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What a collection of beautiful photos you have here! I love the 50mm (but I've some sort of an 'allergy' to the 35 to which prefer the 40 or the 28 - there's something with the 35 that won't click with me somehow, although I have it in my bag). Thanks for sharing. I'll subscribe to your channel.

Do you have an opinion on back-button focusing? It seems to me that it addresses all of the issues that you described and makes zone focusing easy. On some cameras like my Canon you can enable manual focusing while in AF mode so you have the best of both worlds.

I use 28, 35 and 50mm on an M2 depending on the subject and environment.

Gracias por su interesante video! He trabajado el paisaje desde los años 80s con cámaras de 35 mm B/W. Mis mejores resultados han Sido con Leica M3 / 135 lentes. Y un filtro rojo o anaranjado.. Muchas gracias Saludos desde México!

It's great landscape photos with 50mm lens shooting ! Your photos inspired me, I will learn and practice from you .Thank you for making this video.

Many of my better landscape photographs were taken on a Mamiya 7 with a 50mm equivalent lens. Since moving to digital I’ve used several focal lengths on my Leica, including 50mm. I find 50mm an excellent focal length and, if I feel a picture demands a wider view, it’s often possible to create a wider perspective by shooting several shots and merging them in post-processing. I rarely do that but a 50mm makes it easier because there’s less distortion in each image.

Your landscape photos are really stunning!! I like a lot of them. I'm 79 years old and own a Nikon D750 and about 7 to ten lenses of Nikon manual lenses of different focal lengths. I prefer to use 50mm/1.4 most of the time. Those lenses are leftover of film era when I used Nikon F, Nikon FM2, and Nikon F3. Thank you for your beautiful and breathtaking photos!!

With all the different subjects that I photograph including events, i never limit my self to one or two focal lengths, i look at my cameras as lens as tools to capture an image. Back years ago when you can work on csrs i had a tool box with a variety of different tools 🔧, wrenches and sockets. If i know exactly what I plan on photographing i can limit my self to one camera body and a lens or two, in September of this year i will drive 7 hours to the Eastern Shores of Virginia, i will be staying at a sea side island that has a variety of birds, is a home to wild ponies and will also be photographing the sun rise and sunset along the coastline. For this trip i plan on taking two to three cameras and a variety of different lens as i will be using both my car as bike to travel to different areas on the island. I will also have a camera with me while I am at dinner as the restaurant i will be eating at will be on the water, i might get some sunset after dinner. So i like having a selection of glass to cover my trip.

If you want a wider view, take overlapping snaps and combine the files later. Camera vertical for a better height:width ratio. Ideally on a panorama head to rotate the camera about the nodal point but you can approximate that by hand. Look at the scene with one shut and keep still, may not look as good as it did with both eyes.

Thankyou very much for such a great video. I thought I was alone in using 50mm for landscape. Your image of the rainbow above the strip of bright field is one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen. You have captured so much in a single frame 🙂

Wonderful video and wise insights. I have several cameras and many lenses, but some of the best pictures I’ve taken in recent years were with an old Olympus film camera and 50mm lens. Your photos are beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for making this video. Subscribed.

A very factual/truthful talk rather than tutorial. Very true indeed when you mention the photographers perception. Hence in my view (excuse the pun), choice of lens, settings are all controlled by that perception, with a little arithmetic added. Excellent viewing. TQ

The photographers who are "well known" usually are very articulate regarding all the reasons why not just how they work in the field. It's part of what makes their work significant, they tell you exactly why it's significant. Since you are comfortable with the 50mm maybe try another focal length?

Wow. I am glad to see your new video and appreciate your informative content that gives me a clear answer to my question. Your picture inspired me for a new perspective of 50mm for landscape photography. Thanks again and will keep watching your next Video.

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I'm 80! Most of my images done with 50mm on my M3, 57 years in my use). It's the easiest to frame on M3, prefer the perspective! The 50mm is the least expensive lens? f2 is more than enough! In recent years due to more and more folks everywhere, need 35mm, to get near my subjects.. I think 35mm is the new choice, because the best large frame in VF. Bravo!

Hi Morten! I just came from buying my first Nikon 55 1.8 D second hand in mint condition, It's night and I have done a couple of test shot in my city, and I am delighted! it's so nice to work with a fast lens, and since my camera don't have a motor and neither the lens it's so light to handle, and so confrtable to carry not like the original zoom lens. I will spend many time with this! Cheers!

Photography for money is not a profession, it is a trade.

I am 71 yo Leica photograph since i was 16 yo. I have always used 50mm 95% of the time including for landscape.

Glad to see that there is somebody else still using the M9! By the way, what filter are using on it? ND?

Greetings from Athens Greece

The 50mm wide-angle lens on my 6x7cm medium format camera is a personal favorite of mine.

Thank you for this video, I have subscribed. Can I give you some feedback? The camera that filmed you as you spoke varies the recording quality, dropping and rising in resolution. It is also under-exposing most of the time. Additionally, when listened to through headphones, the sound has an uneven left-right dynamic. These are technical issues, that once resolved, will enhance the overall quality of your excellent and highly appreciated input. I look forward to seeing more of your videos, thank you.

Your M9 looks gorgeous, I’ve been an m6 shooter for several years but I’m thinking of getting an M digital for a bit more convenience. Does the M9 give the filmic feel of the M8? Love your video btw, I’ve subscribed. With respect to 50mm for landscape…I’m currently exploring film landscapes with a Hasselblad 80mm (60mm equiv.) it’s liberating, I now see the world with a 50mm eye, which is opening up some really interesting opportunities.

I have gear addiction for everything I do, a symptom of my ADHD I expect. Thankyou for reminding me what I have is enough, I have a fujifilm xt-1 with a 35mm manual focus/aperture lens and I should just use it and learn my gear and style.

I got into photography solely to shoot my own reference material for oil painting. When I started everyone said “oh you’re gonna need a wide angle for landscapes!” So I did. The strangest thing was, while as a photograph a wide angle distortion looks cool, it does NOT work in a painting. I can’t explain exactly why. Both are visual, 2 dimensional images, but wide angle just doesn’t translate to painting. I think Bresson somehow figured this out and that’s why he used a 50.

I tried this method a couple of days ago before watching this and was quite surprised and pleased with the number of 'keeps' I got. Thank you.

Do you have sample landscape pictures from 50mm? I never see landscape pictures from 50mm professional photographer.

I have watched countless videos giving photography advice but this was so enlightening. No talk of ISO, Dof, aperture choice, shutter speed, full manual, mode priority etc. All advice on training your vision. I looked at your web site and I instantly realised I could learn volumes by studying your images. Your monochrome images are wonderful and many are story telling. I have subscribed to your channel and newsletter. Thank you.

Thank you for this wonderful advise

I’ve just picked up a Konica iiia which has a 50mm 1.8 fixed lens so in order to force myself to master it. Great time to find your video. Subscribed.

For photojournalism I used to use a 50mm on one body and a 17-40mm on the other. But nowadays the 24-70mm on one body and a 70-200mm on the other and it is a godsend. But my 50mm 1.4 Sigma Art is my favorite lens, especially when I have freedom of movement and time.

Super video Sir!

Wonderful video and great advice. I am embarking on this approach now.

Great video and very motivating when I could finally hear you speak. Your vocal track is coming out of the left channel only! One lens and one track :D

Can I ask who made the music for your intro?

I know it's tricky to photograph with a 50mm lens, but with perseverance and some practice, it is worth using the lens, because it shows objects in a more balanced and realistic way than other lenses.

I'd say that 50mm feels like cheating. 90% or more of photos with 50mm are good. I even took a beautiful photo of dirty dishes in my sink with it. Imo 50mm is a must have. I have an old nikon af 1.8g.

Most newer users go 35mm! Why? Because the 35mm Frame in viewfinder is best! I too now use 35mm more often, in Street snaps, because I need to get closer. Too many people! I've used 50mm Collapsible Summicron since 1966.

I have just found your channel from your video on using a 50mm lens. You are so right about zooms. I have a couple but find that I'm using them less and less lately. There's just more to think about when using a zoom and I'm older than you! I also have a Sony a7rii and enjoy using old lenses such as a Takumar 50mm f1.4 that cost about 12 euros and came with a film camera attached! Have a few others but find that when the adapters are fitted they become quite large. I have been trying a TTArtisan 50mm f2 which has the Sony E mount and getting surprisingly good results for very little money. I limited myself to 50mm today and think I will try and use only the one lens for a while. You are right when you say that shooting becomes more instinctive.

I shoot a fair bit of sports and it simply isn`t safe to get as close as you would like to be. A 50 mm lens would get you killed. I therefore use zooms when I have too although they aren`t my favourite type of lens. For fairly static stuff I agree you have more choice .

No dialogue? I can hear the intro music but can't hear you speaking... curious...

I never understood this argument. I can see the zoom I need for getting the picture, once I see the scene. I also know if I should get closer or not. It is just a matter of learning. The only reason to restrict myself to 50mm is that my 24-70 is only f/4. Sometimes, this is not good enough. Also, the 50mm f/1.8 I have has a nicer Bokeh, but not by much.

I agree with you Morten. When you have one lens you dont need to think which lens should I pulll out of my bag and miss the shot.

I used a lot of legacy lenses, they are cheap and cool, but I found manual focusing pretty much impossible with modern cameras. Though most of them have some form of focus peaking, it's still too imprecise. In some cameras you have a "hamburger" that shows whether your focus is point before/behind the subject, it's very precise, but it takes incredible patience to use it, and even a tiny move of camera or focus ring causes a misfocus. Of course, sometimes you may not care, but if a person's eye on a portrait is not razor sharp, it will spoil the picture. You can see even a tiny misfocusing on 4k monitors. We got away with manual focusing in film days because the pictures were blurry for various reasons and usually prints were quite small in size.

I never ever could accommodate with the 50mm. 35mm is my home.

My left ear enjoyed this.

What a hassle.

Great video. I’ve never mastered zone focusing properly. I use 35mm and 50mm on my Leica M and I always use f11 or so to maximise the chance of hitting focus, along with using low-continuous drive mode. For many shots that’s ok as I want the background also to be in focus but I’m jealous of people who can manage to get pictures with shallower depth of field in faster moving environments. Do you ever prefocus at, say, two metres ahead and then fire the shutter when you judge someone walking towards is about that far away?