This autumn seascape was shot today using the humble 50mm 'standard' lens. At one time this much maligned lens usually came as standard (hence the name) with every SLR camera you bought, but in recent years has been superceeded by a short range zoom lens, giving the first-time photographer more flexibility. Zooms were more exciting to use, and as their quality improved the 50mm lens fell out of favour. This, however, is a mistake. Both Nikon and Canon produce these lenses, and the f/1.8 version that I used here is an absolute bargain. Currently costing around £77 the lens is small, lightweight and comes into its own in low light. Stopped down, it produces excellent sharpness from f/5.6, and costs so little (compared to other prime lenses) as they are easy to manufacture. All in all, worth every penny.
Nikkor 50mm lens. 1/1600 second at f/5.6. ISO 200.
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