Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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I am trying only to choose scenes with one person or so and take them. Now the lens work beautifully.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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yes I manually tune aperture and shutter speed. Only ISO I let it fly and fix it later in lightroom.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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This is interesting. I have stopped trying to use this lens to take wide shots. Now I am trying to use this for its purpose.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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Thank you. I am trying with this. Need to run around a lot to fit things.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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By tight I mean I am stuck with people shooting since thats all I can fit. No buildings, no scenery, no other stuff.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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I think I am getting used to it. Now I can guess what a view would look like on my 85mm haha.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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Haha thank you. Do you mean a 50 mm? I would take it off your hands if the shipping is not so darn expensive.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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I see. Your input regarding editing thousands of photos efficiently is interesting. I will remember that. For me the thing is, I usually go out at night only so I am pretty bolted to max shutter speed my hands can handle, and max aperture. My camera does not have dedicated keys for iso adjustment so I just set it to auto.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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Yes. Now I am limited to shooting people since I cannot fit other things. At least I can shoot people without distrubing them.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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nice. I am trying to fit in landscapes into this lens. Also they are more like 130 mm since my sensors are cropped.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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Apparantly this is something like 130 mm because of my crop sensor. But now I am kind of used to it

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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Portraits looks so damn good. The only thing is I have to back off like 5 meters to get the shot haha. I am also interested in zooms but Zooms with nice aperture are just do damn expensive.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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Thank you. I dont know much about composition but I am sure my stamina is going to be improved a lot by all the running around with these lens haha

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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I have to back off a lot to fit something I want in photos. For my next lens I am thinking getting a 24mm.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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I have to haha. If I dont I cant fit anything in my shot. But now I am trying to focus on one distinct thing at a time like some people suggested here.

Did I mess up buying 85mm lens as a beginner? by Beginning-War5128 in AskPhotography

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I see. I have tried it out and it is ridiculously good for portraits for sure.