Once, we swam in the sea...

Once, we swam in the sea..., originally uploaded by Venn Diagram.

Playing with my 50mm f1.8 wide open at Whitley Bay today. Realised that I'd never really tried to get the most form this lens before, just hung around the edges, using it for IR photography. As I'm toying with the idea the a f1.4 lens would be a good thing (either a Canon 50mm or a Sigma 30mm), I figured ti would be good to see why I thought that was a good idea.

Part two of the experiment was setting my 18-55mm lens to 30mm and taping it at that focal length and seeing whether a prime at the length would suit me. Short answer - yes, it seemed pretty good. So, when I can scare up £380, I'll be looking to the 30mm f1.4 Sigma lens, though that might not be for a while yet.