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Originally Posted by Octane
This lens makes a great cap for a DSLR body. 
As others have said, it's pretty much a throwaway lens, which just happens to be remarkably sharp for the price paid.
Your next step would be to move to the 50mm f/1.4 USM or the 50mm f/2.5 USM macro. They are of a far sturdier construction with more lens elements. The 50mm f/2.5 USM macro is a very, very slow focusing lens. But, most of the time, we're hooking up our cameras to computers to do astrophotography, anyway, so, it should be a no brainer to fire up EOS Utility, go into Remote LiveView and control the focusing from within EOS Utility itself: set lens to AF, load EOS Utility, select Remote LiveView/Shooting, click the 200% box, press the buttons for focus/fine focus until the star is in focus (typically, this means being on either side of red/blue chromatic aberration). Once the star is in focus, ensure you switch back to MF on the lens so you don't inadvertantly shift the focus from the computer.
Happy shooting.
H |
Thanks H. I know but i love this little lens
it has been very good to me(till now) and has opened up a whole new world of fun. I am certainly getting some bang for my buck with it. I know there will come the time when i have to part with it or use it as a cap
but for now i am trying to grow the astro budget. Problem is i keep seeing all these wonderful things i want. Thanks for the great info on EOS Utility. I have used it a little bit but was not aware of the fine focus buttons and switching to AF.
This knowledge will be extremely beneficial to me. Maybe the 50mm f2.5 Macro might be heading my wish list.
Thanks for the reply.
Steve.