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Old 09-18-06, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MCODave
That's so cute that you are fascinated with a 50/1.8. For years and years that was pretty much the standard lens that everyone had. I've got about 10 non-interchangable lens rangefinders from the 50's to early 70's that all have 40-50/1.7's or 1.8's on them.

The shallow depth of field that comes from using a lens like that wide open is pretty cool. If you bring a tripod next time, try taking the same picture (like the chain one) with the aperture wide open and with aperture stopped down. That would make for an interesting comparison.
Heh, so true. I'm not old, but my film camera is a Canon A-1 (AWESOME camera, btw!) with a 50mm/f1.8 lens as the standard lens that came on the camera (or so I am told, this camera is a year or so older than I am).

If I had the time, energy and money to find developing facilities I would probably be really into photography. Alas! I have none of those things.

Yeah, shallow depth of field can be pretty neat if used effectively.
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