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Old 01-15-2010, 07:33 PM
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After careful consideration and reading many reviews and opinions, I bought a Canon 50mm f1.4 lens for my Canon xsi. If you have or have ever owned this lens, I would like your honest opinion of it. I ordered it from Amazon, so I should be getting it next week. Thanks, Kim
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Old 01-18-2010, 06:31 PM
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I have this lens and I love it. It is one of my most used lenses. I bought mine after my 50mm 1.8 broke and have never been sorry. It is sharp, wonderful in low light and great for portraits. Here are some of the good, bad and ugly shots I've taken with this.

I think you made a good buy!
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Old 01-18-2010, 10:17 PM
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Thanks for your reply! You have some nice pics and I was glad to see some of them were taken outside. I wasn't sure how this lens would do out in the bright light.
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You cant go wrong with the nifty-fifty

Here are some of the shots with it that I took







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These are awesome! The little boy is adoreable! How did you get your watermark on those? I'm trying to learn how to do that and I haven't quite figured it out.
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These are awesome! The little boy is adoreable! How did you get your watermark on those? I'm trying to learn how to do that and I haven't quite figured it out.
Which photo editing program are you using?
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I have Photoshop Elements 7, but I haven't done much with it yet. I just got the lens today!
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I have Photoshop Elements 7, but I haven't done much with it yet. I just got the lens today!
Congrats on the new lens. I have one and really enjoy shooting with it.

Watermarking your photos in Photoshop 7

Batch Process Watermarks in Photoshop Elements 7
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Old 01-22-2010, 08:16 PM
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Thanks! Any tips for using the new lens? Thank you for the links, I'll be sure to check them out! I'm in the process of downloading picasa. Someone said there is a simple way to put a watermark on there.
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Don't drop it.

But seriously, just put it on your camera and play around with it. Get used to moving back and forth to frame your shots since it's not a zoom lens.
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