Why the 50mm is the perfect lens.
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- If you don't own a 50mm lens, you're missing out on one of the best bang-for-buck lenses available. Here, I show you just how versatile it is - shooting a car, some landscapes (including a few panoramas), some portraits, and a touch of semi-macro.
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The 50mm is a great lens, especially when first learning photography. I still have a nifty fifty that is mostly a shelf ornament. I should dust it off and have a walk about.
Give it a go, George. They’re a lot of fun.
A lens often overlooked but incredibly good value. Good explanation of it’s versatility
Thx, Laurel.
Great video mate. Loved those panos and the portraits of your son. He’s grown so much!😀
Thanks, Pete. Tell me about it! He's right on the cusp of becoming a young man.
My 50 is always with me. I love it.
Hi Peter, definitely guilty of not giving my RF 50 enough time in the sun. I give their newish 24 a lot more airtime, maybe it just suites the kind of work I'm doing at the moment 😀
Yeah, I forget mine for months at a time, but then I bring it out again and remember just how good it is.
Burning the midnight oil Peter, l to like the Sigma Art Series the 85mm f/1•4 Canon mount was my pick and it's a pearler 👍
Indeed I was! My dad visited over the weekend, so I didn’t want to take time away from hanging out together. I almost bought Sigma’s 85, but ended up with the beastly 105 f/1.4. It’s super heavy, but wow!
Good stuff, Peter! It still amazes me that Canon haven't come out with an RF 50mm f/1.4 yet, seems like a no-brainer to slot in between the Plastic Fantastic f/1.8 and the super-expensive f/1.2. I have the f/1.8 and love it (though I don't use it enough!) and recently picked up TTArtisan's fully-manual 50mm f/0.95. That's a neat little lens--wide open it's not sharp at all, but definitely has a lot of character, and it sharpens up pretty well by f/1.4. It's marketed as a crop-sensor lens, but it does fill the frame on a FF sensor (though not sharp around the edges). Worth the price if you don't mind a manual aperture and focus (both made much easier in the mirrorless world, of course). They also have a 35mm f/0.95, but that one IS crop-sensor only, image circle doesn't cover FF.
That’s a good point re Canon - a quality 1.4 would be nice. I considered the TTArtisan after seeing a few other reviews, but figured I’d hardly use it since I already don’t use my Canon 50 nearly enough. Thanks for dropping by. 👍
As much as I love 50mm, I ended up ditching my 50mm prime a couple of years ago; I found that it never came out of my bag. I either reach for my 70-180mm F2.8, or my 24mm F1.4. Especially when traveling, whenever I had the 50mm on I always wished I'd taken the 24mm.
All that said I love the way you use your 50!
Sometimes the 40mm is a better "fifty" for me )). But, yeah, the detail and clarity it produces is just phenomenal. It's a must-have, for the price.
I reckon you’re right. A fast 40 prime would be perfect.
@@peterfritzphoto I really hope that something like that is coming soon :)
@@0ecka I recently bought the Hasselblad X2D, and they have a 55mm lens, which is a 43mm full-frame equivalent. Trouble is, it takes months to get one, and it costs $AUD6,000.
@@peterfritzphoto That's a proper piece of gear alright. Their new V-lens line is just beautiful in every way. Expensive, but it's a work of art, with a leaf shutter in each lens (must count for something). Plus, 55mm focal length gives the exact natural angle for the system, just like the 43mm on full-frame, which helps finding the right composition and the right distance rather intuitively. I'm still using the good old EF40/2.8 pancake since it first showed up in 2012, now on R5. And I love it for stitching panos, 120mp, 200mp .. easily. Works every time. It's like magic.
@@0ecka Oh, interesting - now you’ve got me browsing eBay for an EF 40!
Thanks for this 50mm video Peter, which to me was very enjoyable. You really put that lense through it’s paces and came up with some great content . Tops.
Thank you, Chris!
Thanks Peter for reminding me how good the 50mm is. It’s so long since I last used it: it’s an f1.8 Nikon. I’m going to give it a try.
Good on you, Andrew.
Hey, Peter! Hope you’re well! More often than not, I find myself using a 50mm for family photos and not so much for landscapes these days. Great to hear from you.
Thanks, buddy. Yeah, it’s *usable* for landscapes, but not ideal. For portraits, animals, cars and objects, though, it’s pretty damn good.
Still, I may not use it often, but I wouldn't want to be without it.
Great examples and explanations. Your son is a gorgeous model!
Thanks, Juanita. I agree - he’s beautiful - outside and in. 😄
Handsome young man!
He sure is - thanks to his mum!
Love your channel mate. Im a high end car detailer here in Melbourne and your car photography tips are brilliant. Thanks.
Thank you, Morrie. What part of Melbourne are you based - or what’s the name of your business (if you care to share)?
Reflection Perfection Auto Detailing. I just moved to a new workshop in Preston.
@@morriemariani9646 Good for you, Morrie. Yes, I looked up your name in the interim and checked out your website. As a web designer, I'm more critical than most, but I noticed your gallery isn't working, and there's no detail below 'Pricing and Details'. I must get my 981 Boxster paint corrected someday, so will circle back when I pull my finger out.
@@peterfritzphoto yeah there is a couple.plete redo of the website this year at some stage. However Facebook is updated regularly
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But you have to keep your sensor size in mind, dont you? If you slap a 50mm lens on an APS-C cropped sensor, it roughly equals a 75mm lens on a full frame sensor. To achieve the 50mm look you are talking about, you would need roughly a 35mm lens on an APS-C, as this is the full frame equivalent of a 50mm.
I think this topic gets overlooked quite often, leading to beginners (often owning an APS-C camera) using a 50mm lens, even if what they are looking for is the look that a 35mm lens would give them.
That’s an excellent point. Thanks for raising it.
Hank Schrader is only using a 50mm lens.