I am very familiar with this forty-some-years old lens.
Camera body: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: Sigma ART 50mm ƒ/1.4
Aperture: ƒ/6.3
Exposure: 1/100 s
ISO: Dual-ISO 100+200
Before the last time I suddenly disappeared from the blockchain last Winter, I was doing a project I was supposed to post here on Steem. I was going through the good and bad things on this manual lens, a review of sorts. I was promising to do it "soon" and everything.
But I guess the time wasn't right and the project stagnated. In a matter of fact it is still pretty much frozen, but the good news is it is not lost and forgotten. I have saved everything I wrote into a text file I can edit and eventually copy on Steem.
I have plenty of photos shot with the 35mm, but they were all taken in the winter so I might have to re-do some of them, or wait for the next Winter to come before publishing.
Anyway, today I made some studio shots for the article. I'm still wanting to release the full article, or shorter segments if it if grows too long.
But for now on, I will just try to continue my #threesixtyfive #onephotoeveryday project without too many distractions and maybe if I have the time, tweak and eventually finish the lens review. It may take a while, but I guess this lens that's almost as old as me has learned some patience during these last forty years.
[Previous post: Project 365 // Fifth week in pictures (5/52)]
First week in pictures (1/52)
Second week in pictures (2/52)
Third week in pictures (3/52)
Fourth week in pictures (4/52)
Fifth week in pictures (5/52)
Peekaboo! (36/365)
Story of a lonely bench (37/365)
Rehab work, de-stapleizing newspapers. (38/365)
Jackdaw (39/365)
Selfie (40/365)
Playing billiards with my friend Janne (41/365)
A light in the dark (42/365)
Father-Son bonding w/ Leo & waiting for Halloumi burgers (43/365)
Funny chairs (44/365)
First school day (45/365)
At work, gluing samples. (46/365)
Hot (47/365)
Lightning (48/365)
My desktop. (49/365) "1337" post
Reconstructing the crash. (50/365)
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Looking forward to the review of the lens, and getting to see the images taken with it! Great studio shot of the lens!
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Thank you! I'll be looking forward to the review too. Patience. ;)
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I do not know much about lenses :) But I hope you still can make some good pics with it because I am enjoying your onephotoeveryday :)
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Am expecting the publication. The lens must be an old reliable. Amazing.
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Yeah a 50mm lens is something every photographer needs to have. It is the perfect size to take portrait photo's!
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I'd say something between 55 and 150 is good for portraits. 50 works, but you have to be careful to not shoot too close.
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50 is in theorie how the eye sees things. So a 50 should be best if handled correctly. But if you want some zoom something between 40 - 80 is best :)
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Lens is often, apart from photographer's mind, the most important part of equipment ;)
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Very essential tool I would say. Otherwise we'd be doing pin-hole photography instead.
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I did that, actually. It is not difficult to create a camera that does it. Well, those were still real film times. I also developed my photos back then. If I find some of my pinholes, I ll gladly post them :)
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314 to go :)
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it was great that you still hold on to the course. Cheers.
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Perfect Lens you have
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Well of course it's not perfect, but it gets the job done, especially with some practice.
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If everything was perfect, you would have never learn and you would never grow.
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@gamer00
I really like your #onephotoeveryday# posts...
And I like your photograpy..
What is your camera model my dear friend...and how much it..
Happy steeming...keep it up post..
Cheers!...
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It's mentioned in the post, but the price I'm not so sure about since the camera itself is already nine years old and not sold in shops anymore.
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its wonderfull and hope it was give u some better results from than other @gamer00 and here a quote that the old is gold
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@gamer00,
Actually that's a very useful part for a photography! I have a Nikon camera with lens 20mm! I hope to see more great photos from you soon!
Cheers~
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Yea, a lens is quite essential, unless you are into pin-hole photography. ;)
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@gamer00 - Sire, photography is not an easy task. Therefore, this lens can help you a bit. But, everything depends on your skills and ability Sire. I know you are a profession in photography.
+W+
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This particular lens wasn't being particularly helpful when I first started using it. For a long time it was the most difficult lens in my whole collection. Only very recently have I managed to tame it and bend it to my will as a photographer. I can shoot pretty decent photos with it now, but at first it was more like one in twenty photos could pass on to the development phase.
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Very good post, well done!
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amazing piece dude!
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A good gadget for professional shots.
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Unique piece of lens,its means we will see 35mm photography next winter a lot of time it is
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Got to love a nifty fifty. Too many people put too much emphasis on the camera body and not enough on the glass.
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