Advise for Baby Phototaking


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Yeah, I'm using the Sigma 30/1.4 mostly on my boy too... unless he's a bit further out of my reach like in the pool or something, I hardly use my 50 or 85. You can see them here, 99% taken with the 30.
 

lsisaxon said:
Be careful of the baby seat in the second picture as the baby grows older. I heard that it could topple.
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thanks i will take note of that.
 

 

Some lovely photos taken here , and some good advice given , one other small piece of advice is Babies are small and grownups are tall , get on the floor and crawl about with baby , you can get some amazing and very funny photos while your down there :)
 

Fotophilic said:
If u don't mind manual focusing, u have many choices.

For AF, Sigma 30mm F1.4 HSM is ur best bet (IMHO). Don't use flash on babies.
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Any chance you have an indication how much would the Sigma 30mm 1.4 HSM cost? :cool:
 

sjackal said:
600 plus new.
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Thanks. I should look out on 2nd hand then. I hv a 50mm 1.8 but on my D40x, it wasnt doing justice to the lens. MF on a toddler is simply too challenging. :p
 

When my son is still very young and I don't use flash on him. I shoot with Nikon 50 f1.8 (about $160 brand new). Later his is ok with flash, most lens are ok. Now I use Sigma 50 f2.8 Macro 1:1 (bought resale around $220) macro is good for close up when he is more stable and willing to cooperate (when his is older like 1yr +). But now that he is 2.5 yr old now, he is getting "rebellious" and just refuse to listen to my requests to keep still...:)
 

I started with a Canon A610 for the first kid.. and then a D70. Over the years "progressed" to a F31fd and now the majority of my shots are with my Nokia camera phone. Any camera in hand is better than none I guess..
 

Wow... thanks all for sharing....
Guess it comes part of our life on taking good baby photos ....

Anyway ... Merry Christmas and great time to 'shoot yr model' again....
 

I think D60 only support AF-S lens, feel free to correct me.. I am not a D60 user.
AF-S lens: 50mm f1.4G or 105mm F2.8 VR should be good. Personally using AFD 50mm f1.8 and AFS 105 F2.8VR, I need more time to learn the lenses sweet-spot, but so far happy with them.
 

Checked, D60 doesn't support AutoFocus on AFD or AF lens, so 50 mm only can use AFS 50mm f.14G with AutoFocus function
 

 

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