AI, a converted pre-AI lens that is over forty years old.ģ5mm and even 50mm seem rather wide for walk around lenses. I find the shots that will work with the lens I'm carrying. When I'm "walking around" I generally have only one lens with me and it can be anything from 24mm to 200mm. As so many folks have said on this thread, it has everything to do with what and how you prefer to shoot. I walked around yesterday for a couple of hours with a 135mm MF lens and it was a blast. You can probably crop slightly if needed.ģ5mm for me really, and if you want lightweight zoom, get the very underrated Nikon 35-70 f2.8 AF-D. ![]() Nikon makes a great lens to bridge this dilemma, the 24-70, which is not a light weight, but a great event lens.īetween your two fl choices I would go with 35mm. I can do a tight-ish head shot if I want with it without too much distortion and still not have a lens long enough to be limiting (vs a 85 for example).īack to the beginning. 24 f/1.4 and an 85 f/1.4)Įither 35 or 50 for me though I am more inclined to use a 50. If I needed a fast prime it would be at the extremes (i.e. When I intentionally want a wide angle look, 28mm is good for people, 24 for landscapes.Īn f/2.8 zoom like the 24-70 is a more obvious choice for FX. 50 just makes you work harder for normal shots, there's a certain working distance that's a tiny bit unnatural. 35mm, I feel is the easiest to work with, basically your phone's FOV, everyone knows it, however, I'm most happy with the results from 50. I've done museums with only 50mm and happy with the results. However when I am out with the Sony A7 I have a 55mm on the camera (my most used length on the Sony) but with a tiny Zuiko 24mm in my pocket, as 35mm is not wide enough when I desire wide. However who goes out with only one lens ? I take it you are asking this question to decide on what to buy ? In which case it'd be the 35mm as above. The 50mm is more compact though so is less obvious a big lens. The 28mm is more generic and gets more depth in the pictures. For people from the hips and higher shots use the 50mm. That combination allows cropping without any loss of IQ, to 55mm, or longer, equivalent. If I only had one lens (between 35 & 58) then it'd be the Sigma 35/1.4 ART on my D800E. Love the ART lenses, if you want light weight get the 1.8G lenses.Īnother vote for 35, even 28 is great. Nikon had that nice pancake lens.įor me its the 35mm.I use it more than my 50mm. If I had to pick one to buy first, I would get the 35mm only because it is more versatile if you want to shoot the odd landscape.įunnily enough, I usually prefer something in between, say a 40 or 45mm lens. I do favour my 58mm a bit more, but you can't go wrong with either. They offer unique perspectives that neither one can replicate. I love both 35mm and 50mm (58mm to be exact). Depends really on how you see the world and how you want to display your interpretation of such. ![]() It becomes the matter of what I prefer vs in case.Īnother vote for 28-35mm, but as others have said it's more a personal preference thing. I do prefer 50mm but sometimes it feels a bit too tight. ![]() I use both my 58mm nikon and 35mm sigma (or a 55mm 1.2 or a 35mm 2.8 manual focus depending on my mood).I used to use a 24mm, but it was too wide for me. 50mm is your normal vision and does not allow for more background captures other than what is in front of you in a more narrower perspective.ĥ0 for me.most of the time I can make it work like a 35.tougher vice versa I dig it.Ģ8mm or 35mm, more like 28mm for street photography with people and background. Call me weird, I find normal boring.ģ5 is wide enough that it pulls in a good amount of the background to provide context, but it's not so wide it's unflattering for portraits, and it also gives you a fair amount of separation between subject and background at wider apertures (I live at f/1.4-f/3.5 on mine). I never felt 50mm was anything special perspective-wise. For my style of shooting, where my working distance is 3-7', it's perfect for framing the way I like, and leaning in vs leaning back without moving my feet yields a quick and significant change in framing. ![]() 35mm vs 50mm walk around lens for full frameĪs a photojournalist, my primary body (D810) is almost always locked and loaded with a 35/1.4.
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