Digital Photography Beyond the Camera: Expert Photoshop and Digital Know-how for Top-quality Images and Prints
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Customer Review: Super ! How did I do without it ???
For this price, this lens is a steal. I checked a lot of reviews and searched a lot of articles in my endeavors to buy a prime lens. I have a D40 and was apprehensive that this would not work with a D40. Luckily and happily, my apprehensions never came to life. The lens works very well with a D40 also…although you need to focus manually. I am a relative novice and it did not strike me that when you mount the lens on a D40, it will always ask you to set the aperture to the highest value. At first I thought that once I set the aperture to the highest, I would be unable to use f/1.8 - what I did not realise was that the moment you mount this on a D40, the aperture opens to the lowest value ( fully open f/1.8 ) Low light pics are a beauty with this lens, even at ISO 400. I did some candle light photography and I was amazed that I could click photos at ISO 800 without a tripod !!! If you dont already have this lens, go and get one. If you are at a party and need to take pics, you will NEVER need flash !!!
Customer Review: Essential kit
Firstly this lens is as sharp as a tack, and the image quality could not be better if they tried. If you’re looking for results then you’ll be hard pressed to find a better 50mm lens at ANY price. The build quality is very plasticky. Is this a problem? No. How much rough’n'tough do you expose your equipment to on a daily basis? Besides, the compact build is so tight that I doubt this lens would break if you dropped it! The autofocus is surprisingly loud for such a small lens, but it is snappy and always gets it right! I’d highly recommend this lens to everyone, its a fantastic addition and at such a low price it’s definitely worth more than you pay for it!
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List Price: ?14.95
Amazon Price: ?10.47
Used Price: ?7.70
Customer Review: Digital
This is certainly not a book that could be described as Nikon for idiots or anything remotely close. There is an assumption that you have a reasonable knowledege of digital photography before you begin, which is a bit surprising as Nikon market this camera for the beginner. That said the book is not difficult to follow, providing you have the base knowledge, but not the sort of book for bedtime, it wakes you up!
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