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What are the uses of a high quality 50mm lens?

Started Jul 23, 2018 | Discussions thread
Barry Pearson
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Re: What are the uses of a high quality 50mm lens?

Holger Bargen wrote:

This guy has some reasons for the 50 mm lens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgLDxAF2GI4

You can't compare a zoom based gear with a primes based gear - and if you look at primes the 50 mm lens is a centre point in your equipment - the most versatile focal length.

When I first used Pentax SLRs, I started with an 85mm f/1.9 lens. (I didn't find 50mm useful). Then I added a 35mm lens.

(I had a 50mm lens on my non-interchangeable-lens camera before that. I think that experience is what put me off 50mm).

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