Nifty Fifty Pillows

Informal designation.

Nifty fifty shades retro design vintage aesthetic

I Love My Nifty Fifty

Nifty for Fifty

It just so happens that after being out on an early shoot with Camera Club to Moelfre that this evening's shoot was less prepared than I thought... I had forgotten to take along with me some filters... So this evening's shoot was using natural light and low exposure... I was shooting with a very fast lens an f/1.4 'nifty fifty' as they say in the business - a Super Takumar by Pentax... A lovely piece of glass made in the 60's and despite its slight radioactivity, some photographers claim this lens is one of the finest ever made, and use it as one of their favourites... It has garnered a legendary reputation online, and is known for its sharpness, bokeh, and propensity for flare... so I thought I'd work with this flare and see what I c...