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Old 11-01-11, 11:14
Nick_A Nick_A is offline  
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Originally Posted by robski View Post
Are you looking for an upgrade or to extend the range.

Lets first look at the 50mm f1.8

Pro
Scores 8 out of 10 for optical performance - which is pretty good for a cheap lens.

Con
Poor build quality - easy to break
Noisy focus motor.
minimum focus distance of 0.5 metre
Poor out of focus quality (bokeh)

I have owned this lens and found I could not make much use of it and sold it on.
I was more than a little surprised by your assessment of this fantastic lens

For a lens that can be bought new for £75 delivered this is IMO an ESSENTIAL bit of kit in any camera bag. The image quality is way way better than 'pretty good' it's amazing for the price. Super sharp. to get the same kind of IQ from another lens you would have to spend a lot lot more. At least 10x better than the 18-55mm kit lens! The depth of field you can achieve with a fast prime like this can also not be over looked you won't get near that with any zoom without spending serious amounts of cash.

All that said the original poster was asking for a landscape lens which this isn't that much is true.

I would however still add this to your kit bag at some point I'd be amazed if you were disappointed. I use mine all the time with great results
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