Comments on: 4 Reasons Why Everyone Should Have a 50mm Lens

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:47:37 +0000

50mm is the only lens i have with my hasselblad and i dont see the need to get another, just yet. i like it for landscape.

By: Sreejith K.

Sreejith K. — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:39:11 +0000

For the same reasons, I will prefer a 35mm lens. This has an added advantage of a little more wider vision.

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:18:56 +0000

I own a 50mm 1.4 Nikon. Used it this morning for taking pictures at school outside. It was a little dark still and so the 50mm was my first option. Grea pictures and great colours with a D70. Then switched to 35 2.8 a 50mm look on a DX camera. Very natural. Now going for de D700 to get it all out of my 50 mm!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:35:19 +0000

The best prime lens for me is the Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM (for Canon users) and there’s no doubt about it. Plus its USM with FTMF. Crispy shot and oohhhh… love those bokehhh….

By: Mohawk51

Mohawk51 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:27 +0000

I still shoot film. The Nikkor 50MM F1.8 AIS is one of three lenses I carry in my bag. The other two are an 85MM F1.8 and the 17-35MM F2.8. The 50 is a “little jewel”. The clarity, contract & sharpness are great. This is for sure an under rated lens.

By: marcus grip

marcus grip — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:53:29 +0000

I use my Nikon 50mm f/1.8. It was the first lens i bought after the kit lens. Have been with me for a year now and it works brilliant. I use it for alot of portrait but sometimes for smaller objects and macros. It is great in lowlight situations and as you wrote, it can be used almost everywhere, everytime. I use it also to challenge myself to NOT have the ability to zoom and get different focal length. It is fun and challenging to do stuff like you have with your project. It´s small and doesn´t draw attention and the weight is compared to air ;)

Really great stuff that everyone should have, indeed! I´m going to use it now and make a project out of today!

Peace!

By: pentaxZ

pentaxZ — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:32:34 +0000

I use a manual Pentax SMC 50mm 1:1,7 on my K20D. I bought it for approximately $30. A real bargain. It´s a real pleasure to use and by far the best lens in my bag. It´s ridiculous sharp and has the most wonderful bokeh. I just love it and will never get rid of it.

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:46:01 +0000

Two years ago i set up a photo project using a 50mm lens, i’d shoot everything and anything with a 50mm lens but only at f1.8. It’s a fantastic project and i can see myself doing it for pretty much the rest of my life. I find a 50mm lens very versatile and extremely creative.

You can check it here…
http://www.50mm-photography.com

By: Bechak

Bechak — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:41:36 +0000

I agree with Sky_walker…50mm doesn’t similar to human field of view but 50mm is a good lens to practice composition and it’s make us aware more to the subject. I’ve own Minolta MD 35mm and it’s been on my Alpha 700 for every occasion.

By: Sky_walker

Sky_walker — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:04:06 +0000

“The Field of Vision is Close to the Human Eye” – Since when? Did you ever compared what you can see through viewfinder and with naked eye? 50mm is like an outzoom comparing to naked eye. Eye is closer to 100mm or so. But if you’ll compare angles than it’s almost like an fisheye lens – human eye field of view is about 130° × 160°.

Other than this – nice article :)