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

Started Jul 23, 2018 | Discussions thread
Barry Pearson
OP Barry Pearson Veteran Member • Posts: 9,625
Some interesting examples

I've been looking at the photos that people have recently been posting to this forum, in search of potential uses of a lens like the D FA* 50mm f/1.4.

Astrotracing:
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61408333

Some very nice 50mm f/1.2 photos at a link provided by Raghu R (thanks!)
http://www.josephjamesphotography.com/lenses/50L/

At that link, of the f/1.2 photos, I think the "people" photos work best. I suspect that is what I would use this Pentax lens for: (non-studio) street candids and informal portraits.

The vast majority of photos posted in this forum appear not to be taken with a 50mm lens.

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