Another 50mm f1.8 Thread

[titan]

I just picked up this lens today, so far Im a little frustrated and dissa pointed with the results granted most of what I have shot have been indoors at night with the lights on but what I have shot so far is blury or not very sharp without a trypod is this to be expexted?

[Old Timer]

I just picked up this lens today, so far Im a little frustrated and dissa pointed with the results granted most of what I have shot have been indoors at night with the lights on but what I have shot so far is blury or not very sharp without a trypod is this to be expexted?

No this is not typical of this lens. Even under low light conditions with good technique and a shutter speed of 1/60 generally you can get good results. Which 50mm do you have and what were your settings?

[titan]

I have the canon f1.8 ver 2, with the rebel xsi. I used the p mode I forget what the settings were. no flash. are most folks using a tripod?

thanks for the reply, bob btw I used every mode and took somewhere in the area of 100 pics tonight and the majoraty where not very sharp unless I used a tripod

[schrackman]

I have the canon f1.8 ver 2, with the rebel xsi. I used the p mode I forget what the settings were. no flash. are most folks using a tripod?

Titan, I generally avoid the P mode and use Av mode for the most part. My shots above were all handheld (I rarely use a tripod). But I also used a bit of fill flash from my 550EX.

I don't see why you can't get sharp pictures from your lens unless it is defective.

Ray

[Old Timer]

I have the canon f1.8 ver 2, with the rebel xsi. I used the p mode I forget what the settings were. no flash. are most folks using a tripod?

thanks for the reply, bob btw I used every mode and took somewhere in the area of 100 pics tonight and the majoraty where not very sharp unless I used a tripod

If you are getting sharp images with a tripod than that would indicate that the problem is camera motion. Try aperture priority mode with your f stop on 1.8 and see if you get a shutter speed reading of 1/60 you should be able to hand hold and get acceptable sharp images. With good technique or bracing yourself against a good solid object you should be able to go even slower. The main thing is get out of P mode, the camera is averaging out shutter speed and aperture and is giving you too slow of a shutter speed. Adjust you ISO until you can get the shutter speed you need.

[titan]

thanks for the advice, I will practice this weekend and report back

bob

[JamesV]

Schrackman,

I love the last two picture. Those toes are so adorable... What kind of dog is that?

James