It's not so much staying alive, it's staying human that's important. To the past, or to the future. To an age when thought is free.
Ben. Freelance Photographer & Designer as Utter Media and Creative Specialist & Developer for global ESP company.
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Treated myself to a new Canon 50mm EF II this week. Arrived yesterday. The DoF is razor-sharp. Works great in low-light, which is my primary purpose for it. Will be very useful for production stills or live environments where flashguns and the like cannot be used. Makes a nice change working with a prime lens too. As everyone says, your legs become the zoom.
The world’s fastest asphercial lens, the NOCTILUX-M 50 mm f/0.95 ASPH. Offering the market a faster lens than the SUMMILUX-M 50 mm f /1.4 ASPH. The wide maximum aperture gives extremely shallow depth of field and very low light capability.
My feeble brain cannot compute these staggering numbers. f/0.95 is lightening fast and at 50mm the DoF will be undeniably razor sharp. The focus ring must be lubricated with aroma of satin. You could shoot in a dark vibrating room and emerge with a perfectly sharp well-lit photograph. Apparently Canon do a f/0.95. Hopefully no where near as wounding as £6290.