Originally Posted by Oregon45
Originally Posted by CameraLand
Canon has an amazing lens. Yet, inexpensive. Their 50mm 1.8 is none to NY photo fans as the "Nifty Fifty"
It acts like a 75mm lens on your camera. The 1.8 will allow the background to be blurred which makes the subject stand out. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. As always we take good care of the campfire members


+1 on this. For the price it is a lens everyone should own. I've had several of the Nikon equivalents, both manual and auto focus, and they've all be excellent. 75mm (50mm on APS-C) is a classic focal length for head-and-shoulders portraits and gives a flattering perspective for half and full-length portraits as well. No reason not to own one.

Don't have a prime and have been thinking on it a bit.


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