The Disneyland Photo of the Day...

[Hot Sauce 1]

Hot Sauce 1. Thank you for taking the time to do these tutorials. I have learned so much from just reading these. I truly appreciate the time and effort you put into it.

Well, thank you kind sir.
If you have any ideas for future tutorials, please let me know. I'm running on empty.

[KEBSD]

11. If Disneyland is where you plan on using your new camera, the lenses I recommend are the 50mm F/1.8 (the Nifty Fifty). This one is great for Dark Rides.

I was hearing a lot of good things about the Nifty Fifty so I decided to buy one, but I am disappointed with it because for some reason my camera does not let me shoot with it unless the aperture ring is at 22. Do you have any advice on why this might be and/or how I can fix this?

[Hot Sauce 1]

I was hearing a lot of good things about the Nifty Fifty so I decided to buy one, but I am disappointed with it because for some reason my camera does not let me shoot with it unless the aperture ring is at 22. Do you have any advice on why this might be and/or how I can fix this?

I've never heard of that. It might be a defective lens. Try taking it back or to a camera shop and see what they say.

[KEBSD]

I've never heard of that. It might be a defective lens. Try taking it back or to a camera shop and see what they say.

Okay, thanks.

[Hot Sauce 1]

Okay, thanks.

Out of curiosity, are you sure it is the exact right model for your camera?
If your camera is a crop sensor and that lens is for a full frame sensor, it won't work right.

[KEBSD]

Out of curiosity, are you sure it is the exact right model for your camera?
If your camera is a crop sensor and that lens is for a full frame sensor, it won't work right.

Wow, thank you! That is the issue. Looks like I will be returning the lens, although I might be too late now.

[WDWFigment]

As far as I know there isn't a thread for WDW on this blog but there is a whole blog website dedicated to it that is excellent.
That link is: Disney World & Disneyland Pictures & Photo Tips - Disney Photography Blog
There is also Disney Tourist Blog - Disney World & Disneyland Photos, Food Reviews, Planning Guide & Trip Reports which covers all kinds of things including photography at both parks.
The same people also do a wonderful photography podcast called ISO5571 that you can download on iTunes.

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Thanks for the shout-out on the website and podcast.

I don't know if I'd take photography advice from me, though!

---------- Post added 04-25-2012 at 06:50 AM ----------

Wow, thank you! That is the issue. Looks like I will be returning the lens, although I might be too late now.

I see from your Flickr page that you're using a D3100. The Nikon 50mm f/1.8 is not incompatible with your camera, but it won't autofocus with it. The D3100 doesn't have an in-body focusing motor, meaning that you need to buy lenses with "AF-S" in their name (or that mention they have a focus-motor in the lens).

Full frame (FX) lenses are compatible with crop sensor (DX) cameras on Nikon, so don't worry about that.

If you want the 50mm to autofocus on your camera, here's the version you need to get:
Amazon.com: Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S NIKKOR Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras: Electronics

Personally, I'd get this instead:
Amazon.com: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras: Electronics

The Sigma is 30mm, which I find to be a more useful focal length on crop sensor cameras. Plus, it's 1.4 and the image quality is excellent!

[mpabis525]

Hot Sauce,

Thanks for the info on WDW. I will read through it. However the bar has been set by your thread so I hope they are as good as you

As for tutorial ideas, what about the Tiki Room, Indiana Jones and the Fantasyland dark rides? How would those differ than the tips for Pirates, HM and Winnie? Just a thought.

Also, not just for Disneyland but what about a topic of shooting on the Monorail? The parallels between that and taking pictures through something like a vehicle, plane or helicopter, I woul certainly find fascinating.

There is also the Wilderness Trail in DCA that presents a lot of great visuals but how to minimize the net lines and focus on the subjects like the kids or the scenery.

I don believe that I have seen it in an article before, but what about a Bugs Land?

I am eagerly awaiting what you will be able to educate all of us as students once Cars Land opens up.

What about the Back Side of water and any other great shots from the Jungle Cruise?

Just a few thoughts.

As always, I can say enough about how great this thread is and how educational it is to me in terms of learning about photography. Since I found this thread, I have come to realize that you are going to be the inspiration/cause of me spending some $$$ for a DSLR and the basic fixings.

Mike

[flynnibus]

If your camera is a crop sensor and that lens is for a full frame sensor, it won't work right.

Not so - you can use full frame lens on cropped sensors, but not the other way around (without cropping in the image). On a cropped sensor, the focal length is effectively lengthened, but they are compatible.

[Hot Sauce 1]

Thanks for the shout-out on the website and podcast.

I don't know if I'd take photography advice from me, though!

---------- Post added 04-25-2012 at 06:50 AM ----------



I see from your Flickr page that you're using a D3100. The Nikon 50mm f/1.8 is not incompatible with your camera, but it won't autofocus with it. The D3100 doesn't have an in-body focusing motor, meaning that you need to buy lenses with "AF-S" in their name (or that mention they have a focus-motor in the lens).

Full frame (FX) lenses are compatible with crop sensor (DX) cameras on Nikon, so don't worry about that.

If you want the 50mm to autofocus on your camera, here's the version you need to get:
Amazon.com: Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S NIKKOR Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras: Electronics

Personally, I'd get this instead:
Amazon.com: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras: Electronics

The Sigma is 30mm, which I find to be a more useful focal length on crop sensor cameras. Plus, it's 1.4 and the image quality is excellent!

Thanks SOOOO much for helping out. Being a Canon shooter, I didn't know that Nikon lenses were compatable between Crop Sensor and Full Frame. I wish Canon did that. I'd be much more tempted to upgrade to the 5D III if I knew my lenses would work on it.

---------- Post added 04-25-2012 at 12:35 PM ----------

Hot Sauce,

Thanks for the info on WDW. I will read through it. However the bar has been set by your thread so I hope they are as good as you

They're better!

As for tutorial ideas, what about the Tiki Room, Indiana Jones and the Fantasyland dark rides? How would those differ than the tips for Pirates, HM and Winnie? Just a thought.

I could swear I did one on the Tiki Room. I remember taking the pictures for it but now I don't remember if I did the tutorial on it. Hmmm...
Indiana Jones is a really, really tough one. No matter what I do, all I get is blur. I've only seen one person get a nice shot in there while the ride was running and he was using a F/1.2 lens which he rented because they are very expensive. I try to keep mine geared towards people with a normal budget.

I'm still trying to crack the secret on the Fantasyland Dark Rides. They are really hard because they are so dark and you move through them so quickly. I've been riding them over and over and over, literally 5 times in a row and only getting one or two useable shots. HM, Pirates and Pooh are a cake walk in comparison.

Also, not just for Disneyland but what about a topic of shooting on the Monorail? The parallels between that and taking pictures through something like a vehicle, plane or helicopter, I woul certainly find fascinating.

Very interesting idea!

There is also the Wilderness Trail in DCA that presents a lot of great visuals but how to minimize the net lines and focus on the subjects like the kids or the scenery.

I like it! I'll be there wanding around by myself on Monday and I was planning on spending some time in there for other reasons but I will definitly think about this one too. I'm alwasy afraid of photographing children when I am by myself because people will think I have some other agenda.

I don believe that I have seen it in an article before, but what about a Bugs Land?
Good Idea! I have some thoughts on this already.

I am eagerly awaiting what you will be able to educate all of us as students once Cars Land opens up.

What about the Back Side of water and any other great shots from the Jungle Cruise?

I did a post on certain times of day that addressed the Jungle Cruise but I haven't done a post on it by itself. Another great idea!

Just a few thoughts.

As always, I can say enough about how great this thread is and how educational it is to me in terms of learning about photography. Since I found this thread, I have come to realize that you are going to be the inspiration/cause of me spending some $$$ for a DSLR and the basic fixings.

Mike

Out of curiosity, do you have children?
I ask because some of the questions you pose sound like something a parent would ask. Not having children, I sometimes don't think about those things.



---------- Post added 04-25-2012 at 12:48 PM ----------

Since I'm here, how about a little bit o' pretty for today.

Exhuberance... by Ring of Fire Hot Sauce 1, on Flickr

[KEBSD]

I see from your Flickr page that you're using a D3100. The Nikon 50mm f/1.8 is not incompatible with your camera, but it won't autofocus with it. The D3100 doesn't have an in-body focusing motor, meaning that you need to buy lenses with "AF-S" in their name (or that mention they have a focus-motor in the lens).

Full frame (FX) lenses are compatible with crop sensor (DX) cameras on Nikon, so don't worry about that.

If you want the 50mm to autofocus on your camera, here's the version you need to get:
Amazon.com: Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S NIKKOR Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras: Electronics

Personally, I'd get this instead:
Amazon.com: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras: Electronics

The Sigma is 30mm, which I find to be a more useful focal length on crop sensor cameras. Plus, it's 1.4 and the image quality is excellent!

Thank you so much for your help. I am just a little confused by the sentence that I bolded. Could you clarify that point? In any case it looks like I will be selling my 50mm. I really appreciate the help!

[WDWFigment]

Thanks SOOOO much for helping out. Being a Canon shooter, I didn't know that Nikon lenses were compatable between Crop Sensor and Full Frame. I wish Canon did that. I'd be much more tempted to upgrade to the 5D III if I knew my lenses would work on it.

Full frame lenses are compatible with crop sensor cameras, crop sensor lenses are (mostly) not compatible with full frame bodies... They'll mount and focus, but the frame has 'dark' corners.

[flynnibus]

Thank you so much for your help. I am just a little confused by the sentence that I bolded. Could you clarify that point? In any case it looks like I will be selling my 50mm. I really appreciate the help!

There are different styles of camera lens. These have varying degrees of compatibility.. including topics like 'does autofocus work', metering, and a few other factors. This is most significant when mixing bodies and lens from different eras.

Early Nikon autofocusing bodies had the AF motors in the camera.. so the lens had no AF motor in it itself. This are labeled as 'AF' mount lenses. The original 'nifty fifty' is that type of lens.. did you buy that?

The lower end newer Nikon cameras no longer have the AF motor in the camera - they rely on the lens to have it's own AF motor. This is the 'AF-S' mount. If it's not an AF-S lens, cameras without an internal motor can't autofocus the lens. Nikon introduced last year a AF-S version of the 'nifty fifty' 50mm F1.8 lens. That would be the one to get for a low end Nikon with no internal AF motor.

The new 50mm AF-S is a G lens.. which means it has no aperture ring. So that limits its compatibility with older Manual Focus cameras... but means nothing to modern Autofocusing camera bodies.

[Hot Sauce 1]

This is so cool that other people are chiming in to help out a fellow photographer. This is what I always wanted this thread to be about. THANKS!

[KEBSD]

There are different styles of camera lens. These have varying degrees of compatibility.. including topics like 'does autofocus work', metering, and a few other factors. This is most significant when mixing bodies and lens from different eras.

Early Nikon autofocusing bodies had the AF motors in the camera.. so the lens had no AF motor in it itself. This are labeled as 'AF' mount lenses. The original 'nifty fifty' is that type of lens.. did you buy that?

The lower end newer Nikon cameras no longer have the AF motor in the camera - they rely on the lens to have it's own AF motor. This is the 'AF-S' mount. If it's not an AF-S lens, cameras without an internal motor can't autofocus the lens. Nikon introduced last year a AF-S version of the 'nifty fifty' 50mm F1.8 lens. That would be the one to get for a low end Nikon with no internal AF motor.

The new 50mm AF-S is a G lens.. which means it has no aperture ring. So that limits its compatibility with older Manual Focus cameras... but means nothing to modern Autofocusing camera bodies.

I can't thank you all enough for your help.
I bought the "original Nifty Fifty" lens that you described, which I now realize is not the lens that I should have purchased. It's too bad it's too late to return it... Oh well.