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50mm FOV lens for APS-C?

Started Feb 3, 2022 | Questions thread
OP maboleth Contributing Member • Posts: 831
Re: 50mm FOV lens for APS-C?

Tom Holly wrote:

How come you change to APS if you want classic 50mm focal length?

I like crop format more. I started my photography business with 7D and made some wonderful portraits and action shots with it.

It's lighter and for the same FOV as on FF, lenses are smaller and cheaper.
Further, I love the images that I get when using 50mm on a Crop (80mm equiv. FOV). So I figured it would be nice to have 50mm feel on aps too... 35mm is narrower but very close to "normal" lens fov.

I have both 90D and 6DII, and I much rather a 50 on the 6D II, than a shorter focal length on the 90D. The $100 50mm STM at f/3.2 on full frame will be sharper than say a 35 f2 IS @ f2.

That's an option, certainly, and similar DOF as on crop (f3.2 -> f2 on crop) but I'm trying to avoid 5d4 wherever I can now and build a complete Crop setup for me. Before you ask why, it's weight and size + I love getting used to one system at a time (Crop).

But I also thought, if I buy 35mm f2 IS, I could also use it on both cameras if needed and benefit from both FOVs.

I've owned the 18-35 sigma. I found it too heavy.

Uh, that's one of my concerns also... The main one is AF consistency, as Sigma was notorious for being "odd". Not sure how 18-35 behaves with Canon 90D though. But I am afraid to invest into that lens, only to pull my hair out if it doesn't work as I wanted it to.

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