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I broke down yesterday and picked up a new lens. A fast lens, a pretty lens.
A Canon EF 50MM 1.4. She’s pretty. And after a day of messing around, I couldn’t be more pleased.  It’s my first fixed lens, my first with a wicked, huge aperture. And I am back learning more techniques and tricks again. The funny bit?  I was going to go overboard with the Canon 50 MM 1.2 lens.
I still might, but not until I get the 1.4 under control. There are a few things that are going to make the 1.4 a challenge.  It’s the slowest focusing lens I’ve ever had. So slow, there are times that I switched to manual focus, just so that I could take the damn shot while the sun was still shining. :-)

Calling for rain today, so I may have to convince the wiz that i need him to help me practice indoor :-)

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Comments

[Jorge]

I find that most of the time the auto-focusing on my SLR camera is too slow.

I have my own weird technique for focusing manually that leaves my auto in the dust.

[jules]

You just have good finger-->eye co-odination, Jorge.
:-P

[Jorge]

That's why I can poke myself in the eye with my finger without ever looking!