How and why I shoot STREET PHOTOGRAPHY with a 50mm lens
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- čas přidán 11. 04. 2024
- The legendary 50mm lens. Love it or hate it for street photography, you can't ignore it. In this video, Jeff takes you through his reasons for shooting on the street with a 50mm, and some tips on working with the lens.
The images were shot on:
Leica M9-P, Leica M Monochrom, and Leica M6TTL cameras.
Lenses used were a 50mm Summicron-M (V) and a Leica 50mm Noctilux- M (IV)
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When I watch your videos, I feel like I am learning from a photographer rather than a CZcamsr or an Instagrammer. That is very appreciated. Well done.
Thank you. 🙏
Well said.
I echo this sentiment and just subscribed for that very reason. I’m actually learning vs someone just trying to gain a like, etc. Great tip at the end about manual focus. I have a vintage 50mm adapted to my 11-yr old Sony…it’s my favorite lens, but my primary concern was obtaining focus in time to not miss the shot. Peace.
Looking at a scene vs being part of a scene - I've never thought about it like that. I like it.
Great tip about quick focusing using the hard stop of infinity...
I learned that one from back in the days of trying to manually focus a bride walking down the aisle with a 50mm.
@@WalkLikeAlice yeah I saw that in a video from Kai W and it makes a lot of sense with a rangefinder especially.
The 'beware of zombies' pic? Outstanding!
Thank you
That infinity focus tip is absolute gold. Thank you for sharing it, and as always, another wonderful video.
Thank you. Glad it was useful. 🙏🙏
I shoot everything with a 50. Fashion, portrait, landscape, street.
Me too but mostly because I've spent so much money on it so I can't afford any other lenses lol
Great Video - thanks for sharing your insights
Nice tip on starting manual focus with lens set at infinity to quickly find focus. I recently purchased the Fuji 33mm f1.4 lens & it has become one of my favourites. Tack sharp, with nice contrast & it is quick to find focus.
Glad you found it useful
I too love that Fuji 33 1.4, but I mostly use auto focus! The lens is fast enough, and I don’t need to worry about depth the field so much.
After 15 years shooting only with a 35mm summicron. I've added a 50mm to my kit. And it's been a fun process.
I was the other way round!!
I love my manual focus Nikon 50mm f/1.2. Renders absolutely beautifully. Have taken many of my best (most beautiful) street images with it.
when i was shooting film with my pentaxk1000 i would constantly use sunny16 and set my manual lens to "zone focus" about 2-3 feet from my subject and it generally didn't let me down, of course i would minor tweak my focus
I have only recently found your channel but love your videos, very inspirational thank you!
Thank you. That’s very kind of you 🙏
A 50mm lens came with the first 35mm camera I purchased. I used it for about one year before I discovered that it was too “telephoto” for my taste. I replaced it with a 35mm f/2 and the 35mm became my favorite focal length for street photography, general subjects, and one-lens/one-camera situations.
When I purchased my Leica M6 rangefinder, the 35mm f/1.4 was the first lens I purchased.
I totally agree with everything you have said - 50mm is a beautiful lens !!
Thank you
For me, 50mm lens was the lens of maturity. 40 years ago, I was the happiest man in the world with my Minolta X500 and its 35-70 zoom lens. But after a long way with different brands and lenses, I currently shoot 95% of the time with a Lux 50 and a M10 monochrome or a M262. Nothing else. But it's only my pleasure and I understand that it can't suit everybody.
First time I’ve heard this hard stop focusing tip from infinity down. Outstanding insight.
Thank you 🙏
That was outstanding-and useful. Thx
Thank you for watching. Much appreciated.
Wow. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for watching
Great tips Jeff. I've always loved the 50mm and use it most often.
Thank you 🙏
good info, crystal clear, no BS, thanks
Thanks for watching
First look at this channel. That was a really good presentation & advocacy for any "normal" focal length lens in any format. The detail on the handling and focusing the 50 was insightful, great advice for learners. Great advocacy of the Normal!
Note that a fatter 50mm lens' longer focusing scale can be a plus, because it's easier to make a finer focus adjustment with more ring travel. Check out a Canon TS normal for the street, you can leave some rise locked in as you wander about, if you are into urban landscape.
Thanks for the comments. For me, the payoff with a larger lens is speed of focus and if you are shooting at f8, any additional accuracy is negated by depth of field. I had a Canon TS-E 45mm for a while.
Over the decades, I have used Nikon, Pentax, Fuji, and Miranda 50mm lenses on 35mm film SLR cameras. My personal favorite was the 8-element 50mm f/1.4 Takumar for the Pentax Spotmatic SLR.
The 50mm focal length on a full-frame body was my favorite for shooting live theatre.
Literally percect help, thabks for your effort! 😊
🙏🙏 Thanks for watching
Good video. I liked the infinity focus suggestion.
Thank you
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Thank you! Great tip!
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Thank you for the video!
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I just found this channel, and subscribed before the video was finished. Good, useful information.
Thank you so much 🙏🙏
Best 50mm reflection thoughts I have seen so far, thx!
Thanks for watching.
Great video. Thank you!
Thanks for watching 🙏
Great video! Thanks!
Thanks for watching.
Thanks. A very good video. 50mm is often too limiting for my type of street photography. I prefer 35. It’s what you look for as a good image. Then you decide which lens suits you best. The lens should come second.
Watching from Tokyo..a beautiful morning... thank you
Thank you too 🙏
Nice tip with the infinity focus click preset
Glad you found it useful
50mm has always been my go to, it allows me to get close enough to my subjects without having to walk into them like a 35 or wider and it allows me to get more of my subject without cropping off their body or standing a mile away "kidding" with a tele photo, i always hear street photographers bashing 50 but for me, unless i'm amongst crowds of people "which is not that common in chicago" then it's not really necessary for me to go wide. I have a 7artisan 12 t 2.9 lens(crop with fuji xt4) for such occasions but i will always love 50! (35f2 crop 1.4x)
I’m the same way. I find getting interesting compositions with a 50 relatively easy, for exactly the reason described in the video: what your eye sees is what you get. You don’t have to reposition yourself to regain the composition you first imagined.
I also just don’t enjoy getting right into the personal space of strangers with a camera and snapping a picture, which I feel like I have to do a lot with a wide angle lens to prevent extraneous details in the frame, thus ruining the composition and minimizing the subject. As it is, I keep 50s on all my cameras except my F3, which sports a 35. I use my F3 exclusively for closer shots of friends and family, where I’ve got enough trust built up that I don’t have any reservation about getting close (and where the fact that it’s shutter noise is about ten times that of my M6 TTL is not a problem, for the same reason)
Another great video
Thank you 🙏
Good tip on focusing, I use that technique myself.
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Great idea with the manuel focus,just bought the konica hexagon 40mm sure this will help me focus quick always great videos coming from you thanks
Thank you
I don't shoot 50mm that often, yet I've accumulated three of them: two Voigtlanders and a Helios 58/2. Stopped down a bit, the Helios is as sharp as the Voigtlander APO 50/2. But it's a lens that really shines when shot wide open.
Great video. Thank you 😊
Thanks for watching
Great vid. I love using my 50mm at f2.0 on my M10, love the ethereal feel the shallow depth of field creates. But focusing is a nightmare. That turn to infinity trick is genius Jeff. Will definitely use that next time I'm out.
Thank you. It takes a little getting used to but it’s worth it in the end.
Great advice! Thank you. I did not know that there is a "hard stop" at infinity on my Leica lenses.
Thank you for this video.
The choice of your lens is very personal. I see many CZcamsrs using 28 and even 24mm. Too wide for me. Sometimes I use a two body and lens setup so the 2nd Les is 85mm. I go back & forth between 35 & 50mm. The difference between the two is a step or two. Foot focus.
I usually frame my image with the EVF. When the scene is moving quickly I just point, shoot, and hope. The 35mm field of view is more forgiving. As you point out, the 50mm is about what I see so I have to be more precise. I don’t spray & pray but do take several shots when not using the EVF. I’m a digital shooter so there is no penalty for taking multiple images. I bet HCB would have appreciated having this option in his bag of tools.
Who says old dogs can’t learn new tricks? Normally I intend to produce tact sharp images. Recently I’ve been experimenting with intensional camera movement a la Ernst Haas. Last year I’d have said you blew the image at 4:53. Now I kind of like it. I know this has never happened to you. Occasionally I’ll make a mistake choosing a shutter speed such as when quickly taking the camera out of the bag (why was the camera in the bag?) to take the shot. Sometimes my setting get tossled when in the bag. I say a bad word or two but when I see the image I like it. I then tell my friends I intended to introduce the motion blur.
So there I am. Sometimes I play at being HCB and other times EH. I can get medicine for this kind of thinking.
Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
We’ve all made the mistake of getting a camera out of the bag and hearing that slow shutter speed 😂
Nice, comprehensive and nuanced summary on the 50mm focal length for street photography. I'd have said exactly all that in my same video on the 50 mm lens, if I made one. Also, I was a fan of 28 mm for a long time, thinking the 50 was too boring. But Cartier-Bresson's philosophy behind sticking to mostly 50 mm during all his career, and also his talented shots captured with this lens, made me rethink my views on this focal length. There is something great in the simplicity it provides, taking away all the 'special effects' of any optical distortion of wider lenses, only leaving you with your vision, talent and ability to capture interesting subjects as the only means to make a great photograph.
Thank you. Yes the simplicity of the lens is one of its greatest strengths.
Another brilliant video, I often use a 50mm for everything I shoot as I think it's so versatile, and only use my 21mm when I want to get close on the streets or my 135 for very certain shots.
Will certainly try the from infinite to focus, not sure why I've never thought of that myself to be honest!
I'm currently using the f/1.4 from TTA and I think it's great, but I do love the look of the Summarit-M f/2.4! - seen a few on eBay I like the look of, yes it not 1.4, but I shoot mainly at 5.6-8 anyway and they are so compact!
Thanks Sebastian. Yeah that Summarit size is very appealing.
Great photos fella
Thank you!!
I'm finding my 33mm Fuji lens (50mm equivalent) SO much more challenging than my old 16-55mm (24-84mm), while walking around London trying to take characterful vignettes of people living their lives.
Like you say, it doesn't really do anything to the photos, and it can be hard to cut through the crowds when I have a fixed and slightly zoomy/tunnelvision focal length.
I'm determined to crack it, though, as I want to maximise the role of my subjects and composition (not lens distortion, bokeh etc) in making my photos good. So I feel like I'm genuinely capturing life as it is.
The infiinty trick is great. I usually set to a focus range and go from there. I think I will try this and see how it goes. Thanks!
Cheers. Hope it works for you.
I liked this one a lot...went back for seconds. But, you already know this.
Thank you
Great video. 50mm is my Main Street lens as well. I have learned a certain distance and became out to shoot a summilux wide open with probably 80% success. I have also grow to now care as much about tack sharp images.
That takes some skill. I can do it with a 35.
@@WalkLikeAlice If I could do it with a .95 I would be very happy haha. Don't have one though so haven't tried. Everyone really appreciates the quality of your channel. Real Photographer Talk.
@@WalkLikeAlice I really love the 50 APO with the M11M for street. A little easier wide open.
I'm so excited to see how the film photography is going - maybe I missed something?! anyway love your videos they are always great!
Thank you. Check out the community post I made on film photography.
@@WalkLikeAlice oh I see. Its too bad - hope you get to taking som rolls at some point though.
Not the first video of yours that I've watched, but this one made me subscribe. These pictures are absolutely in-cre-di-ble, Jeff. I'm currently looking into getting a 28mm for my M Typ240, but maybe I should stick with my 50mm. I bought my camera 6 years ago and felt I absolutely sucked at using a rangefinder so it's been collecting dust for the past 5 years. I recently decided to give it another go. 75% of the pictures I take are street photography. As I often venture out at dusk I tend to shoot with the lens wide open, often resulting in pictures that aren't the sharpest. I'll try to stop it down a tad and see where that takes me. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you 🙏
Just keep at it. Rangefinder focusing takes some getting used to and a lot of practice. It’s worth it in the end.
@@WalkLikeAlice Thanks for the encouraging words, Jeff!
for all of my PJ work in college and the local newspaper and then in the Air Force one body always had a 35mm f2. another most often had an 85 f1.8. i just picked up a vintage Canon Model P and a 50mm f1.4 and ive done a little playing with it. i LOVE it. its hard to 'go to infinity' because if i go past it, theres a locking detent (i presume for 'locking' the lens during mounting and dismounting. i dont know for sure. it uses the L39 screw mount)
im hoping for some nice weather this weekend and week coming up. i want to go out and shoot another roll with it.
I’m not familiar with the lens. So I don’t know why there’s a lock on it. But I’m glad you like it.
I've begun stepping outside of my comfort zone and using the 50mm on the street, and although it's still uncomfortable, I'm really liking the results!
I found shooting on the street with it quite a challenge. Still do!!
Thanks for the tip. I love my 50 summicron. I find my 50 noctilux heavy and unwieldy. Spends most of its time in the dry box. Haha. Thanks again
Ditto. It produces amazing results, but is really better suited to short walks ...
Yeah. It also blocks the viewfinder too much for street. You need a few seconds to check the framing all the time.
Collapsible Summicron is my BW lens of choice. The “Bresson” if you will. It really does have a unique blend of contrast and resolution.
Great lens
28mm (Q2) is my preference I like to get close. I have just picked up a canon L3 body only so looked up some lenses I found a canon 50 1.8 cheap, so yup got that lovely lens, then an Elmar 5cm came up, with an M adapter apparently jammed onto it, so the selling price was cheap I couldn't resist as it looks awesome, a couple of rubber bands and a nip with long nose pliers got the adapter off, looking forward to shooting this new to me kit. I like the infinity stop tip cheers
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Hello Jeff,
Super interesting video, thank you... I will explore the 50mm option myself. I am not sure I can express this correctly but I like the idea of more of the process being with me to try and compose/frame the photo... being a bit of a dinosaur I like to do the minimum of editing as I feel it changes a photograph to an image. I should say however if someone wants to take photo's or create images, I am fine with both, the most important thing is a pleasurable thing to look at. Many thanks for the video.
Take care.
Paul,,
Thanks Paul. Take care.
Since decades 28mm is my preferred lens. Having enough „flesh“ around my subject i found another very fast and practical reason: You see a good situation in front of you and you have to adjust the proper framing - just step a bit forward into the scene - it‘s much easier and not so dangerous than to jump backwards. No eyes in the back of your head… I used 50 mm when the light was dim as in bars or arcades where the corners of frame became too dark with the slower wide angle lenses and not so important.
I don’t think I’ve ever jumped backwards on the street!!
I never, ever subscribe after a single video. Okay... ALMOST never, ever. My first love was always night photography, but street photography always ran sort of hand-in-hand. After many years in the corporate world, I've turned back to my first love. Your video was more genuine that what I normally see on YT. I've always loved 50mm, but more so now because so many people seem more suspicious and even combattive. 50mm gives that little bit of extra space to help them feel more comfortable.
Thank you. Night photography is something I need to do more of.
I'd be so glad if you made a video about your way of thinking when using a 50mm. Or maybe to analyze some of your 50mm photos.
I love your work btw.
Thank you. There are some 50mm videos in our Image of the week playlist. That might be worth a watch.
thank you so much
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I have a 50mm lens for my Canon T6s but that camera is a crop sensor. I don't have one for either of my Nikon cameras. I just bought a used Canon AE-1 at a flea market with the 50mm lens with it. The glass looks in great shape. I plan to use black and white film in that camera. That will be a challenge for street photography. I'll have to be more deliberate with my shots and make every one count.
As usual - so spot on with everything you share. btw I noticed that you referenced using SilverFX for one of your shots. I have bought and enjoy using your monochrome presets. I think if you did a video on how you use SFX it would be worthwhile and interesting. atbPete
Not sure where you think I mentioned SFX. I haven’t used that for years!! Everything is processed with my SilverChrome pack. 🙂
my mistake !@@WalkLikeAlice
Focusing off the hard stop and reducing resolution settings on my M11 and Summicron without focus tab are great tips. And most importantly practice. It’s not a Q.
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I have sixty lenses and counting, mostly vintage primes, and most of those are 40, 50 and 55mm, i.e. "normal focal length". I just won an auction on eBay for an Auto Sears/Sekor SX 55mm f1.8 that some say was made by Tomioka. Maybe, maybe not, but it's an amazing lens. It produces wonderful colors and blur. It's supremely sharp and has the highly desirable characteristic of rendering volume, dimension, called 3D pop. The lens was poorly photographed by the seller, but it looked rough. When I got it, it looked worse, but it cleaned up really nicely. I also had to spend a few hours filing down the aperture ring (SX) so that it would mount flush with the camera. It was well worth it. Now, for $16.50 ($8.50 for the lens and $8 for shipping) I have a lens that would stand up to any.
We would call that an addiction!! Great news on the lens. What are you mounting the lenses on?
@@WalkLikeAlice The vintage lenses are inexpensive. Most in very good condition probably cost me about $50 each and I've been collecting them since the seventies. Only a couple have cost me real money, an S-M-C Takumar 20mm f4.5 that I paid $230 for and a Minolta G 17-35mm f3.5 that I paid $400 for. Changing the lens on my camera keeps the photographic experience fresh. I'm always learning. I'm always challenged. The cameras I use are a Sony a7II and a Sony a850 DSLR, both of which I had to replace two years ago when they were stolen together with my most expensive Zeiss lenses which were not replaced, a 24mm f2 Distagon and a 16-80mm zoom.
I really enjoy your content and your photographs are excellent. As others have mentioned, yours is a blog by a photographer for photographers.
Thanks for your comment.
As it happens I was just out with my new lens and took this photo that I think shows the lens' quality: [url=flic.kr/p/2pKdoYR][img]live.staticflickr.com/65535/53653926185_392a959b6b_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=flic.kr/p/2pKdoYR]The Troubadour[/url] by [url=www.flickr.com/photos/101244128@N07/]William Bolton[/url], on Flickr
The version 3 50mm Summicron-M has both the short focus throw of the version 5 you are using, but has a focusing tab, which makes 'learning' the focus distance considerably easier. Worth finding one for yourself, IMHO.
Thanks, but I’m good. Quite happy with the lens I’ve already got. We’ve been on this earth together for 25 years. I know it inside out. 🙏
Thanks for the hard stop idea when using a 50mm. I find that I am checking too often that it is set to where I think it is and s/he who hestitates is lost so to speak. With the 35 and 28 I can usually set it and forget it.
Yeah the wides are easier. Thats for sure.
Nice video. The put your lens to the infinity hard stop is nice advice for those shooting fully manual focus lenses but most AF lenses will have a focus ring that turns infinitely even when the lens is set to MF of course. I personally have got back into 50mm shooting with the all manual Zeiss Loxia 50mm f2 on my Sony a9 and a7iii and enjoy it for portraits and street although my preference is probably for either 35mm or else 85mm I think overall. with 50mm as you say, there is no real room for artistic use of distortion so the content rules and you have to be disciplined about framing to get really good shots.
Full Circle. Congrats! Told you so ;-)
Hahahaha. Not quite. But probably getting there.
Mate, that was so helpful. I love the perspective of the 50mm (my view), but it's less forgiving of my framing/compositional blunders than a '35 n crop..!'
Thank you. Yes, you don’t get the same flexibility with the 50.
I quite agree with everything being said here, being a photographer since 1969. But a small camera, a small unobtrusive zoom lens, with autofocus is also able to make you work quickly and get very good results. It is all up to the photographer and how the equipment is handled. 🤔 I know, I probably did it, right😂
Absolutely correct!!
Thanks for the video. I guess we come at street photography from the opposite end of things. You camera and style is a lot of work. I prefer continuous auto focus and a zoom lens. Though I will try my 50mm Sony Lens to try out your concepts. Thanks.
Thanks for watching.
My nifty 50 on Fuji is 35f2. It takes me back to film days when the 50 was the most affordable on my Konica and Nikon cameras. 😅Your beloved cameras have always been out of reach for me but I do not feel I missed out.😎
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Your video is really informative. One thing that the 50mm became standard and famous when the first Leica prototype was attached with 42.5mm but wasn't sharp enough. So that's why they changed it to 50. In the early time the famous photographers haven't choosen the 50mm because of any magical frame. But because there weren't any other alternatives. Again I love the 50mm but I think sth between 40 to 45 would be better.
Something halfway between 35 & 50. It would sell. But when camera companies can sell you both lenses, I think something in between wouldn’t make a lot of sense for them.
I use my Noctilux on a Canon R6II. I think the act of focusing is better than with a Leica body. I also have a focus tab ring on the lens that helps increase the rotation speed of the lens while focusing.
You won’t block the viewfinder either!!
@@WalkLikeAlice I always used a lens hood but it barely blocked the 50mm frame lines. The 35mm Summilux is almost as bad. Plus the weight balance with the Canon is much better.
For decades I only used 50mm! Added 35mm as general lens due to crowds!
Damn those crowds 🤪
@@WalkLikeAlice Blocking the view with damn selfies!
Great video Jeff. I've been shooting almost exclusively with a 50 mm equivalent for the last couple of years but recently watched your video on shooting from the hip and wanted to give it a try. I found it difficult with the 50 mm but had some success with a 30 mm. Do you shoot from the hip with 50 mm and do you have any tips for it.
Yes. A lot of the images in the video are shot from the hip in this video. It’s easier with AF but doable with manual. Set to 5m/f11 and practice your angles.
@@WalkLikeAlice Thanks so much.
I have the Summicron V too but haven’t been using it in a while in favour of a 35mm CV Nokton f1.5. I must get back out with it. Do you find it tricky to use cameras with and without lens tabs? I usually focus from the hard infinity stop but use the tab to know roughly where I am. Obviously Summicron doesn’t have a tab.
Not really. I’ve had the lenses for such a long time, it all seems second nature.
Have you ever had a Summarit 50? If so, can you tell about it? I've the 90/2.5, which I bought second hand. Stunning results. Keep on rolling.
I haven’t but I would be interested in one if I was buying again. The size alone would be appealing.
Great advice. I had the honor of meeting Ralph Gibson when I first started shooting seriously and he recommended I use exclusively a 50 mm for 2 years, which I pretty much did. On another note, I see guitars in the background (nice ones). As a guitarist myself (as is Gibson-that's how we met), I am amazed at how may photography CZcamsrs have guitars in the background. Notable player/photographers include, Gibson, Andy Summers, and Alan Schaller. What do you think is the connection, if any?
Coincidence. I think that we are attracted to things that are interesting to us so we notice them more. If someone put 1960s decorative glass in the background, Sarah would notice but I wouldn’t. My guitars are in my office so they are out of the way of the dog!! Otherwise they would be all over the house. Don’t forget Colin Greenwood, Bryan Adams, Jack White too.
@@WalkLikeAlice Good point. Love the vids
@@WalkLikeAlice Agreed. I like cycling and notice whenever a photographer has a bike in the background, which is more often than you might think.
Find your videos super useful. I really enjoy 50mm and I agree with you on the speed of using it, that makes a lot of sense.
I’ve started to play around with zone focusing and wide angles more, but on my digital autofocus camera I really like that 50mm equivalent.
You lose me on the advice of reducing the resolution of the camera: the camera shake will only be worse with a high res sensor if you are cropping in a way that uses that resolution. If you don’t crop it will be exactly the same, and if you get the shot steady then having the ability to crop may be advantageous. Storage is CHEAP and photos, even high res RAW ones, are fairly small files. Shoot your highest resolution.
The higher the sensor resolution, the more detail it resolves. So any focusing issues or movement will be exaggerated by this extra resolution. If you shoot the same image with the same shutter speed/ focus with an 18MP camera and a 60MP you might not see any slight shake or softness with the 18MP camera but you will with the 60MP.
@@WalkLikeAlice Well, again, yes and no. This isn't the case if you're viewing the images in the same way - if you aren't cropping and you're displaying it on the same display or print size they should appear essentially the same, unless the display is out-resolving the lower resolution camera/setting.
Dropping the resolution of your recorded images on the same camera absolutely won't affect how much motion blur you're getting if you are displaying the images at the same resolution. So there's no reason to change the resolution in-camera.
If the display medium IS out-resolving the resolution of the camera you'll just get a global lower level of perceived sharpness, which means that yes, you will be able to better distinguish areas that are out-of-focus or motion blurred vs just not sharp when you look at the high res image on the same display.
The only time a higher resolution image will exacerbate missed focus or motion blur is if its being viewed at a higher resolution than the lower resolution image, either through cropping, or through the display medium being able to resolve that resolution (like a high res monitor, or blown up quite large.)
Since 18 megapixels already exceeds the maximum resolution of a typical 4K desktop display, you will not be able to detect a difference in blur between the 18 megapixel image and the 60 megapixel image when viewed at the same size. They will look identical, assuming the camera is correctly binning things down when it shoots.
TL;DR: you're recording the same amount of motion blur no matter what, the question is how much can your eye resolve it when looking at the image. What matters there is how you're looking at the photos not how you're taking them. Regardless, there's no reason to shoot at a lower resolution to avoid this problem.
This is interesting. fstoppers.com/education/understanding-relationship-between-resolution-details-and-shutter-speed-489033
@@WalkLikeAlice yeah the article gets into what I'm saying to an extent: higher resolution means smaller resolved details. But you can only see those details if you view the photo in a way that allows you to see them. Most often that means cropping.
From a practical standpoint there's no real merit to dropping resolution in camera to try to avoid motion blur, as dropping it in post or simply not cropping or viewing it not zoomed or large will have the same effect.
I’m left eye 👁️ dominant. I was told that the best eye for my work is using the dominant one.
But from the video I’ve just watched from Joel Meyerowitz, besides the benefits of using both eyes to take a better picture, it also demonstrated how the rangefinder cameras was designed initially for this purpose.
So, my dilemma here is to get second opinion on which eye should be used for the viewing?
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Sarah is also left eye dominant. The idea of using both eyes open is one of those things which doesn’t work for everyone due to the magnification of the viewfinder. Unless you get an M6 with a 0.85 mag. Then it works much better.
The rangefinder design means the viewfinder will always be offset. So I guess Leica had to choose one side or the other, and as most people are right eye dominant, they chose that.
You should always shoot with your dominant eye. Sarah always uses an external viewfinder so that she can look with both eyes if she needs to. I always work with one eye closed so there is no advantage to me in having the viewfinder to one side.
@@WalkLikeAlice Well said. I see. This reply makes me think for a long time. And I still have a little more to figure out. But I do appreciate your thoughtful and concise response. You’re a great mentor. Thanks.
@@WalkLikeAlice The video I’ve watched on CZcams is called:
Joel Meyerowitz - 'What you put in the frame determines the photograph'
to be clear, we re talking here about a traditional 50mm lens which is equivalent of a 35mm digital lens on a Nikon d7200? I have one of those plus a Nikkor 50mm lens which is equivalent to a 85mm back in the day
I have no idea about crop sensors. This is 50mm on full frame.
50 great for framing. 35 also. for street i always bring 35 and 50.
Yep. Both great lenses.
@@WalkLikeAlice im bot quite fond of 24,25 and 28 for street. Too limiting in framing.
Stree must be flexible and fast to change framing portrait and landscape
I've been shooting Film as kid since 1984. I must say, even the mighty HCB used a "nifty-fifty", for my needs, 50mm is being simply too ordinary, too compressed, not wide enough via PoV. Countless 35mm SLRs from the 70-90s had 50mm as their matching kitlens. I shoot 35mm since 1989 - and never looked back. *If* there's one focal length to shoot it *all* - it's simply only 35mm. Your milage may vary, of course. 🙂
It does and thanks for the comment.
40mm is the new nifty
Nah. It’s basically 35mm
50 great for photo artist bcs its very easy to frame
35 also. Capable to easily frame horizontal or vertical.
And 35 capable to do indoor cafe shoot
So it's personal preference.
The title of the video is “how and why I shoot with a 50mm”. 🙂
I shoot with Sony G 50mm f/2.5. Only 174 grams. Aluminium and aperture ring! Sorry for my writting english!
Your English is better than a lot of people where English is their first language!!
@@WalkLikeAlice Thank you very much!
So you're back to the good old 50mm are you?
Back? I’m using it alongside other lenses.
I only use 50MM and 35MM for street photography
My shutter is so loud, I have been shooting an 85mm!
I am wondering why not use a lens that focus automatically instead of manually?
Our cameras don’t have AF. 🙂
Dono how long you been doing this, but have you ever at one point thought you don’t connect with your work? I ve been shooting streets for around 4 years now and recently I just don’t feel anything towards my work. While my photos might look interesting, I just keep asking myself why am I doing this? I do print my work, even make books/zines here and there but nothing…you reckon it is about time I step away from it for a while and see how things will turn out, or just keep on grinding? Sorry for the lengthy post
Try this: Seven ways to get out of a creative rut in STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
czcams.com/video/E_p6KQCTqYQ/video.html
I always prefer the 28mm
Then may I suggest you take a look at the video we made on the 28mm 🙂
I use a 85mm
Im really eager to start photography but I don't know how to make money out of it. Any tips ?
If you want to be a photographer just to make money, you are asking the wrong person. I genuinely don’t know. Money has never been the reason i became a photographer. It just followed me as I got better at taking pictures.
@@WalkLikeAlice thanks mate.
I used a Zorki 4K with its 50 jupiter lens, back in 1900 & frozen to death, what a great little camera that was and quick to focus. I may look for one, it would be good fun to use one again. Sunny 16 here we come.
Cheap as chips too.
Next lens will be a 50mm. I’ve already decided: as much as I’d like a Leica, it will be a TT Artisans 50 1.4.
I’ve not got any experience with TT A lenses but heard good things about them.
Be aware that TTartisan make lenses for APS-C cameras. In this video he is talking about 50mm in full frame terms, which is actually 35mm on a crop sensor. So you want a 35mm 1.4 lens on an APS-C camera to get a 50mm focal length.
@@murrayisarobot And I am talking about a TT Artisan 50mm 1.4 M-mount full frame for
50mm every day with me