A quick update to the 50mm article

In the spirit of this blog the main idea would be to shoot the lens at it's maximum aperture of f/1.4.

This will cause the pixel peepers and their ilk to reach for their anxiety tablets with great haste because everyone knows that a lens mostly yields it's optimum sharpness from about one to two full stops down from maximum aperture.

And one simply cannot have that...

Bull!

Admittedly, considered a boring lens by some, the 50mm is the "Standard"  prime lens simply because it gives a perspective very close to the average human eye at a field of view of approximately 46 degrees.

In the 35mm format, anything longer in focal length (mm) is considered telephoto and anything shorter is considered wide angle because it gives perspective wider than the human eye is used to.

The early years of D-SLR cameras in the 35mm format did put an interesting spin on things as most have smaller sensors and are known as Cropped Field of View or APS-C or APS-H after obscure film formats smaller than the 35mm (24mm x 36mm) which is already considered puny by some...especially those in the Medium Format Fraternity.

This might be a story for another day...

In the mean time I will make it my mission this coming week to shoot the 50mm at f/1.4 in some different situations to show off the real benefit of this lens. That of lovely shallow depth of field!

Have a wonderful week all!