40mm Is The New 50mm (and 35mm)
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2024
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My first 40mm was a Zeiss Batis (for Sony). It is bulky. If you are used to 35mm, take a step back. The lens is anachronic. It is relaxed to shoot wis with less distortion than the 35mm.
A Voigländer Nokton 40mm F/1.2 on the Leica stays on the camera for long periods of time. Liveview comes in useful as does Visoflex if you aim to modern camera sharpness level.
Awesome mate, need to try out these Voiglander lenses
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40mm is such a great and versatile focal length! Great video dude
Can’t wait to slap this 27mm viltrox on the XT5 🥹
I love the 40 2.5, by far my most used lens, I have a 35 1.4 gm as well for client work but the 40mm is still my go to.
Yup me too, I don’t use the 40mm for client work but I love it for travel
One of the better videos on this lens! It's perfect, I haven't been very active with my photography as of late, but I'm very excited to try out this lens, I always loved primes for their lightweight and simplistic use!
Oh thanks mate 😊
So I got a 40mm Zeiss Batis recently, and while I love the character of the Zeiss glass, there is one thing about the focal length that I'm still struggling with. I'm trying to get a "feel" for what it's optimal for. Different focal lengths often have a certain "vibe" to them that you get a feel for. I can't remember who I watched who said so, but I remember someone describing the 40mm as having an almost...dispassionate quality to it. More cropped in than a 35, and so less of the storytelling context that that focal length provides. Not as tight as a 50, so less of the layered focus that a 50 provides. It sits in the middle, and while there's elements about that that feels really cool, like "wow, I can kind of get the best of both worlds!", I'm actually struggling with a feeling that maybe it's a compromise by being in the middle? I just have yet to find an approach to using it for shots that I feel wowed by. Perhaps it will just take time and getting used to its "vibe", but so far I'm wondering lately if by getting something in the middle I'm not getting the best of both but less of either. 😕
There is only one way to find out and that’s to try them all and find what you like and also what inspires you to take photos
I have the batis 40 since it came out, thinking it might be a great alternative for tight spaces studio portraits, it’s never been a great choice over 50mm. It’s quite a big difference actually.
It might be of good use for outdoor or street photography. So you are not alone on this.
The 40mm Batis is actually one of my favorite lens. Travel, Food, Street. It does everything.
That middle 'meh' vibe could be a good thing in a way: takes the lens' character and bias out of the way of the shot and leaves only the content of the frame. Eg: pretty much anything you shoot at 85mm F1.4 is going to look "Wow!". Saeme for ultra wide. But the 40mm is the same compression as your eyes. So you can't rely on the gear to put in the 'wow'...that now has to come from the story that your frame is telling. Just my take on this. 😊
@@ArifKhan. I hear you, and I appreciate that. I'm trying to keep that in mind and give the lens a fair shake. I'm hoping it grows on me even if I haven't been initially wowed by it. Thanks for the input and for taking the time to leave a reply
Great photos
Glad you like them!
I have the 40mm g lens and has become my most used glass on my A7Cii. Size, build, aperture, af, and sharp enough 👍🏻 Complimented with 24mm f2.8G & 85mm f1.8 in my sling for walk around prime kit. Nice to see a video on why it’s so great.
Awesome that’s pretty close to my set up ⬆️
Does the 40mm g produce decent bokeh?
Aw nice man! I literally just bought all the same lenses today! (i got the 85mm dg dn sigma so its smaller too :D)
Was undecided between the 50 and 40 [for my A7Cii] and now you have made the choice much easier, thanks!
Great to hear!
me tooo
You should buy a Konica Hexagon AR 40mm f1.8 Pancake Lens. An old vintage f1.8 look might be up your alley.
Yeah I’ll look into that cheers
Which is why i love my tamron 20-40 f2.8
Yeah that lens is pretty perfect
Yes, same for me i love it! I think it's one of the best all around lenses, absolutely awesome for street photography with 40, 35, 28, 24 and 20mm all in one and coupled with 85mm, you have all you need!
But i think o would atill love more this Sony G lens, but in 35mm
Also the reason I bought the Tamron 20-40. Though, I wish the autofocus was better on my a7RIV… It’s decent (not great) on my newer a7IV, but still not near as good as I would have hoped for with a fairly new lens. To be honest, if I had it to do over again I might have passed on it (for using on my a7RIV anyway), probably would be much better on the new a7RV.
I agree. 40mm (on full frame) is one of if not my favorite focal length for a prime lens. If I had to choose one prime to keep on my camera for a year it would be either 35 or 40.. I think 35mm has a bit of an edge when shooting more landscape etc. 40mm is pretty good at almost everything, so would make a better general and travel lens probably. Ideally, some zoom is nice, but also makes for bigger, heavier, etc. I’m really surprised 40mm is not more popular actually, but guessing part of that is there not being many options for lenses in that focal length (with the majority of them being 35 or 50).
Yeah I would love a fast prime at 40mm for my Sony, like the viltrox 27mm f1.2 for my XT5
@@gerardneedham There is the Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens - I've looked at it a few times, but not sure I want to deal with something that big/heavy.. Looks like a nice lens though.
nice review
Thanks!
If you’re also into manual focusing, I highly recommend you try out the Voigtlander 27mm f2 on your Fuji. It’s a beautiful lens
Yeah I’ll email them now and see if I can get a test unit
Hi! I've been shooting on Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2 CF for two years now, it's a great lens. Good video :)
Wow that’s awesome mate
Man I agree sooo much. There should be a lot more options a that focal length
I love it
Great video
Thanks for the visit
Thank you for the video. I’m a fan of the 40mm focal length and first used it on my Canon with their pancake EF 40mm f/2.8 (which i still own) and then again on the Fuji systems I owned with XF 27mm f/2.8. Since shooting Sony I bought the Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2 CF when it first came out. Last year when I first tried the A7C I bought the small FE 40mm f/2.5 G and now use it on my A7CR and A7CII. I do like those but hope Sony will someday create a f/1.8 or even faster G or GM version. I can hope. I did just take delivery of the Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 Pro for the Sony E mount two days ago and will experiment with it on my A6700 and A7CR but it looks great. Take care.
Yeah the 27mm 1.2 viltrox is now finally available for Sony 🥰
Yeah the 27mm 1.2 viltrox is now finally available for Sony 🥰
1 word for 40mm: fun
Step back and you get “35mm”, step forward and you get “50mm”
That’s it or crop to 50mm
Great when that step back is readily available. Not always the case in urban settings.
i've gone full circle. started with DSLRS, had a whole range of lenses for different purposes. found i was only shooting with my 35mm and 40mm out of size/convenience, so i downsized to an X100F (35mm). downsized further to a Ricoh GRIIIx (40mm). after shooting for almost 7 years in this narrow focal range, i found my shots were starting to look very monotonous, and i got an itch to jump back into an interchangeable lens system. now i've got a Nikon Zf, and i'm having a ton of fun shooting with my old F mount glass, especially the crazy 10.5mm fisheye.
Yeah having a wide and a tight lens is still a must
Agreed. Agreed AGREED! Love that 40mm 2.5, and the 40mm 1.2 Voigtlander and the 27mm 2.8 Fuji (40mm). Sold the Batis. Great job! That 40mm 2.5 has some great character as well for a newer lens.
Yeah I’m pretty interested in that 1.2 voigtlander
I have found sticking to one focal length as a go to is the best way to shoot. I like the 28mm best and also shoot a lot with a 50mm. Whenever I go out I usually just bring one lens these days. Because also, changing lenses sucks.
Yeah I’m now stuck between the 24 and 28mm 😅
As 28mm + 40mm is not really much of a difference as 28mm + 50mm
I think I’ll stick with 24mm and 40mm
But I also use the tiny APSC 56mm (85mm) for Broll
So that’s my current setup
I ditched my 24mm when I bought my 20 f1.8 G. Love that lens. Plus who needs a 24mm when you have like 12 28mm lenses. @@gerardneedham
That silent impatience from your model as you change lenses is deafening. It’s all in my head I know, but it kind of kills the vibe of the shoot and even the consistency of the photos, as well as my own enjoyment. I have settled on two cameras and two lenses - 35mm and 50mm equivalent - so I never have to fumble again.
My favorite is actually the 44. It's just really hard to find
Wow that’s a niche lens
40mm is great, I get more keepers than with the 35mm, however, the fewer 35mm shots that I like are also considerably better than anything I have taken on the 40mm, it just becomes more difficult to compose the wider you go.
100% the wider you go, the more distracting elements become visible in your composition
Try the voigtlander 27mm f2 for fuji
Yeah I should give that a go aye
I accidentally started at 40mm because I wanted a 28mm like I heard my iPhone was back in 2012. Turns out I had an aps-c Canon camera, so my 28f1.8 was a more like a 40~.
Turns out I loved it. It was the perfect width for single focus images. I still have the Ricoh GRIII with a 28 for those multi-focus or busier context images, but I think 40 is ideal for more casual doco stuff. At least for most people coming in new. Unfortunately there's no RF40 right now for Canon, so I've got the 35. It's fine. The difference is about as much as an arms length so I get 35 in the EVF, 40 in the LCD with these gorilla arms.
Oh that’s a cool story, you can always use the ef 40mm f2.8 pancake with the adapter it’s the same size as my Sony 40mm
That canon 40mm is actually pretty good still.
40mm hit different
I use the RF 28 on my R10 for a very compact 45mm package.
Soon we’ll be hammering for a 40mm 1.2 or 1.4 lens 😂 Awesome content mate.
Can't wait! I have the 27mm f1.2 for APSC and it’s a beast for portraits
I've been dying to get my hands on the 40 F2.5. I'm a huge fan of 35mm and I think I'd like 40mm a lot
Yeah you should pick one up and have a go
@@gerardneedham when I have the money I plan to
👏🏻
That’s man
How does it perform in low light being f2.5? Too much grain or higher iso needing?
Um I don’t really shoot in low light much, but when I do I slap a f1.4 prime on. I did just make a low light video, it’s on the channel now
I’m curious have you tried the sigma 35mm f2?
No but I have a big interest in the f2 line from sigma
Ya i'm looking for something a little bit more compact for my sony a7cii, im thinking whether i should get the 40mm or the 35 from sigma. Anyways thanks for this video@@gerardneedham
The 40mm focal length for full frame is a good focal length, but I do prefer a 35mm focal length for full frame (from 45 years experience of photography !).
Yeah 35mm is a goat 🐐 of a lens right up there with 50mm
@@gerardneedham I NEVER use the useless 50mm focal length for full frame Cameras !
Would you recommend the Fuji 27mm F2.8 over the Fuji 23mm F2?
Um I probably would go with the 23mm f2 as you can always crop to 40mm and f2 is pretty decent in low light and for subject separation
But if you shootings images at f5.6 or f8 most of the time then the 27mm performs well
I just got a Ricoh GR IIIx and I'm loving it.
Awesome I love that camera
rly love the 40mm. if u want to have a new persoective compared to all those 35 or 50mm shots.. goo get it !
100%
Cool. 40mm is the new 50mm. Some also say 20mm is the new 24mm. By that logic, the compact Tamron 20-40mm F2.8 could be a great little travel lens
Yeah that tamron 20-40 plus a 85mm is all you need
Agree. Could possibly add Tamron 70-180 F2.8 to cover the tele end. But other than than, you'd be pretty much set @@gerardneedham
I agree! Also 40 is near to what the human eye replicates.
Side note - I’m using the Ricoh griiix to get photos for hobbyist travel etc but want a hybrid camera for travel and filming long form podcasts at the apt. Does the a7cII fit the bill? A6700? Fuji is out for me due to AF.
Yeah man both a great options, Sony FF has more lens options but APSC lenses are cheaper so depends on your budget but both are great
85mm is the best focal length
Meh 🫤, I don’t really use my 85mm for fun, I find it easy to use but the photos are all very similar.
I’m finding as get more experience as a photographer I’m shooting wider and wider, which is harder and harder
But each to there own preference, there is not a best focal length
This is partially why the 27mm f1.2 by Viltrox is so appealing
Yes it’s like no other lens
on crop sensors.
Nikon 40mmF2 is perfection
Yeah I want to try that combo with the new zf ( I think that’s the model )
Sure, a nice lens. But I would've preferred if they made this lens with at least f1.8. I understand that Sony want to have their "Baby-G"s pretty small, but f1.8 wouldn't have been really a problem. A big bigger would've been ok. For a prime lens f.2.5 is a bit.... mehhh. Not bad but also not really good. A lot of zooms have f2.8 and a prime should at least have noticeably smaller DoF, at least f1.8. I will stick with my 35mm f1.8.
Yeah or f2 like the sigma options
For what ever reason sigma never made a 40mm f2 they made a 45mm f2.5 for what ever reason and a 50mm f2
Why would you buy the 45 when you can get a f2 50mm lol
Never! Haven’t even started the video, but 50mm will always reign and only my opinion matters
Okay I’m sold
Told you 😘
For us Nikon users the 40mm f2 is fantastic.
Yeah that lens looks fantastic
No "best" focal length. I have multiple 28s, 35s, 40s, 50s and zooms. With each you get something and you give up something. For me the 35 is a the best all-arounder. A 28 and 50 combo also works well.
28 and 50 is the combo I’m now leaning towards
Rockin a 45mm Rokinon
Oh cool I didn’t know they made one
Yesss. Rokinon 45mm F1.8. Neat little lens. Rated as "recommendable" by Christopher Frost FWIW
yes 35mm 50mm 85mm 135mm is over.now is 28mm 40mm 75mm and 150mm
Yes, let’s gooooo
There's a reason it's nicknamed 'The Water Lens', it conforms to your style rather than setting it.
Oh very nice wording
Convincing, but balanced case, Gerard. I also have the Sony 40mm lens and like its performance, ergonomics, and field of view.
Key point: IMO, our “optical field of view” and “photographic field of attention” differ. The field of attention drives our focal length choices for different compositions. Vision is typically wider than what captures our attention - subjects close in or further off. E.g., folks who do much cropping in post would, IMO, likely benefit from using longer focal lengths. Does that make sense?
BTW, I didn’t get the “Do I smell?” gag. Must be a private joke.😊
Cheers!
Ahahahha the flys where right over my head, like in the cartoons 😅
That’s a great point about our “photographic field of attention”
Soon Viltrox 40mm f/2.5..
They won’t send it to me 🙃 ahahah there loss
I have the full line and they all have a serious design flaw .... but of course yt lens reviewers will never "notice" ;)
What’s the design flaw?
I’ve had no issues, like they are not a perfect GM lens, hence the size and weight
But your not going to spot what was shot on a GM lenses versus a compact G lens at the same aperture
I wish I didn’t sell 😢mine.
We’ll you can always buy a new one 🤔
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Um not sure what you mean but thanks