I learnt early on in my photography career that I don't see the world in 50mm, for me it's 35mm. I was taught that by an old photographer who told me to go and look at rows of similar buildings across a street and decide what I thought was in my prime sight and what was peripheral. Then look at the same scene through an SLR (No D in those days) with different lenses to see which one best corresponded to my prime sight area. It takes a few goes to get the hang of this but it can help you develop your natural style. Obviously, use other lenses too but it helps to know how you personally see the world when you are relaxed and not focussing your attention on subject.
I agree however The issue with that is sometimes you don’t want to show everything sometimes you want to isolate. Sometimes you want to just focus on certain aspects of your subject. This helps you to capture a different than what’s natural or show a different perspective and getting Creative in the process.
@@robertbutts8866before I finished reading this I was going to suggest trying both! I only have the nifty fifty other than the base lens, but I love to use the base lens sometimes just to find a different POV! I’d love to get a 35mm prime instead of using the base lens
I've been using a 50mm 1.8 on my full frame since the beginning and I've fallen in love with it from day 1. Light, flexible, fast, great at low light and at a fantastic budget. I think it's a lens that allows you to learn a lot starting a semi-pro photographer, including the physicality of having to move closer and further away from your subjects.
Only thing I would add is those of you who have a aps-c crop sensor camera that want the equivalent field of view of a 50mm on a full frame camera will need to opt for a 35mm prime lens.
so a nikon 50mm dx lens on crop sensor will look different than a 50 mm S fx (full frame) lens on a full frame camera? - nikon 50mm dx lens on crop sensor is actually more of an 85mm? im struggling with this ...
Some people prefer 35 mm , including me , but the 50 mm is a great lense in it's own right and is well worth having for it sharpness and wide aperture. I own a Nikkor 50 mm f1.8 and it has always done the business well for me . A light ; sharp lens to own and use , including in low light .
I have a 50mm f1.8 vintage Canon LTM & a f2 Leica Summicron. I used them exclusively with a Leica M240 on a shoot Saturday, I had amazing results. Very Happy. with my ultra small kit. I also used them on a Fuji X-T3 x 1.5 crop. You are absolutely correct 50mm is so versatile.
Thx for this video! It took me many hours on searching for some reasons in purchasing the new RF85mm/1.2 - happy to close this topic from now on! Instead I put my money in the new RF70-200/2.8 - together with my RF50mm/1.2 I should be prepared for the whole world!
Revisiting your video, because I now have a Nikon 50mm D1.8 after losing my first one over a year ago...you made me remember why I fell in LOVE with it! QUESTION: Have you ever used it on a DX camera?
Always great to hear practical suggestions and uses for various lenses. It might help if you clarified a 50mm lens for Full frame (35 mm film size) or APS-C or other as they give a different angle of view with the same lens (Eg 50mm for FF or 33.3 for APS-C ~ Call it 35 and round up) I always said a 50mm, with film, was like looking straight ahead with one eye only - whearas a 35 or 40mm was like looking with two eyes where area of vision is concerned. But that is all dfferent with an APS-C. Nowadays I think in terms of both FF & APS-C and keep two figures in my head.
@@kubowich Maybe I wasn't clear my meaning - 50 is 50 yes and I always think in full frame terms BUT on an APS-C its more like a 75 which is more of a Portrait lens and noticeably different. So when talking of applications and usage I was assuming you meant with full frame is its quite different on an APS-C - thats all
My first 50mm prime was a vintage Minolta MD 1.7 and I shot it on the x700 body. I instantly fell in love with the 35mm film experience but I fell deeply in love with that lens to the point where I've adapted it to my canon and often choose it over my native lenses. Now that I'm considering upgrading my digital body to a full frame, I'm contemplating picking up the nifty 50 1.8 instead of splurging on an L series zoom.
I was glad to hear the reference to the crop camera and the affect the 50 mm would have on that sensor. So many videos along these lines never explained if they are talking about full frame or cropped. I usually assume they mean full frame which, because I have cropped cameras, means those videos heve less relevance to me.
The difference with the depth of field with a prime lens compared to a smartphone is the manual focus. For videos it enables you to shift focus and shift the viewers attention to tell a story which currently can’t be done so well with a smartphone
I have been doing some filmmaking courses using digital cameras and smartphones and have just brought my first digital camera a Canon D5 Mark II with a 50mm lense. Glad I found you. I have subscribed to your channel so I can continue learning more. I like the way you explain things. I want to get my first zoom lense something I can take photos and videos of animals and the moon. What lense would you recommend that isn't too exspensive. I think I defiently need to learn to use the 50mm lense first so I get the hang of taking photos.
You presented many good reasons why a 50 mm lens is a great all around lens. I liked that you liked using a 50 mm lens on an APC camera because it better isolates the subject. I am a Church photographer using a Nikon Z 6 II camera with a Zikkor Z - 24-70 mm S lens in Dx ( cropped) mode. I recently purchased the popular Nikkor Z 50 mm 1.8 S lens and did wonder how to use it. I now understand when using the 50 mm to switch the two framing modes to isolate a subject or to get a wider view. Thank you! Father Dan
My Sigma Art 50m 1.4 on my Canon R5 via adapter is all I could ask for. My photos are no less than stunning. My portraits are so sharp that when I zoom in, I can literally see the debris on the subjects nose hairs.
Hey! so ur saying a nikon 50mm dx lens on crop sensor will look different than a 50 mm S fx (full frame) lens on a full frame camera? and that nikon 50mm dx lens on crop sensor is actually more of an 85mm? im struggling with this ....
I like to tuck an APS-C body in my bag to use like a teleconverter with my lenses. My usual 3-lens kit becomes a 6-lens kit, when I have the APS-C body with me.
Excuse me for the possibly dumb question but I’m relatively new to this. Would a 25mm on a 4/3 camera such as the GH5 be the same as the 50mm you’re talking about here? Have I understood that correctly? Effectively making my Lecia 25mm 1.4 a nifty fifty?
Yes. The crop factor is 2. And you can cut the aperture in half and get the same depth of field look. At f4, to f5.6, unless you are super close to the subject, you will get the background in focus. At the least, less blur. Great for street photography. Best to not go down more than f8, if possible, whereas after f8 diffraction sets in.
Hello and thank you for this video and beautiful photos! I really like my Canon RF 50 f 1.8 stm mounted on my Canon RP it forms a combo. perfect. Sometimes I also use my Caon ef 40mm f2.8 stm Pancake to be a bit wider in Landscape... Sincerely, Philgood...
50 mm is great for adapted lenses, as you don't need to go into the menus to set the focal length for IBIS, which I forget all the time with my 100 mm adapted lens. As 50 mm is standard for IBIS. Stunning images!
That's camera dependant though, on mine it asks you the focal length on every power-up with a manual lens, but defaults to whatever you used last time...
I do not like the 50mm Lens for full frame Cameras ! Any other focal length ! Today 50mm Lenses is much too expensive, not worth it !!! Earlier it was "the poor mans Lens sitting on the Camera as a kit Lens when you bought the Camera, in fact it could be very difficult to buy a Camera without a 50mm Lens, hence why there are so many used analog Lenses !
I am amazed when I see useless videos like this one appear on UA-cam. Perhaps it's because that when I started using an SLR, the 50mm was the standard lens that came with it, so that was the lens people used to learn about photography. (My next purchase was the 35mm lens - focal length that is probably nearest to the focal length of the human eye : 40mm.)
I learnt early on in my photography career that I don't see the world in 50mm, for me it's 35mm. I was taught that by an old photographer who told me to go and look at rows of similar buildings across a street and decide what I thought was in my prime sight and what was peripheral. Then look at the same scene through an SLR (No D in those days) with different lenses to see which one best corresponded to my prime sight area. It takes a few goes to get the hang of this but it can help you develop your natural style. Obviously, use other lenses too but it helps to know how you personally see the world when you are relaxed and not focussing your attention on subject.
I agree however The issue with that is sometimes you don’t want to show everything sometimes you want to isolate. Sometimes you want to just focus on certain aspects of your subject. This helps you to capture a different than what’s natural or show a different perspective and getting Creative in the process.
I have been tempted to get a 35 prime lens.. but I love my 50mm.. but I love what you said so now I will get one thank you
Might it be that you just been using crop cameras?
@@robertbutts8866before I finished reading this I was going to suggest trying both! I only have the nifty fifty other than the base lens, but I love to use the base lens sometimes just to find a different POV! I’d love to get a 35mm prime instead of using the base lens
I've been using a 50mm 1.8 on my full frame since the beginning and I've fallen in love with it from day 1. Light, flexible, fast, great at low light and at a fantastic budget. I think it's a lens that allows you to learn a lot starting a semi-pro photographer, including the physicality of having to move closer and further away from your subjects.
Hi..for occasions like house parties, when I don't have room to move back and take everyone in frame..50mm doesn't work..will 35mm be of help here?
Only thing I would add is those of you who have a aps-c crop sensor camera that want the equivalent field of view of a 50mm on a full frame camera will need to opt for a 35mm prime lens.
35mm f1.8 lens on a Sony A6100 is my "nifty fifty". Nice combo !
35mm DX is superb on aps
so a nikon 50mm dx lens on crop sensor will look different than a 50 mm S fx (full frame) lens on a full frame camera? - nikon 50mm dx lens on crop sensor is actually more of an 85mm? im struggling with this ...
@@comment_below yes, aps-c cameras zoom in at around 1.61x the actual focal length so 35mm is actually 50mm on a crop sensor
Some people prefer 35 mm , including me , but the 50 mm is a great lense in it's own right and is well worth having for it sharpness and wide aperture. I own a Nikkor 50 mm f1.8 and it has always done the business well for me . A light ; sharp lens to own and use , including in low light .
I have a 50mm f1.8 vintage Canon LTM & a f2 Leica Summicron. I used them exclusively with a Leica M240 on a shoot Saturday, I had amazing results. Very Happy. with my ultra small kit. I also used them on a Fuji X-T3 x 1.5 crop. You are absolutely correct 50mm is so versatile.
Thx for this video! It took me many hours on searching for some reasons in purchasing the new RF85mm/1.2 - happy to close this topic from now on! Instead I put my money in the new RF70-200/2.8 - together with my RF50mm/1.2 I should be prepared for the whole world!
Revisiting your video, because I now have a Nikon 50mm D1.8 after losing my first one over a year ago...you made me remember why I fell in LOVE with it! QUESTION: Have you ever used it on a DX camera?
Love this video! I lost my 50mm lens and ended up with a 55mm macro Nikon manual lens, and once I got used to the manual focusing, I LOVE IT! :)
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Always great to hear practical suggestions and uses for various lenses. It might help if you clarified a 50mm lens for Full frame (35 mm film size) or APS-C or other as they give a different angle of view with the same lens (Eg 50mm for FF or 33.3 for APS-C ~ Call it 35 and round up) I always said a 50mm, with film, was like looking straight ahead with one eye only - whearas a 35 or 40mm was like looking with two eyes where area of vision is concerned. But that is all dfferent with an APS-C. Nowadays I think in terms of both FF & APS-C and keep two figures in my head.
50mm is a 50mm…do your own conversion based on what camera type you use and keep it to yourself.
@@kubowich Maybe I wasn't clear my meaning - 50 is 50 yes and I always think in full frame terms BUT on an APS-C its more like a 75 which is more of a Portrait lens and noticeably different. So when talking of applications and usage I was assuming you meant with full frame is its quite different on an APS-C - thats all
My first 50mm prime was a vintage Minolta MD 1.7 and I shot it on the x700 body. I instantly fell in love with the 35mm film experience but I fell deeply in love with that lens to the point where I've adapted it to my canon and often choose it over my native lenses. Now that I'm considering upgrading my digital body to a full frame, I'm contemplating picking up the nifty 50 1.8 instead of splurging on an L series zoom.
I was glad to hear the reference to the crop camera and the affect the 50 mm would have on that sensor. So many videos along these lines never explained if they are talking about full frame or cropped. I usually assume they mean full frame which, because I have cropped cameras, means those videos heve less relevance to me.
The difference with the depth of field with a prime lens compared to a smartphone is the manual focus.
For videos it enables you to shift focus and shift the viewers attention to tell a story which currently can’t be done so well with a smartphone
Wonderful reasons and examples of the virtues of a 50mm lens.
I have been doing some filmmaking courses using digital cameras and smartphones and have just brought my first digital camera a Canon D5 Mark II with a 50mm lense. Glad I found you. I have subscribed to your channel so I can continue learning more. I like the way you explain things. I want to get my first zoom lense something I can take photos and videos of animals and the moon. What lense would you recommend that isn't too exspensive. I think I defiently need to learn to use the 50mm lense first so I get the hang of taking photos.
Using my 50mm with a crop sensor camera definitely changes a lot for me. Turns it into basically just a portrait lens
You presented many good reasons why a 50 mm lens is a great all around lens. I liked that you liked using a 50 mm lens on an APC camera because it better isolates the subject. I am a Church photographer using a Nikon Z 6 II camera with a Zikkor Z - 24-70 mm S lens in Dx ( cropped) mode. I recently purchased the popular Nikkor Z 50 mm 1.8 S lens and did wonder how to use it. I now understand when using the 50 mm to switch the two framing modes to isolate a subject or to get a wider view. Thank you!
Father Dan
Wonderful tutorial. Now I will not underestimate my Canon 50 mm 1.8. Your photos are superb. What presets do you use?
Can I use 50mm f1.4 moving subject? My friend is going to baptize on Saturday in the water and I’m planning to use 50mm, is that a good idea?
Its tutorial tuesday!!!! Love it!!!! Great vid mate
My Sigma Art 50m 1.4 on my Canon R5 via adapter is all I could ask for. My photos are no less than stunning. My portraits are so sharp that when I zoom in, I can literally see the debris on the subjects nose hairs.
I really want that lens
That tutorial Tuesday bit cracked me up...
My 50mm f/1.2 RF and R5 are arriving on Friday, I can't wait to go out shooting.
Love my RF 50mm/1.2 - Today i will get my R6. Lets see if those cam is working faster than a EOS R
Amazing quality videos good work thank you for the tutorials
Great video. I was trying to decide 85mm or 50mm. I will try a fifty thanks to this video.
Which onef1.2,f1.4orf1.8?
@@mejhon6592 1.8
@@movelarde7551 and how is it you like it or you have the 50mm f1.4 now?
Can you use this lens for some action shots? If so, What setting do you recommend ?
Hey! so ur saying a nikon 50mm dx lens on crop sensor will look different than a 50 mm S fx (full frame) lens on a full frame camera? and that nikon 50mm dx lens on crop sensor is actually more of an 85mm? im struggling with this ....
Nicely done, nifty 50 is a great lens.
FUJIFILM XF35mm1.4 is my favourite 50mm FF equivalent. Tried everything from Leica to Nikon etc
do you edit your photos or they come out with that coloring and everything?
Do you have a video for getting bokeh with this lens please ?
useful lens based content Thanks Park Cameras.
This was really helpful, thanks!
I like to tuck an APS-C body in my bag to use like a teleconverter with my lenses. My usual 3-lens kit becomes a 6-lens kit, when I have the APS-C body with me.
Love tutorial Tuesday
Excuse me for the possibly dumb question but I’m relatively new to this. Would a 25mm on a 4/3 camera such as the GH5 be the same as the 50mm you’re talking about here? Have I understood that correctly? Effectively making my Lecia 25mm 1.4 a nifty fifty?
Yes. The crop factor is 2. And you can cut the aperture in half and get the same depth of field look. At f4, to f5.6, unless you are super close to the subject, you will get the background in focus. At the least, less blur. Great for street photography. Best to not go down more than f8, if possible, whereas after f8 diffraction sets in.
Looking to dive into Leica M11 and since I probably can afford one lense initially this was useful.
sir, i want to buy 50mm, can it be used for recording myself portrait video?
Eastbourne is a good location to use my RF 50mm f/1.2L
Is 50mm f 1.8 good for concert photog?
But what if you get into Micro Four Thirds? Do you still use the 50mm or something that approximates the field of view of a 50mm on a Full frame?
25mm
Hello and thank you for this video and beautiful photos! I really like my Canon RF 50 f 1.8 stm mounted on my Canon RP it forms a combo. perfect. Sometimes I also use my Caon ef 40mm f2.8 stm Pancake to be a bit wider in Landscape...
Sincerely,
Philgood...
50 mm Panorama machen, schon ist das Problem gelöst ! ❤
I started with a Nikon N2000 & Nikkor 50mm 1.8 .
50mm RF 1.8 is my 1st Lens Favorite.. .
Thanks for sharing the information
It’s ironic that today happens to be Tuesday. 😀
is this a zoom lens?
Whats the better Setting?
50 mm is great for adapted lenses, as you don't need to go into the menus to set the focal length for IBIS, which I forget all the time with my 100 mm adapted lens. As 50 mm is standard for IBIS.
Stunning images!
That's camera dependant though, on mine it asks you the focal length on every power-up with a manual lens, but defaults to whatever you used last time...
@@JonInLondon I see! On my a7III I need to remember myself, so I decided I'll only get 50 mm as adapted lenses.
@@bioliv1 There's a World of other fun lenses out there though 🙂
Either way enjoy!
I found the 50mm range a little boring. I didnt use mine regularly until I was 3 years in.
Back in 35mm film camera days, the 50mm we called the “Sneaker Zoom”. Want a closer shot? Walk over to the subject.
My best pics came out from 50mm! I see better World with 50mm! Nice video! Thanks
Working to know my lenses better
presume that is 35mm in crop sensor cameras?
Bought Canon RP with 50/1.8 only as compact camera. Challenge awaits, never had one prime only.
Superb content.
How far away can a 50mm shoot?
Infinity 😂
50mm on a Nikon APS-C crop sensor is 75mm equivalent.
I Recently buy 50mm for my cannon m50 mark ii camera
a camera in ur collection which is no longer of use to u can be of great help to me. thank you
that intro 😂😂
Nikon D2X manual 50mm 1.2
I carry a 24mm every day and just bought a 50, and struggling. Hah
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I see your pictures is great from your perception with 50mm lens.
I do not like the 50mm Lens for full frame Cameras ! Any other focal length ! Today 50mm Lenses is much too expensive, not worth it !!! Earlier it was "the poor mans Lens sitting on the Camera as a kit Lens when you bought the Camera, in fact it could be very difficult to buy a Camera without a 50mm Lens, hence why there are so many used analog Lenses !
Girls...That's 1.9 inches, i don't really know why you want more
I am amazed when I see useless videos like this one appear on UA-cam.
Perhaps it's because that when I started using an SLR, the 50mm was the standard lens that came with it, so that was the lens people used to learn about photography. (My next purchase was the 35mm lens - focal length that is probably nearest to the focal length of the human eye : 40mm.)
talk to much
Please don't use this mic.. the chillness is too high. Treble