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Canon/Nikon 50mm F/1.8 $83.95/104.95 Free Cap! Transcend SDHC 8GB $8, 16GB $14.91, 32GB $27.95

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We saw you weren't a fan of buying caps… So, we'll give you one for free with any Canon 50mm f/1.8 or Nikon 50mm f/1.8D. We've got around 500 Canon 50mm to clear to share around! With either of these lenses, we'll give you a FREE CamerasDirect Cap, 2 Carry Bags and 2 Small Cleaning Cloths.

Shipping is $6.95 for orders under $100, $12.95 for orders over $100, $16.95 express or free pick up from our Gold Coast store.

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EDIT: Please note guys, if you use any free shipping coupon, your order will only be sent standard post, not express.

MOD: According to the comments from the rep, this is grey imports and might not get warranty from Canon Australia. Warranty is provided by CameraDirect.

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  • +3

    Good deal! the price is good! I have one of these though :/

    But if you own a canon EOS camera Buy this lens! good buy it's really sharp a well!

    • dude if you want this lens, try shopping through google. unless you're very keen on the hat and bags, this is no bargain

    • Sharp when stopped down by a stop. Wide open it's not bad but not a stellar performer.

      • I'll see about that.
        I have this lens and it wasn't sharp at f/1.8

  • Can anyone please comment on the Nikon? Assuming the price is pretty good, but should i go the 30mm instead?

    • +1

      I assume you mean the 35mm f/2D? If so, it's a bit pricier obviously, but an ideal lens to just slap on your camera and use all day. What do you plan on using it for?

      • 50mm F/1.8
        35mm f/2D

        I'm new into DSLR, what can these lens do or do better that stock lenses can't?
        I have Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G & Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G
        How do you know which lens for which situation?
        OP do you have any lens that I should use on a regular basis on sales?

        • +2

          fixed focal length lenses can give better quality shots.

          35mm f2 is a great indoor party lens, in that it captures around 4x as much light as your kit lens fully open. Same with the 50mm but it is too narrow for group shots inside. I use my 50mm lens for some portrait work, mainly inside. Good for pics of kids and babies if you don't want to use a flash.

          If you don't have one and want to get into photography, get the cheap 50mm and have a play. It will teach you about depth of field.

          be careful with the Nikon lens, it may nto work with some cameras that do not have their own focus motor. google it.

        • +6

          The number after the F shows how much light can be let into the lens at any one time (at a very simplistic level). A lower number is better as it means the opening is wider (a wider aperture), so these lenses can be used in darker conditions, without the use of flash.

          Another consequence of using the lens at a 'wider aperture' is that the depth of field is reduced, which creates a nice blur in the background (and subsequently makes the subject appear to 'pop' out of the photo). This blur is called commonly called bokeh.

          If you're at all interested in photography, it would be well worth spending some time reading around the 'exposure triangle' and how aperture, shutter speed and the sensor sensitivity (ISO) are inter-related as it will allow you to understand why you use the settings to achieve a certain look.

        • You have more control using a flash than trying to get sharp images wide open on these lens.

          This lens is more for those who love bokeh.

        • +4

          every slr camera owner should have a fast prime lens (f2 or less) it really make your photos something special. when on a trip recently I only used my tokina 11-16 and 50 f1.8, on the one occasion that i used my kit lens (18-55)i notice a massive drop in quality in photo… and couldnt compare with depth and clarity of the 50mm prime.

          So in short you should get the prime and make yourself use it for the best photos.

        • +1

          Lower f value - bigger aperture: it means that you can get more light into the camera. This means that at night time (or under low light condition), you can take photos without flash easier. However, primes don't have IS/VR (normally they don't).

          Yes, you can use flash (or you are a semi-pro or pro, you can use multiple flashes), but for beginners, if you don't use flashes properly, you get shadows and sometimes bright spots.

          Other differences - 50mm f/1.8 is a full frame lens, which means if you decided to upgrade to full frame, they can be used. Lower f generally means easier to do bokeh. If you want to take videos, f/1.8 is useful at night time (you cannot use flashes when doing video) - though f/1.4 or f/1.2 even better.

          P.S. sharper images - I doubt the 50mm f/1.8 is at its sharpess at f/1.8. Lower f does not actually translate to shaper images.

          Please watch out for Nikon 50mm f/1.8(nifty 50), you need D90, D7000 or better to get the auto focus (camera must have focus motor). D3x00, D5x00 - sorry - no auto focus (because it requires lens to have the focus motor in there).

        • I believe the new D3200 does have the motors.

          Otherwise you need a G lens rather than a D lens

        • Nope, the D3200 does not have a built in motor. You're going to have to get G lenses if you want autofocus on the D3200.

        • For a first lens, definitely get the 18-55. Very little depth of field at 1.4. Google canon 50mm vs 18-55mm. eg

          http://forums.steves-digicams.com/canon-lenses/191914-18-55m…

        • Ahh! My bad, I was reading the lens that came with it rather than the camera itself. Shameful :(

        • Please watch out for Nikon 50mm f/1.8(nifty 50), you need D90, D7000 or better to get the auto focus (camera must have focus motor). D3x00, D5x00 - sorry - no auto focus (because it requires lens to have the focus motor in there).

          Thanks guys! Have another question :)
          I have D90 and travel next week so which one to buy and take advantage of TRS?
          The one that good for portrait & landscape in low light? I want to carry 1 lens if possible.

        • +3

          There's no such thing as a single lens that's good for everything. If you want a decent lens that's versatile and fast you'll need to fork out the BIG bucks, and I mean BIG!

          If you're travelling and want something that covers wide to telephoto, look at the 18-200mm. That way you only need one lens and it'll give decent photos (But the Nikon one goes for around $800 new…) An alternative is the Tamron 18-270mm PZD for around $450-500 new.

          But if you want Nikon on the cheap for a travel lens, then the 18-105mm for around $300. It's a plastic mount but you get what you pay for, and at $300~ it's decent for a travel lens on the cheap.

          If you want low light for landscape and portrait in the one lens…
          I don't think such a lens exists. Landscape would be primarily in the wide angle end of things and portrait is looking at something around 50mm+ on a crop sensor such as your D90.
          The closest you'll get (if you're going Nikon branded lenses) is the 24-85mm F2.8-4D IF at around $550 grey import. It's not quite as wide as you'd like (especially on a crop sensor) but it should do the job for landscape and portrait in low light. (I'm thinking it'll be more suited for portraits than landscape, anyone clarify this for me?)

      • Or are you referring to the 35mm f/1.8 DX? Works great on cropped sensor in low light and just that little bit easier to manage in tight areas where a nifty fifty is too long…

    • There's no such thing as a 30mm prime for Nikon IIRC (well there is but it's Sigma branded, not really worth it either).

      The 35mm and 50mm serve two different purposes. Depending on what your camera is, DX or FX, they're used differently too.

      Because of the crop factor of 1.6, a 35mm on a DX sensor gives you the film equivalent of 56mm which is close to "normal" or what your eyes see (being 50mm on a film camera). The other option is getting the 28mm (giving you a 44.8mm film equivalent, as you can see you can't quite get a prime on DX that gives you a "normal" lens). The 50mm on a DX sensor gives you an equivalent of 80mm and I would consider that to be a decent lens used for portraits (and also because of the cheapness an ideal lens to introduce a beginner to prime lenses and how to use the camera because of the lack of zoom the user is forced to be creative with the camera).

      For FX sensors there is no crop factor to be considered so the 35mm is a 35mm and a 50mm is a 50mm in terms of film equivalency.
      The 35mm is wide-ish and would most likely be used for landscape photography or something, not sure myself as I haven't really gone into anything other than the "holiday shot" and portraits on my crop sensor. The 50mm on a FX would be used as a "normal" lens to capture pictures of what you see with your own eyes.

  • Please put shipping in the title

    • +6

      Can't fit it in :(

      • +1

        lol!

      • -2

        includes the prices with shipping then. :)

        • +3

          who cares? lol its in the description anywho..

      • that's like a prelude to a 'thats what she said joke'… with all the cap buying talk and all…
        maybe it's just me and my brain in the gutter.

      • +3

        Thanks REP, I just place an order without realising there is a Free shipping coupon :), and I re-order with the coupon, thanks for letting me cancel the old order; Thumbs Up for the customer service :) … highly recommended.

      • from chongy: Free shipping code should be still valid FREEMELB

        • Please note free shipping is only free standard shipping.

  • great lens

  • +3

    Do you have any deals on Pentax or pentax fit lenses? Not everyone is a canon / nikon user…

    • +1

      Everyone should be…

        • 1 haha
        • Sorry nothing special on those lenses :( There may be a couple of Sigma lenses with Pentax mount around but we don't really stock too many.

        • Any deals on the Sony lens?

        • Nothing sorry, we don't deal in too much Sony unfortunately.

  • Would it be compatible with an EOS 1100D?

    • Yes

      • +1

        Bought one. Thanks

  • Great price for Oz stock. Only down side is the Nikon 50mm just tips the $100 mark almost doubling the shipping cost :(

    • ref my comment below :)

    • +1

      I believe it's grey import

      • EDIT: Others have pointed out that it is Oz stock. I'm still a little unsure as they used to have a page explaining how it's grey.

        • +3

          Will it be Australian stock if we ask Canon Australia?

        • -7

          Define Australian stock. We buy stock from overseas, stock it in Australia and provide a warranty in Australia. No Canon or Nikon products are actually made in Australia. We provide the warranty, not Canon, but it will be repaired by a Canon authorised repairer should it need it.

        • +5

          I mean Australian stock as in Canon Australia will provide the buyer with warranty, as opposed to grey stock where Canon Australia will not.

          I understand and appreciate that yours is mostly of the grey variety where CamerasDirect provides its own warranty and sends it to be repaired at Canon authorised repairers anyway. But this is a separate point.

          Not trying to be pedantic, but lots of users here on OzBargain will see the words 'Australian stock' and immediately assume that its the equivalent of them buying it off the shelf from Ted's or JB or Myer and get a warranty from Canon Australia. This would not be the case, so I'm just trying to avoid the confusion.

          If you look above, clearly there are already confused people in this thread.

        • +10

          That's clearly not "Australian Stock" under any normal understanding of the term. Smilie included or not.

        • -8

          Once again, depends on your definition of Australian Stock. Our definition would be that the item is in Australia and the warranty is provided in Australia.

        • +8

          I'm using the definition that every informed buyer in the country would use.

        • -6

          If in doubt, please feel free to give us a call to explain it.

        • +2

          Please define "Grey Import" for me then and see if that is what you do..

        • +10

          CameraDirect, I think you need to stop misleading people by saying it is Australian stock. In camera gear terms if a company import the stock and not source it through the local manufacture, it is called parallel import and is NOT Australian stock. Warranty will NOT be covered by the local manufacturer ie Canon.

        • i'm a newbie
          so i'm so sorry in advance if i said something wrong

          I heard that Australian Canon doesn't take warranty for DSLR body if we bought from "Grey stock",but they will warranty for Lens that even bough from "Grey stock", is that true?

        • +3

          not any more. they changed their warranty terms and now only do warranty for Australian stock (Cameras Direct sells grey stock despite trying to twist their words into saying it is australian stock). Canon Australia will not provide warranty for lenses sold by Cameras Direct

        • thank your for your imformation

          omg, if i know that maybe i will pay more for buying local stock instead of grey stock

        • -1

          But for less than $100, if it goes up in smoke, just chuck it into the bin and to go through the hassle of sending it in for repairs.

        • +2

          Fair enough, but I think the problem here is not whether it is Aus stock or grey stock, but that Cameras Direct is misleading us into thinking it is Aus stock, when in fact it is not.

        • +2

          Exactly right. For an $80 lens, nobody really cares if it's Aus or grey, but they do care about being deliberately misled, especially on a site/page/thread full of newbies.

        • Australian stock is stock supplied by the authorised Australian distributor, eg Canon Australia for Canon brand products.

          Who is your supplier?

          Is your supplier Canon Australia?

  • +10

    Free shipping code should be still valid FREEMELB, thou it does say Melbourne it hasn't mattered for me.

    oh and any chance for a good price for the Nikon 35mm 1.8G?

    • Also looking for a good price on the 35mm (birthday coming up and would really love to spoil myself hahah)
      No real preference whether it's the F1.8G or F2.0 though (each has its own advantage)

    • Unfortunately saw your post after I ordered!

    • About to buy the Canon 50mm with added postage, scrolled down and saw this !! Great work.

    • Yes bring a deal on Nikon 35mm 1.8G! sub $200 and you'll have our votes and cash.

    • Please note if you use a free shipping code, you will only receive standard shipping regardless if you choose express or not

      • I used the code FREESYD and I thought it worked, I was in a bit of a rush as I need the lens by the end of the week and I checked and it didn't give me free shipping, even though I chose the standard one for that reason so Id get it free. Is there any way to get the free shipping after the order has been made? Not sure if anything can be done now but the code was used.

  • +1

    match the nikon's price to canon :)

    • -1

      If only

  • I wanted the canon 55 and a canon ef-s 55-250 and kogan had it about $40 cheaper but postage killed it so you won :-p got both and express postage. Made me happy

  • +1

    Nice! I bought one of these (from Cameras direct!) literally a couple of days ago. Was slightly more ($89+p&p) without extras and I (obviously) thought that was a great price at the time. I asked Ted's to match (in a hope to avoid the p&p costs) and the closest they came was $130!

    While I'm kicking myself not for not waiting a little longer, you never know when these sorts of deals are going to crop up and I'm happy to report that Cameras Direct were good to deal with and shipping was fast - overnight to Brissy.

  • Love you guys! I want the 50mm, and it says 'Stock arriving 7th August or sooner': does this refer to the freebies or the lens itself?

    • Hey there, that means the lens :) They're on the way over at the moment :)

  • The Nikon D lenses don't have autofocus motor, so may not work on some lower end Nikon DSLRs, such as D40 D40X D60 D5000 D3000 D3100.

    • +1

      They'll work, you'll just have to focus it manually.

    • Knew there was a reason I hadn't bought this already. Won't auto-focus on my D5100. Yes, I realise I could use manual focus :)

  • +2

    Not bad price for Australian stock? Considering you could buy the nikon version on eBay for approx $113 free delivery. Could you do a special on the Nikon 50mm f1.8G?

    • -1

      Looking into it :)

  • +1

    What about 24-70 f2.8l rep? Any special on this one?

    • I believe Canon no longer manufacture this.

      • Are they going to introduce a new lense? 24-70 f2.8 is very a popular lense now

        • Yes, mk II. Should have been out but Canon is having production delays.

        • They don't make the version 1 anymore, and they're not making the version 2 at the moment due to production issues… So there isn't really a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 at the mo, it's supposed to be out later this year. There is a Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 that gets good write ups though, and it's available.

  • looks like a great bargain

    what would i need to mount this on my 550D EF-S ?

    Do I need a converter from 52mm - 58 mm?

    do you sell them?

    • what?? I'm a nikon user but i am guessing if you have a canon camera you get the canon lens and it will fit.. I think you might be confusing those numbers with filters, which go infront of the lens and doesnt affect the mount at all.

    • +2

      EF-S camera fits EF and EF-S lens.
      EF camera fits only EF lens.

    • 52mm is the size of the optional filters that will screw onto the front of the EF 50mm f/1.8.
      58mm is another common filter size, and might the size for your kit zoom lens.

      For the lens to fit on your camera, the filter size does not matter, and EF lenses (eg EF 50mm f/1.8) will fit on a 550D.

  • Which of the two is the better all-round lens?

    Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX or Nikon 50mm F/1.8?

    • Imo, 50mm F/1.8G

      • 80mm equiv. lens for an all-rounder? You must only go to very spacious places. ;)

        the 35mm DX is equivalent to 52.5mm full-frame, which is close to the 50mm that everyone likes. Using the full-frame 50mm with a cropped DX body will give you the equivalent of 75mm, which i think is too narrow for an all-rounder lens. That's like running the kit lens at nearly full zoom all the time.

        • Well it is just my preference,
          I like to take pic of close object and play with bokeh.

          It's light and the nikon motor on 50mm 1.8G is soo quiet , no buzzing sound like 1.8D

    • I think the 35mm may suit crop bodies better due to the fact that it'll translate to a more traditional FOV from film cameras.

      But I'm not familiar with Nikon lenses so there may be other factors.

      • you are absolutely right. this particular 35/1.8 is a DX lens, better leave it to a DX body. 50/1.8 better suits a fx. i used to attach the 50/1.8 to my d90, only for fun. it's been left at home for ages until i bought a d800 recently.

    • 35mm because you can get more into the frame of your camera so you won't miss out. i find the 35 would take a shot of what i'm seeing

      but the 50mm is also good because it forces you to think about what you want in your imagine because it is a bit more zoomed in.

    • The 35mm is more akin to a "standard" focal length on a DX body (gives you equal to around 50mm) and is therefore more considered a general purpose lens.

      The "nifty-fifty" is a great lens too but probably a little less versatile indoors unless you move back a bit as it's more around the 75mm focal length on a crop body(and I'm pretty sure is not suitable on an FX body (like the D700 et al).

      PS. At the prices you can grab both these lenses from these days there's no reason why you shouldn't have both in your kit!

    • The 35mm is more the all-rounder plus would be more compact but if it's either/or, assuming you have a kit zoom that covers 35mm then I'd go the 50mm unless you have a camera that doesn't have an internal motor in which case that would become manual focus for you…. reason for the 50mm is you can still use it without cropping issues if you go FX, plus I suspect that image quality from the 50mm is a little better than the 35mm. Or get both. ;-)

    • I own both, the 35mm is a lot better for casual photography, as it allows you to put more into the shot. This is with a crop camera (d90)

      50mm on a crop camera is quite tight, don't expect to get anything decent shooting someone across the table (unless you are shooting your food).

      If you have the space to step backwards, then the 50mm is the way to go, otherwise, the 35mm will give you similar results.

      I did experience some extreme chromatic aberration when shooting wide open on the 35mm. Haven't played with the 50mm long enough to get that.

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