My Most Hated Lens - Sony 55mm Prime Sonnar f/1.8
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A lens in my camera bag causes me lots of grief. I hate it, but I also kind of love it. Watch this video to find out why I hate this lens so much and why you can, too.
Do you ever feel your landscape photography is full of 'low-hanging fruit'? If you're not shooting landscapes in the 'Hell Zone,' you're missing out.
Let me explain why I think you should embrace the most uncomfortable focal lengths and get out of your comfort zone.
Join me as I take you on a personal journey through my landscape photography, starting from the humble beginnings with a Nikon D50. I'm curious, does my story resonate with yours?
You told me that you wanted to see my failures, and this is possibly the worst photograph I've taken in the last 15 years. Only the crapometer can decide how bad it truly is.
A viewer has also complained, and I take this very seriously-so seriously, in fact, that I'm 100% going to take his advice.
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I'm sure this is resolved now but take a look at the 'Epley Maneuver' for your dizziness. Can help reduced symptoms from Menieres disease and BPPV.
I told my wife I want your book for my birthday :D I'll probably get socks again.......
All ordered and can't wait 😁
@@jeffreywatson396 Thanks Jeffrey:)
You know what seriously bothers me, how is it that your channel is not growing? You are amazing photographer and your videos are very very watchable. Not to mention your sense of humor is precious and you always make me laugh, plus you make awesome tutorials and tips + tricks. Quite some people have more subscribers than you and their content is really ''boring''. But please stay true to yourself and keep making this videos as long as possible. There are people like me who at the end of the week watch these videos like a relief and where we can just have an meal and watch banger videos!
I totally agree with you 😊
Agree 100%. The guy who drives me nuts is Peter McKinnon with his millions of followers. He basically doesn't do photography anymore. Just posts the occasional mediocre photo, and constantly shills equipment and sells his pirate crap. Gavin is both a terrific instructor and an amazing photographic artist who deserves a lot more attention.
I agree!
High blood pressure... anxiety......or just a semi 🍆
Couldn't agree more! UA-cam's algorithm is garbage. That said, I'll second the comment above and say, "Please don't change, Gavin. What you are doing is perfect."
1:33. That feeling of dizziness and light headness....I get that too when my wife does the driving.....!
So sorry about your health challenges, I wish you success in finding the cause and a solution. Very interesting topic, thanks for sharing!
Your license plate!! I’m dying over here 😂
I had to go back and check that out. 😂
Holy crap...... your right. That is gold😂
We spotted it too and couldn't stop laughing. Best number plate EVER. Soooo jealous. We would even christen the car as the SH4RT mobile...
The only way it could be better, was if the plate were on the Bigfoot. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂💜🤟
Good advice delivered in your usual manner but on a very serious note - Re the dizzyness, get your blood pressure and some scans on your ticker. I suffered the same thing and it was only by chance that I got what I thought was a chest infection was it found that at some point in the past I'd had a heart attack (It was news to me!!) and I had to have a stent put in. (30 min in theatre - wide awake - job done!) Everything now is back to normal and the dizzyness has gone. I know you like messing about, but seriously - see a quack asap! Take Care
Get a physical. Check for AFIB. Love your channel. Amanda is a hoot.
Howdy, not sure if you’re planning on continuing with this current format with your channel… either way, my wife and I wanted to express our enjoyment with your channel 1st of all all these years and this seemingly new format you’ve grasped onto…. Amanda has always been a favorite of my wife’s since joining your life and becoming a dynamic duo! Your current cross between photo shooting and photo explaining is refreshing!
I recently made the move from my budget Canon DSLR gear to a Nikon Z5. So starting fresh with lenses. I originally bought the kit lens, but a week later the 50mm 1.8S was on sale, used so I picked that up.
All I've been using for the past few months has been a 50mm. While I absolutely miss having a decent wide and zoom, I love the challenge of one focal length right now.
Cartier-Bresson shot with a 50mm lens because it most closely approximates to the way the eye sees things.
I pretty much live in the hell zone, my favourite lens is my Nikon Z 24-120 f4 and I have that on my camera 95% of the time. Also have my 50 1.8 so double down on the hell zone, lol. 📸😎
I used to shoot with 24-70 and later got 24-120, and I must say half of the pictures are still taken in 24-35 range, the longer end is much less used, and there is only about 10% pictures taken in 70-120mm range. I frankly don't even like 24-120 because it's a large, heavy lens and I much prefer having 24-70 with me. People were crazy about that lens, so I bought it when it was $200 off, but now I regret doing that.
@@USGrant21st I love it and having that extra 50mm when I want it without changing lenses is great. I don’t find it large/heavy at all for me, to each their own I guess. 🤷🏻♂️😎
Great stuff, resonated with my experience. Last year I traded in a load of DSLR for mirrorless and the one lens I kept was a Zeiss Planar 50mm F1.4 which is fantastic and in my office at work hangs my favourite photo - which was taken with it. I agree, persevere and practice the results will come and when they do, they will stand out from the ordinary.
What an excellent video, Hardcase. You include some really nice photos here, too. I really liked this one. I like Amanda's comment early on concerning your choice of places you could go to shoot that are not so wintry. Great fun. Cheers to you both.
Everything about your shared experience in your post here is exceptionally improved. Please, please, note, I'm in No-Way saying your earlier content wasn't in itself exceptional. This post features greater quality in "in car" image capture, and notably improved inclusion of your better half being present, adding to a "being present with you" sense. Your candor, while always having been a star of your show, seemed even more advanced. It's all quite welcome and imho does differentiate your content from the masses in a welcome way. I'll hope my view is one you'll find encouraging to your effort toword stepping up to the next bar in your already wonderful stories and learning experiences for your audience. ~ All The Best ✌️
I line the hell zone; I have a Nikon 24-120mm lens on most of the time and frequently shoot between 40 and 120mm. Lots of advice about your dizziness; could be as benign as earwax buildup but hope you’ll get it resolved soon. Keep well. 😊
Combination of behind-the-scene and instructional video - love it!
Great video. I've watched all your videos and i think this is the only time you haven't used a tripod. Hope your channel grows, you deserve it.
Amazing sample images. Thank you for sharing your experiences with different focal lengths.
The most horrible thing in the photo you shot was the carving some idiots did. That's the hell zone - being around those AHs.
Dizzy spells? Sounds like hypoglycemia to me. Nothing that Twirl won't fix.
I'd love to see more 'failure' videos. Not only would it make me feel less bad about my photography, but it would also help me learn more.
Can't wait to see the new book.
I have been shooting landscapes at 43mm for a few years now and it's my favourite lens to use. I was always put off using that focal length because landscape photographers don't do that. How wrong I was.
Kudos for only publishing when you are happy with the result rather than forcing out a substandard video. Really enjoyed this one.
Brilliant images and loads of useful info. I’ll get out with my 55 and try harder. Thanks!
I had Vertigo and headaches myself just recently. Turns out it was sinus related. I did a warm, salt water flush and it all went away. Saved me a trip to the neurologist. Love your videos.
Well Gavin, if you ever come to Perth, Western Australia ... reach out, you can stay with us and we would love to take you around this amazing state.
I've been. My sis lives there. Liked the Denmark area.
Thanks Gavin! Great teaching video, I just got a nice shot of a waterfall with a foreground cascade at 50mm which brought the scene together and eliminated the messy stuff
I'm so lucky to stamble over your channel, cause not only do you take great photos, but you are such a funny guy in the process 😂.
Keep up a great work and all the best to Amanda.
Sincerely;
Mr T.
Gavin thanks for this vlog.
As a Yorkshire man myself and on the doorstep to retirement, l often wonder what l will do to fill my time going forward.
Photography was my passion but lost my 'photography mojo' a few years ago. This vlog has encouraged me to dig out my eos r, 50mm prime and start experimenting.
Cheers lad 👍
I absolutely love 90-105 on crop sensor for portrait style photos. I say portrait style because I photograph individual things like flowers, mushrooms, etc. but it also works quite well for distant trees in the forest
Lately I've been shooting a LOT on a M4/3 with a 300mm f/4. At first it was very frustrating but I can easily pick out compositions that fit in the field of view and am quite happy with the photos now. Plus it yields results that are hard to get otherwise.
Due to health issues, I've been shooting a lot near where I live and have found that my best results are coming from macro and the super long lens.. I can make ordinary scenes into a tighter composition that is interesting.
Love the shot of Moraine Lake. If you ever come to Australia, you WON’T be going home with shots of that sort of massive local relief. Basically the place is mostly flat and getting above any tree line is a difficult task. Still, I know someone with your talent would absolutely nail some fabulous shots here.
I see we still are in the time frame, where the book is advertised in a somewhat sane fashion :D Great video, Gavin!
That will change ;)
Cracking video Gavin as always, the way you share this knowledge is bloody brilliant 👍🏻. As an even tighter arsed Welshman I bought an old manual focus Nikon 50mm at a car boot sale for a tenner and have taken some really good images with it, with the advice you’ve just given I’ll be out more with it now…..win win really 😊
Some of my best portraits happened with the 55mm. I sold it when I got the 50mm f/1.2GM.
Hating lenses does not compute.
My most used lens for landscape is a Nikon 16-80 mm f2.8. On my d7500 Nikon aps c crop sensor camera body. In other words firmly in your “hell zone”. It’s become my goto for
Most landscape images I take and I can really relate to your photo journey. Except I stayed in aps c land and didn’t break my credit limit with full frame bodies and lenses. Good content.
I switched between 55mm Sonnar and 50mm Planar multiple times, lol. While the light weight and compact size of the Sonnar seemed indispensable, I loved the rendering of the Planar and preferred the 50mm focal length over 55mm. Eventually, I replaced the 55mm with the new Sony 50mm G lens that is even lighter and more compact and is great for landscape photography. There is one thing I love about the Sony system: the abundance of native lenses not only from Sony but also from third party manufacturers.
I love how your license plate snuck by the sensors at the RMV !
Of course we want to see the failures 😍 also 13:22. - Knowing exactly what you’re taking about 😅. Since 2 weeks I try to photograph a specific landscape image, but the weather never complied yet. It’s a one hour drive (one way) plus a 2:30 hrs hike.
I have been thinking the same, and are in the process of getting the Canon RF24-105 F4 to accompany my 16-35. The extra reach could be invaluable.
Thank you for this video. I love my 55mm. Feel better!
i tend to find if i shoot 1:1 crop with 50mm prime it helpt me pick out comps a bit and really works well with the focal length
Hey man, have a look at vestibular migraine for the dizzy spells, might be worth ruling out, or in because there are triggers that you can avoid. Hope you feel better soon. Really enjoyed the video too pal! Love this style of video
I just watched this video on the day I was traveling home after a 15-day trip! I have been shooting Professional for 40 years this October, And I decided to see what percentage of images were in the "Hell Zone" as you put it... the answer was a surprise as I have never thought about it I've just made images That number is 18.5 % of my images fall in the "Hell Zone".
😍 Awesome images. Thanks for the motivation joining the hell zone 😅. - Get well soon 🤕. Feeling dizzy, vertigo, etc? Got the liquids? You know which one I mean. Avoid clots by taking for breakfast, lunch and dinner at least 150 to 200 mg ASA (acetylsalicylic acid) along with the meal. First two days start with a 500 mg. If you have a low haemostasis factor, well, better lots of hematomas instead of terminal blood clots. ❤
Thanks Gavin, That was very valuable and insightful advice on the hell zone focal length in lenses. Call me a cheapskate, if you like, but my photography is very much low budget - APS-C crop sensor and kit lenses: 18-55; and 55-250. That’s full-frame equivalent of about 29-88 mm and 88-400 mm.
I know the limitations of both lenses, but, sometimes, I do get some astonishingly good images, where the results are more than the sum of their parts. I will have a budget for full frame later this year.
But these full-frame equivalent focal lengths means a lot of my photography ends up in what you call the hell zone. I agree, sometimes it can be really hard to compose, especially with the shorter focal length lens. In the last year or so, I have used the longer lens to simplify something and get a better reach to something within the grander vista and really like to do that. Yes, it may be low hanging fruit sometimes.
But, after several years, I have kind of got used to these focal lengths and I think I might struggle with a really wide-angle lens. Some photographers love them, but many times, I see images where the camera is pointing down at some impressive foreground and the mountain, or sea stack in the background is not the subject, even if the photographer thought it was. Instead, the foreground becomes the subject, filling as much as two-thirds of the frame. I probably will buy a wide angle lens sometime and I am guessing the only to get comfortable with them is to use them and practice.
I developed Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in my late 20's. Gets triggered once every year or two. It's when a small crystal of calcium breaks off in the vestibules in your ear and messes up your positioning making you feel dizzy. A lot of people get help from the Epley manoeuvre, sadly my 'crystals' are in the vestibule which doesn't benefit from the movement 😞
I LOVE to hear that you fail sometimes. I fail like 80% of the time, but I do get home runs sometimes too
My Fujica 605n had the 55mm lens, so I started at that natural focal length. Wish I still had it.😢
My Tammy 35-150 has been glued to my camera for quite a while now, even with my landscapes!
My first kit was a Canon Ftb with a Canon 55/1.4. I didn't know it was bad!
I detect a style change, hmmmm. Thanks for keeping some of the humor. I loved the new video, I have never thought about the hellzone. Thanks, one more thing I can fail at. 😅
Absolutely magnifique. I’ll be acquiring my dream kit soon. Can’t wait
Oh my! That license plate! I want to know what you told them it said when you registered it!
Thanks for the reminder. I am not sure if it's cheating but I used to do Pano's with the 55. The natural look is indeed nice..
Dizziness, maybe you need some rest and refresh your Batteries. Listen to your Body. 😅💪
not cheating at all.
I sometimes think the “50ish” mm is like the 5 iron in golf. One good way to get a good feel for golf is to play a round using only the 5 iron and how you have to adapt and manipulate. So trying photographing all day with just that lens and it’s capabilities are more than you think.
35/1.4, 70-180/2.8 & 24/1.4 for me..... I do very often shoot 70mm panoramas though too. But it's again another very interesting aspect of photography.
So glad that I’m not alone on this. I passionately hate 50mm lenses (okay, 55mm, but to me that’s about the same). I love a 35 or 85 though.
Love the fun you inject into our hobby/passion that is photography. Please do not go down the route like all the rest. They are getting boring now and find your videos more watchable. Baffles me why the growth isn't happening. Maybe a 7 ways to not be a Boring photographer video would help or a 9 ways to look through somebody else's camera bag video
they've always been boring ;)
Yeah!!! Get down hear (Australia) everyone knows everything down here is better. The landscapes, weather, the food, clouds do what you tell them to do.... its true. and if you're camping just beware the drop bears. 😀
My favourite lens is the 24-70mm, which I use across the entire range. I guess it’s just where you are.
Brilliant advice. I only have one prime lens. A 50mm 1.4 it’s just a cheap one and I hardly use it
I do weddings and I wish I had the confidence to use nothing but prime lenses but 24-70 f2.8 so go for the easy option but maybe one day.
Hope you get that dizziness sorted. Possibly high blood pressure.
I’ve been having the same thing. Thought it was my heart but was inner ear problems. If you notice a pattern of dizziness when your head is in a certain position then could be inner ear and not heart related. Best to get checked regardless.
Get well soon, Gavin!
Great fun as always Gavin, Thanks for the video.
I've been shooting in the "hell zone" for quite some time. But not landscape or woodland that often, I shoot more general stuff like architecture and just about anything that has some interesting lighting and provides for an interesting visual. I've spent so much time in the 35mm-50mm zone that I've learned their deeper characteristics. 50mm gets more distant and feels even more formal
It’s horses for courses. I use the Fuji equivalent (35mm = 52.5mm on full frame), and find I can use it for practically everything and it always seems “right”. But I think that’s because it’s what I’ve been using 90% of the time for the last few years. 28mm is also natural to me as it’s what is on my phone.
Great stuff, Gavin. Thank you!
i have this lens and its my very favourite travel lens for his pleasure bokeh, everyone is comfortable with something different.
...And now we are waiting for vlog of "How to find "low hanging fruits" and photograph them. Both." Possibly on warmer countries ?
Gavin, check your blood pressure!! That’s a great places to start in figuring out what’s going on with you. There’s a chance you may also have something going on with your heart, so please book an appointment. We need you around for as long as possible!!!
A hell of a lot of moons ago when I worked parttime at Wolf Camera, I would council customers to get the camera body only and then get a "standard zoom" of some sort. Yeah, the IQ of those old zooms were not that great and the standard 50mm was optically better, but those that heeded me ended-up with many more photos that they actually liked enough to print & frame. The issue is that the "nifty 50" sees a scene in pretty much the same way that our eyes do. So unless there is something else to make the image stand-out, it is totally ordinary (or you may not get the shot at all because a fair bit of the time you can't "zoom with your feet" (and stitching images was hard, and cropping resulted in a crap image because there simply wasn't enough resolution on those old sensors).
Lens perspective has to be part of the composition considerations when framing-up the shot. I actually learned this from shooting Macro scenes where the effect of focal length is exaggerated. No "zooming with your feet" can achieve what using the right focal length can.
Of all the 50mm-ish lenses I ever had, the only one I actually kinda liked was a Asahi-Pentax 58mm f2. It gave just a tiny bit of compression. Pretty good for portraits. Currently my favorite is either a 50mm or a 35mm anamorphic lens. They are a pain in the arse to work with, but...
Oh man, the Sony 55 is magic though. Not the easiest landscape focal length but the sharpness and color is amazing.
I had some dizziness and lightheadedness a few years ago. I ended up with a serious diagnosis. You should probably see a physician soon. Good luck!
Have to argue with you - I really liked that last shot!
Anyway, I can tell from this video that you come from a time long after the heyday of 35mm film photography ('60s and '70s), when zoom lenses were considered fatally flawed and only primes were seen as good enough optically for quality work. Back then, when you bought a camera, it would come with a kit lens of 50mm or 55mm. If that wasn’t enough for all of your photography, you could save up and get a 135mm telephoto and/or a 28mm wide angle. Those were your only choices. I can still remember the first 35mm camera to come out with a medium zoom as the kit lens - the photography magazines thought it was a daring but risky move by the manufacturer (which one, I can’t remember) and wondered if the versatility would be worth the inevitable loss of image quality.
I recently just sold my 24-105mm as i found i was never in the middle range. Was either at 24mm and not wide enough, or at 105mm and struggling for more reach. Sold it to fund a 14-35mm and then picked up a 100-400 zoom. Total opposite of this video, haha. But I do have a nifty 50 in the bag... purely for looks, can't remember the last time it was on my camera. 😅 Great advise though Gavin, I really should put some effort in with the 50mm. 👏
Wow......your excellent video immediately took me back to my early days of using. my 50mm f2 Nikkor-H auto on my Nikon F.
I could never get my compositions right ...or at least not without a lot of head scratching and extra footwork. BUT I got it to work...in most cases and that was the best one and only lens I had at that time.
Of course.....that was a couple of years ago ......🧐
Sorry to hear that your not been feeling well. I’m no doctor but could you be low in iron? I get dizzy spells when my iron levels drop not enough oxygen in my blood. Hope you get better soon mate.
Press behind your ears with your index finger, if you feel pain, try an antihistamine. Work great for me. Amanda in that dress at the waterfall is one of my favorites. She is stunningly beautiful.
she is
Hopefully just simple dehydration with all the dry cold air. Try some pink Himalayan salt in warm water with some honey. Could also be prescription drugs. For me it is allergies where I forget that I cannot breath well through my nose and get light headed until I open my mouth and breath.
I, too, live in the hell zone both literally and figuratively. My main lens is a 24-90 and I live in New Jersey.
heheheh but you could easily go and do NY cityscapes ;)
Great Pictures! my old friend 😊
Gavin that photo of the birch trees is so beautiful I live in Michigan so I do love the look of the birch trees where was that photo taken 😊
Luv the Reg on the SUV.😂😂😂
Hope you’re doing better soon. Come to Australia for warmer weather and run a workshop 😊
that flight though...
@@fototripper my son flew to Canada and he said it was a very long to sit and he couldn’t sleep either
ooooo 50mm has been my favorite for years!
If you go for a hot sunny area i advice you Namibia i sow one of your friends picture in the desert its stunning and seeing your frames there will be nice
I can't agree with you about that lens, since i have been using it i haven't had a single sheet of paper blow off my desk!
I use my 28-78 2.8 more than anything. only bust out my 16-28 2.8 when the scene calls for it. my images are often 40-70mm
Hope you feel and get better soonest :)
Carlos needs a snickers 😂 nice Video buddy . I shoot with 💯 primes. 50 is my go to. Not the norm for landscapes . But that’s what I learned on years ago. And love it!
Hope you feel better soon. Maybe you need more electrolytes?
When i picked up a camera i had delusions of being a street photographer. All the time spent photographing the back of people's heads at 50mm really trained my eyeballs to see in that focal range. My hellzone struggle turns out to be 35 and wider. Lots of pretty pictures but nothing really meaningful.
Love this lens, i use it for portraits
I left this comment to support you. keep it up!
Wonderful video, great advice, I loved it a lot - thank you !!!
Dizziness (excuse the pun) sounds like the start of hearing loss on one ear. That’s my experience but I hope I am wrong in your case Gavin 👍🏻
Any tick bites before the winter? Worth checking for Lyme disease? I live in Sweden and pick them up regularly...I guess Nova Scotia is similar?
I wondered that but no.
Hi Gavin love your channel did that registration come with the vehicle or is it your toilet humour coming out once again, either way fantastic choice, keep up the great work ps get checked out I've suffered with same thing for years, no not sharting just high blood pressure and the dizziness.
Gavin, Get to a med stop and check your BP just in case!
Please don’t stand near a cliff edge. I used to have the 16-35 a 50 macro, and 70-200. I am a hobbyist, but though I didn’t need the 24-70 range as the 50 would be fine. Wrong. The 50 is way too short for closeup work, and too large a view for the background. The idea of zoom with your feet is about 95% BS. I got a 24-70 and my photography improved dramatically. The ultra wide is used far less but the telephoto I still fond extremely useful.
Gavin I'm 53 and in that hell zone in my life, my middle name is Fivos, but we drop the 'S' in greek names Fivo, (phonetically Feevo) Philipos becomes Philipou, or Philimou) a hint to where to go...how about Hawaii, I can only imagine/aspire to your level of work as these images and video are amazing. With my love and admiration to both you and Amanda.. Medical problem could be ears need looking at, no joke, but I'm no Dr....See Chart :( Sorry, yes that might be Vertigo my Mum's had it. I'm going to watch this again now, it's so funny and informative :)
I didn't see any views that I recognised of Loch Lomond & I know it's not in the title but it is on the views/date line 😜
Interesting topic I often lug around prime lens - 50 & 100mm (macro) that don't see the light of day, perhaps I should take your advice onboard 🙂
For me it’s 35mm (23 mm crop sensor). Really hard to make anything that doesn’t look like a vacation photo. If that’s your style it great. Good up close though