It's here...

...and in case I haven't mentioned it already - I LOVE it! The 50mm is just awesome. I don't think I'll take it off my camera... ever. I posted about the really cool things my new lens would be able to do awhile ago. Past tense. Now I can tell you about the cool things it does! And here it is. The real thing. Well, okay, so this is just the box....


Notice how the middle of the photo is focused but as you move out to the edges it starts to get fuzzy. That's the aperture in action!

Because I rotated the box a little, the edges are further away from the camera than the corner I focused on. That's why the edges are slightly out of focus. Everything else beind the box is much farther away from the camera than the box and considerably more fuzzy.

With my other lens I had a very small aperture compared to the new 50mm. So in order to get a fuzzy background my subject had to be several feet in front of it. Now I can focus on the tip of your nose and your eyes would be out of focus. From several feet to a couple inches.

The other great thing about aperture is being able to let in a lot more light. See for yourself. This was taken with the new 50mm lens with the aperture wide open.

This was taken with my other lens. All settings were exactly the same - except the aperture because this lens doesn't open as wide as the new one.

Makes a huge difference!!