP humour never fails to amaze me

I've found the humour on here to be a lot more........... unique!

 

[terryuk]

wedge it back together stick it on ebay as not working and some idiot will probably pay 60-00 quid for it

 

[JackMcIntyre]

wedge it back together stick it on ebay as not working and some idiot will probably pay 60-00 quid for it

Already spliced it together and had some fisheye fun.

:nuts:

 

[Yardbent]

'
nice shot. ....like the eye ................

 

[JackMcIntyre]

'
nice shot. ....like the eye ................

I nearly like the eye as much as the nice area where I cloned out the impending monobrow.

 

[Hyster]

I nearly like the eye as much as the nice area where I cloned out the impending monobrow.

Gillette's product is cheaper than Adobe's for correcting that.

 

[JackMcIntyre]

Gillette's product is cheaper than Adobe's for correcting that.

It sure is, but I just know with my clumsiness it would be one of those "Oh i've nicked that side a little, i'll take a tiny bit from the other brow just to even it off" jobs. Soon ending with a pair of asploded eyebrows. :shake:

 

[Hyster]

It sure is, but I just know with my clumsiness it would be one of those "Oh i've nicked that side a little, i'll take a tiny bit from the other brow just to even it off" jobs. Soon ending with a pair of asploded eyebrows. :shake:

 

[david1701]

thats actually pretty cool

 

[andy_fozzy]

Already spliced it together and had some fisheye fun.

:nuts:

Hey bloody hell

That's quite neat!

(I'm off to assplode my nifty )

 

[cowasaki]

Gaffer tape

 

[woof woof]

Ah, Saltburn. Hello fellow Boro northerner!

Put this junk in the bin and buy a Siggy 50mm f1.4.

 

[JackMcIntyre]

Hey bloody hell

That's quite neat!

(I'm off to assplode my nifty )

Have fun assploding!

Ah, Saltburn. Hello fellow Boro northerner!

Put this junk in the bin and buy a Siggy 50mm f1.4.

Good day! Where abouts are you?

Siggy any good?

 

[Anorakus]

That lens is Donald Ducked all right

 

[woof woof]

Normanby,

I think the Sigma 50mm f1.4 is great.

I have a Canon 50mm f2.5 and that's good too but it's mechanically slower in operation than the Sigma. I haven't tried any other 50mm's.

 

[bomberman]

sigma 50mm is reported to be a beast of a lens. supposedly better than the canon 50 1.4 at a price..

 

[unclened]

theres no way im taking that lens in a PX deal for my 5D now, lol :bonk:

sorry to hear about the damaged lens!

 

[JackMcIntyre]

theres no way im taking that lens in a PX deal for my 5D now, lol :bonk:

sorry to hear about the damaged lens!

Damnit! But now its a unique fisheye that only requires bluetac to function!

 

[JackMcIntyre]

The nifty is back, the first lens makes a fisheye, the second makes a macro!