Always 35! :D Reason: 50 is too close at times, 24 gives you this wide angle perspective distortion which makes it more or less useless for my taste. 35 is wide enough/not too close while being visually more neutral compared to wide and ultrawide angels. Plus, it's ideal for video.
I used to shoot mostly 50. It’s great at isolating subjects. But I prefer 35 as my daily lens, because you can get more of the scene, and it’s more forgiving when shooting wider apertures. Which, is probably why 35 is a classic documentary focal length.
I liked the 24mm and 50mm shots the most. If I were shooting street photos I'd likely want those focal lengths if I had a full frame camera. (I tend to shoot either really tight or really wide.)
Glad to see another photographer who has the same stylistic choices I do. I see the world in 24mm, but every one of these primes have a special place for specific purposes, which, is mildly annoying since I always see life cinematically as well. Think either Wes Anderson or M.Night Shyamalan. What lens do you usually use in everyday photography? I have a Canon M50 and I use an 18-200 Tamron Telephoto lens. It gets me by, but there's something more that I seem to be searching for. Do you have an Instagram with your photos? I'd love to see them and get in contact to swap ideas.
I'm a Nikon user but when doing street work I opt for my Fuji X100V. The smaller camera is less obtrusive and people seem to react to it better than a big clunky camera/lens.
This video was so helpful. I've been wanting to get back into photography. I have an A7II with a 35 mm that has been collecting dust. Paired with my t3i from my early days of photography. Kept it because I'm in love my my 50 mm lens. I might have to go with another 50 mm for my sony but still browsing.
I think what also matters is what body you have, because these focal lengths are different with different bodies, like apsc vs fullframe. For streetphotography, the fave focal length will also be different based on preferences and styles.
yup i'm getting the 24 for my next trip to Tokyo for sakura season. gonna spend most of the time walking around taking pictures of the sakura sea and their buildings. thanks for the video it's pretty inspiring!
Great video, few time ago I was trying to understand which lens to buy first and this video helped me a lot! Now that I got multiple lenses I just wanted you to say that the first lens I got is still my favourite one, meaning that this video helped me nail the best lens for my style of photografy :) at first try! I'd defenitelly suggest this video to anyone looking for their first lens
What about the 40mm (like the 40mm f/2.5 G)? Seem to strike a balance between 35 and 50? My favorite part of the video was in Chinatown when the lady said “no pictures ma’am”…
hi, thanks for this comparison. it helps me as a beginner. i've always use prosumer cameras before, but this year i try to use mirrorless and i start to learn about the lens slowly
I like 24mm it’s good talking environmental portrait particularly with family. No need to go far from family in crowded place at same time we can take photo with decent amount of body is covered
The Nikon 1 - V1, with 10mm Lens, is my Camera I like using for Street Shooting.. Small, and Touristy Looking, so People don't pay much attention to what I'm doing! I even bring my Pentax Q, when I want a Super Small, and Easy to carry around type of Camera, instead of one looking like a Bazooka pointed at the Public!
I think a point and shoot is best for street photography. It attracts very little attention and people don’t think you are doing anything too serious. When that woman told you “no pictures” is what I constantly had with a large DSLR
I need to make my way to NY. I do enjoy 24 a great deal, but I struggle with allowing myself to be close to peeps. I need to use silent shutter more often.
If you're worried about attracting attention, you should be using the LCD screen and carrying the camera at chest/waist height, not looking through the viewfinder. That matters more than the lens. You can walk right past people on the street and take the shot when they're close or where you want them to be. The other consideration is, do you like to isolate a subject, or shoot a scene containing a subject. Street "portraits" are inherently way more boring to me, IMO. Street photography is more about "street scenes," in my mind.
So, Lizzie, what aperture do you use while doing this? I ask because I am wondering if 2.8 would be good enough in which case the 24-70 2.8 offers a lot of flexibility and the new "mark II" version is "manageable" for walking around.
How is it inconspicuous when you walk and shoot with the camera glued to your eye?! Street photographers will either shoot from the hip or bring the EVF to the eye, shoot and put it down again.
Right! And the lens’s options! Then she says I like the small factor and proceeds to pull out a humongous 24mm 1.4 lens! I was laughing throughout the whole video.
i like the 28 and 35 for street !!! ... but you do all the 35 and 50 mm pics in vertical, and just some 24 in horizontal and i saw many photographers doing that, you thing it's because of the instagram thinking ??? nice video
imo 35 is an awkward middle ground. a 40mm gives you a slightly more flexible FOV than a 50 but still maintains that subject/detail focus and cinematic look. If you're going down to 35 mind as well go to 28/24..
What would be the benefit of picking just one prime for the day over a 24-70 f2.8? Is the difference that grand to stick to a prime just for the 1.4 or 1.8?
@@dmitriflorez I haven’t, which is why I’m asking. I’ve just always heard staying at low aperture just because you can isn’t always best. Showing more background at a slightly higher aperture helps tell a story, which is what I thought street photography is about. Of course it’s all preference but I feel the cost of f2.8 in order to have the range of 3 primes in one lens might out weigh having ability of f1.4.. unless ur doing night time street photography. But I’m still on a kit lens and learning, so was just curious.
People downplay it, but a premium prime just has this look of extra depth to it that you do not get with a 2.8. I used to shoot on 2.8 zooms and sold most of them off in favor of 1.4 primes.
Don’t get too caught up in the zoom vs prime debate, esp in street photography (except as you mentioned when light is non existent for nighttime). Most of the time ppl just opt for primes cuz they’re more inconspicuous than using 24-70 zooms on the street. If you know what focal length works best for you, then you get all your photos with that same perspective and ultimately build your style. Just my 2 cents!
That's ny dilemma. I want to pick up a prime to complement my 24-70, which probably will be a sigma 85 1.4. I really like the 24-70, but people notice me more than before. I used to shoot a samyang 24 1.8 and a sony 85 1.8 and those lenses are tiny. Almost made my a7r3 look like a toy camera. The sigma 24-70 makes me look like a pedo/professional and stand out like a sore thumb.
Great video, I see some negative comments at the end of the day you can’t please everyone. I wonder how many of the negative commenters actually have stuff posted on their channel.
Neither. 28 mm is the best. and you never raise the camera to your eye. THEN you'll feel comfortable. I shoot with a pretty slim Nikon Z6 M2 and 28 mm f/2.8, carrying it on a strap around my neck. 99.999% of people pay me no attention as I'm pushing the 'Go' button from the chest ;)
I feel like walking around with that big and bulky camera is not ideal for street photography. I’d rather use an APSC or micro 4/3 camera and still get great image quality.
It's obvious that you don't feel comfortable doing street photography. That's why the 50mm was more natural for you. You also chose big obtrusive lenses and you did not blend in the street. Shooting a model in the street is NOT street photography. Next time take a small Zeiss 35/2.8, stop looking at the EVF and get closer to people. You'll get much more interesting results.
U realy did street photography with 2kilo monster size full frame 😂😂😂? I stopped at 35 seeing u have no idea what composition is but i see u like film like simulation preset in light room cheers
Why are you so scared to photograph people? I shoot mostly with a 24 ot 28mm lens. I do streetphotography all day every day. Practisch more with shooting people. It will make your photo's more interesting and you dont have to walk with your camera glued on your face
@@dimakor5914 depends on how you shoot - I feel like 85+ puts you IN the scene where everything under 50 is looking at a scene … if that makes sense :)
With my APS-C cameras I like 20mm1.8 it give me a 30mm full frame equivalent so it's wide enough for street and architecture. I used it in New Orleans to shoot both without changing lenses
Why focus on the people who only destroy, ruin, kill and simply destroy everything around them? After seeing how bad we react in crisis (corona, financial), I simply get disgusted by people 😬 and therefore I try to focus on what is interesting in the surroundings I'm in 😊 24mm is my favorite 💪 Would love to see more of the places you are, especially when you call it street photography 😉 people in focus, then it's portraits 😊
I’d have to agree and say the 50mm is pretty good for street photography if you are capturing people without any background concepts; subjects are the key with that lens. I personally like the 35 for street because it allows you to capture the background which gives a total picture of the scene; similar to the 24 but not as wide. Either way with any of those you can’t lose; you just need to have a general idea of what you are shooting for. Good video! NYC is full of scenery
If you feel uncomfortable getting close to people it may help if you don't carry a camera with a lens the size of a brick. It's street photography not a photo shoot for Vogue Magazine.
Much thanks, Lizzie. This was fantastic. A question, would you ever use/choose a 50mm manual focus for this type of shooting? Why or why not? Please don’t hold my preference of 50 over 35 😄
That’s what I figured. After my 50, my next focal length up is 135 so when I shoot with my 50 after the 135, it feels like how you’re describing the 35.
I felt good with the 50mm but I'm kind of in love with the 24mm pics! What's your pick?
24 and the 85 :)
What camera did you use?
Lizzie, have you considered using a smaller camera for street photography?
no,no, no, it's all wrong, there is nothing better than 50-400mm for street shooting.
Always 35! :D
Reason: 50 is too close at times, 24 gives you this wide angle perspective distortion which makes it more or less useless for my taste. 35 is wide enough/not too close while being visually more neutral compared to wide and ultrawide angels. Plus, it's ideal for video.
I used to shoot mostly 50. It’s great at isolating subjects. But I prefer 35 as my daily lens, because you can get more of the scene, and it’s more forgiving when shooting wider apertures. Which, is probably why 35 is a classic documentary focal length.
Hello, are you using a full frame or apsc camera?
@@rizwanzaman1793Based on what they wrote about, it would be full frame. 😊
24 is also nice because you can technically crop into the other focal lengths but not the other way around
yes exactly, and many cameras require shooting cropped in certain video modes
I love the 24mm and the 50mm photos!
This video is the best argument for a 24-70 f2.8 zoom.
I liked the 24mm and 50mm shots the most. If I were shooting street photos I'd likely want those focal lengths if I had a full frame camera. (I tend to shoot either really tight or really wide.)
Glad to see another photographer who has the same stylistic choices I do. I see the world in 24mm, but every one of these primes have a special place for specific purposes, which, is mildly annoying since I always see life cinematically as well. Think either Wes Anderson or M.Night Shyamalan.
What lens do you usually use in everyday photography? I have a Canon M50 and I use an 18-200 Tamron Telephoto lens. It gets me by, but there's something more that I seem to be searching for. Do you have an Instagram with your photos? I'd love to see them and get in contact to swap ideas.
I'm a Nikon user but when doing street work I opt for my Fuji X100V. The smaller camera is less obtrusive and people seem to react to it better than a big clunky camera/lens.
This video was so helpful. I've been wanting to get back into photography. I have an A7II with a 35 mm that has been collecting dust. Paired with my t3i from my early days of photography. Kept it because I'm in love my my 50 mm lens. I might have to go with another 50 mm for my sony but still browsing.
I think what also matters is what body you have, because these focal lengths are different with different bodies, like apsc vs fullframe. For streetphotography, the fave focal length will also be different based on preferences and styles.
Loved the look of the 50mm. Thanks for another awesome video.
That’s why my go to lens for street photography is the 70-200..it’s not for everyone, but that to me is king… for prime… I would do 50 or 85
28mm. After 40 years it’s still the focal length of choice for me. You can get close without the extra unnecessary distortion.
yup i'm getting the 24 for my next trip to Tokyo for sakura season. gonna spend most of the time walking around taking pictures of the sakura sea and their buildings. thanks for the video it's pretty inspiring!
Any updates on the 24 in Tokyo??
100% agree, I can see why the 50mm felt a safe choice to use if it was only one choice all day but I love all the 24mm pics.
Great video, few time ago I was trying to understand which lens to buy first and this video helped me a lot! Now that I got multiple lenses I just wanted you to say that the first lens I got is still my favourite one, meaning that this video helped me nail the best lens for my style of photografy :) at first try! I'd defenitelly suggest this video to anyone looking for their first lens
Love it - honourable mention for the 85mm!
What about the 40mm (like the 40mm f/2.5 G)? Seem to strike a balance between 35 and 50? My favorite part of the video was in Chinatown when the lady said “no pictures ma’am”…
hi, thanks for this comparison. it helps me as a beginner. i've always use prosumer cameras before, but this year i try to use mirrorless and i start to learn about the lens slowly
Nice. I’m a big fan of the 50mm. Especially with a mist filter on at night. 😊
I like 24mm it’s good talking environmental portrait particularly with family. No need to go far from family in crowded place at same time we can take photo with decent amount of body is covered
The Nikon 1 - V1, with 10mm Lens, is my Camera I like using for Street Shooting.. Small, and Touristy Looking, so People don't pay much attention to what I'm doing! I even bring my Pentax Q, when I want a Super Small, and Easy to carry around type of Camera, instead of one looking like a Bazooka pointed at the Public!
I don't agree on the silent mode. Electronic shutter comes with too many disadvantages and makes on a noisy street no sense
I think a point and shoot is best for street photography. It attracts very little attention and people don’t think you are doing anything too serious. When that woman told you “no pictures” is what I constantly had with a large DSLR
Never tried 35 I'm going to be buying that next. Great video by the way!
I need to make my way to NY. I do enjoy 24 a great deal, but I struggle with allowing myself to be close to peeps. I need to use silent shutter more often.
Fun video. 1.4mm for street photography is bold!
If you're worried about attracting attention, you should be using the LCD screen and carrying the camera at chest/waist height, not looking through the viewfinder. That matters more than the lens. You can walk right past people on the street and take the shot when they're close or where you want them to be. The other consideration is, do you like to isolate a subject, or shoot a scene containing a subject. Street "portraits" are inherently way more boring to me, IMO. Street photography is more about "street scenes," in my mind.
So, Lizzie, what aperture do you use while doing this? I ask because I am wondering if 2.8 would be good enough in which case the 24-70 2.8 offers a lot of flexibility and the new "mark II" version is "manageable" for walking around.
go for it
For street photography, I reach for my Sony 16-35 f2.8 GM...
Nailed it with the 24mm, it really good the story in the moment
How is it inconspicuous when you walk and shoot with the camera glued to your eye?! Street photographers will either shoot from the hip or bring the EVF to the eye, shoot and put it down again.
Right! And the lens’s options! Then she says I like the small factor and proceeds to pull out a humongous 24mm 1.4 lens! I was laughing throughout the whole video.
Great comparison video! Also, love your fashion aesthetic!
Ugh I’m taking a trip back home today & noticed I don’t have a 50mm and you made me want one!!! But thank you for the insight!!
what lens your use when filming?
I was wandering about that the whole time
This is not street photography, this is portrait photography in the street, cmon.
What lens have you occupied for the video ah? Look very professional? Can you tell me pls?
i like the 28 and 35 for street !!! ... but you do all the 35 and 50 mm pics in vertical, and just some 24 in horizontal and i saw many photographers doing that, you thing it's because of the instagram thinking ??? nice video
I think the 50mm is for me, but also 85mm is interesting for street photography
for street photography i use a telephoto lens
Sony 40mm f/2.5 G FTW
imo 35 is an awkward middle ground. a 40mm gives you a slightly more flexible FOV than a 50 but still maintains that subject/detail focus and cinematic look. If you're going down to 35 mind as well go to 28/24..
Capture 1 the best photography programs? The times they are a changin'
I love the 24mm. It's my favorite focal range for street photography.
Great photography
I like the 30mm 1.4.
What would be the benefit of picking just one prime for the day over a 24-70 f2.8? Is the difference that grand to stick to a prime just for the 1.4 or 1.8?
Have you compared a 1.4 or 1.2 vs a 2.8. Makes me sad to use a 2.8 unless I absolutely have to
@@dmitriflorez I haven’t, which is why I’m asking. I’ve just always heard staying at low aperture just because you can isn’t always best. Showing more background at a slightly higher aperture helps tell a story, which is what I thought street photography is about. Of course it’s all preference but I feel the cost of f2.8 in order to have the range of 3 primes in one lens might out weigh having ability of f1.4.. unless ur doing night time street photography. But I’m still on a kit lens and learning, so was just curious.
People downplay it, but a premium prime just has this look of extra depth to it that you do not get with a 2.8. I used to shoot on 2.8 zooms and sold most of them off in favor of 1.4 primes.
Don’t get too caught up in the zoom vs prime debate, esp in street photography (except as you mentioned when light is non existent for nighttime). Most of the time ppl just opt for primes cuz they’re more inconspicuous than using 24-70 zooms on the street. If you know what focal length works best for you, then you get all your photos with that same perspective and ultimately build your style. Just my 2 cents!
That's ny dilemma. I want to pick up a prime to complement my 24-70, which probably will be a sigma 85 1.4. I really like the 24-70, but people notice me more than before. I used to shoot a samyang 24 1.8 and a sony 85 1.8 and those lenses are tiny. Almost made my a7r3 look like a toy camera. The sigma 24-70 makes me look like a pedo/professional and stand out like a sore thumb.
Great vid. also lizzie do be cute
85mm
What is your shutter speed when taking a shot while walking?
400 and up for action. That includes the photographers action of walking also.
I wish you would cover more content in regards to video editing.
I predict Lizzie moves to Fuji within 2 years.
That FF camera is just huge
My 100mm Macro lens doubles as an excellent, unobtrusive street lens
Great video, I see some negative comments at the end of the day you can’t please everyone. I wonder how many of the negative commenters actually have stuff posted on their channel.
I’ll go an 85 or 135mm!😊
85mm lens is the best street photography lens
Neither. 28 mm is the best. and you never raise the camera to your eye. THEN you'll feel comfortable. I shoot with a pretty slim Nikon Z6 M2 and 28 mm f/2.8, carrying it on a strap around my neck. 99.999% of people pay me no attention as I'm pushing the 'Go' button from the chest ;)
I have an old school mindset, nothing like a "nifty fifty"
be careful. hope you have some security off camera. photographers get mugged in some cities
I shoot street with my 100-400 lol
I'm really liking sonys pictures. Fujis(what I shoot) is very punchy but sonys remind me of their movies, a cool washed out look.
I’m kind of the opposite of you, I don’t like people in my photos at all, 6:55 is a fantastic reason to never snap people.
You are soo beautiful ❤
Your 50 feels like there is a smudge on the glass
Lizzie who?
24mm-70mm is all you need
For me it's 28mm and 40mm period. If I only one prime lens it's always be 28mm
I feel like walking around with that big and bulky camera is not ideal for street photography. I’d rather use an APSC or micro 4/3 camera and still get great image quality.
Or a rangefinder camera.
ok so you basically shoot some flowers, then hire a model and call it street photography? interesting concept.
Jealously?
@@dmitriflorez absolutely.
Exactly. That was not street photography.
That's model photography... That ain't street photography.
Thats just so true 😂
85 all day any day
I'm sure nobody will object if such pretty girl will get close with 35 mm lens.
24 mm seems too wide for street photo, I would go with 28
👍🏻
Street photography? No!
But you seem sweet.
28mm actually.
The art of shameless peremptory affirmations
It's obvious that you don't feel comfortable doing street photography.
That's why the 50mm was more natural for you.
You also chose big obtrusive lenses and you did not blend in the street.
Shooting a model in the street is NOT street photography.
Next time take a small Zeiss 35/2.8, stop looking at the EVF and get closer to people. You'll get much more interesting results.
And by the way, Zooms work better for Street Shooting!!
U realy did street photography with 2kilo monster size full frame 😂😂😂? I stopped at 35 seeing u have no idea what composition is but i see u like film like simulation preset in light room cheers
24 mm this is not streetmideks are not street mmmmm
street is 28 or 35. I'm not sure what you call the stuff you are doing with a model. its not street.
no offence but Capture one sux
this is not street photography sorry , this is photography on street
Why are you so scared to photograph people? I shoot mostly with a 24 ot 28mm lens. I do streetphotography all day every day. Practisch more with shooting people. It will make your photo's more interesting and you dont have to walk with your camera glued on your face
Lesson one: Place the strap of your camera around your neck.
(Switched off after that. 🤷🏻♀️)
85 (and also 105 / 135 ) are soooo underrated when it comes to street! .. I got my favorites with the 85 for sure
85 is the actual angle of view of the human eye BTW
It is more candid portraits, than street. I spent a lot of time with 70-200/2.8 making photos of random people. It was fun.
@@dimakor5914 depends on how you shoot - I feel like 85+ puts you IN the scene where everything under 50 is looking at a scene … if that makes sense :)
85 isolates subject a bit too much for street
@@Skiinye Sometimes that's exactly what photographers want. I like to focus on small details in a busy scene
Definitely a lens comparison, but more of a walk and a photoshoot, not really street photography? Kinda? I do like the photos from the subway station.
Writes video description to be about lenses then proceeds to spend 80% of the time talking about composition and editing software ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
85mm for street works best for me.
Exactly! Shorter focal lenght people will usually notice You so…
Does this person know what street photography is? This is so weird. This is literally (environmental) portraits, not street photography.
85mm all day, everyday.
I actually like the 24mm shots!!!
With my APS-C cameras I like 20mm1.8 it give me a 30mm full frame equivalent so it's wide enough for street and architecture. I used it in New Orleans to shoot both without changing lenses
Why focus on the people who only destroy, ruin, kill and simply destroy everything around them? After seeing how bad we react in crisis (corona, financial), I simply get disgusted by people 😬 and therefore I try to focus on what is interesting in the surroundings I'm in 😊 24mm is my favorite 💪
Would love to see more of the places you are, especially when you call it street photography 😉 people in focus, then it's portraits 😊
Street to me is about the architecture, cityscapes, form, shadows. People usually are not the focus of street for me either.
But aren't you "people", or do you consider yourself a higher being because you take photographs?
I’d have to agree and say the 50mm is pretty good for street photography if you are capturing people without any background concepts; subjects are the key with that lens. I personally like the 35 for street because it allows you to capture the background which gives a total picture of the scene; similar to the 24 but not as wide. Either way with any of those you can’t lose; you just need to have a general idea of what you are shooting for. Good video! NYC is full of scenery
If you feel uncomfortable getting close to people it may help if you don't carry a camera with a lens the size of a brick. It's street photography not a photo shoot for Vogue Magazine.
Much thanks, Lizzie. This was fantastic.
A question, would you ever use/choose a 50mm manual focus for this type of shooting? Why or why not? Please don’t hold my preference of 50 over 35 😄
Your video title is street photography but you took very little streets you just shot your friend.
Street photography just aint your thing.
45mm
Anyone know what filter she used for her photos?
I have a 24 and 50 but I’ve always been curious about a 35.
To me a 35 feels like a 24 without the stress of edge distortion.
That’s what I figured. After my 50, my next focal length up is 135 so when I shoot with my 50 after the 135, it feels like how you’re describing the 35.