@@ahmadelshbasy3222 pretty solid I keep it on me majority of the time I’m using an old Canon SL2 at the moment but it’s great for street photography and wide portraits
@@lily7741 depends what your trying to do. I usually shoot my headshots or portraits with the 50mm but I also shoot portraits with the 24mm if I want to include background elements
Bought this lens almost 4 years ago and shot an entire Short film project with it! Such an underrated versatile lens that should be a must have in everyone's repertoire
It's my party camera lens of choice! I don't take my best gear to cover a party in case folks get over enthusiastic. So I dig out my old 40D and slap the 24mm on. Great for group shots in low light.
Summary: 1) It's small. 2) More versatile than a 50 mm, good for portraits AND outdoor. 3) f2.8 is a high aperture. 4) Has an STM motor, focusing is silent. 5) Its price is relatively cheap. Two cons: 1) Won't fit on a full-frame camera. 2) Focusing speed is slow.
When I bought my T2i like 7 years ago I had no idea it was a crop sensor anything and then I got the 50 1.8 to go with it and I have loved the sharpness of it but it is way too zoomed in! I've been using it and the kit lens for years because I didn't want to buy a more expensive lens! I just found out about this one though and scored it for 80 on eBay! I love it so far! I think this is the lens everyone should have for their crop sensor, not the 50! I don't know why everyone said get the 50. The 50 is way too close even for portraits sometimes!
I have to agree with you, I actually don't use my 50mm that often anymore. My go-to prime lens is a 30mm nowadays (for crop sensor) and it's a lot better overall in my opinion. $80 for a 24mm is a steal though, I always reccommend buying used!
@@yellowberrypie I bought a 24mm f2.8 STM lens from a home seller but often had trouble with focussing AF/MF because of condensation of water vapor when I get from a hot sunlight into an aircond car. I had to open up and clean the lens internally and then store in a silica gel box for weeks in order to solve the problem. So I sold it on ebay. The 50mm f1.8 lens is a better built lens. So I go a 0.45X wide angle converter to get 22.5mm and a 0.75X wide angle convertor to get 37.5mm f1.4.
I was considering this lens as the next piece in my kit but your enthusiasm just sold it to me, so the choice is made. For real. Thanks for this video!
My style and preference are telephoto, but until I get a fast telephoto, this is my favorite lens. It does pretty much anything kind of like a zoom lens: it is a pseudo macro, 2.8 is a nice apperture, is wide, but once you get close along that f2.8 and the low distortion, you get a nice portrait and enfatice whatever you are shooting, it is sharp as the 50mm 1.8 which is nicely enough, everything packed into the smallest and lightest autofocus lens you can put into a canon body.
Similar story to how I got my canon 50mm 1.4 for $150 instead of the sellers $280 starting price. Took a week of negotiation but worth it!! In perfect condition too, but didn't care for it since the seller had moved to sony gear.
I also use the 24mm lens with may canon eos 200d. This lens is universelly useable. The only negative thing is the noise from the stm motor. My rode videomicro picks the noise when the focusing range is higher. But I still recommend the pancake lens. :)
It's unfortunate it isn't as quite as other STM lenses, but it's a small price to pay for the from factor and other benefits in my opinion, especially if you only do photography! But yeah if it was just a little quieter it'd be almost perfect!
i've been researching various canon lenses today and it seems like you have a video on every single one i'm interested in! thank you so much. subscribed ✅
Thanks so much for this review! Answered all my questions on this lens, I’m an equine and family photographer, and I was recently asked to take facility photos and needed some info on it. Subscribed!
@@Egami03 Eh not really. I mean a lens hood is never a bad idea, I just never felt like I needed one for this particular lens, so unfortunately I don't have a recommendation. I prefer to keep the lens nice and small!
I want this lens for general purpose street photography. I want the 18-135 mm for my other general photography needs. It sounds strange to want 2 sort of general purpose lenses, but a nice pancake lens serves different roles.
I think this would be a great street photography lens! The focal length is great, the aperture is great, and the size is incredible! It helps be a bit more discrete too!
Glad you enjoyed it! It's definitely a fun lens, not quite as fast as the 50mm (only goes to f/2.8 rather than 1.8) but 24mm on a crop sensor is a VERY useful focal length!
Hey Josh, I plan to buy used EOS 80D and 24mm lens from your video. I would appretiate if you could provide some photo examples shot using this combination? Thanks in advance.
Even EF-S lenses will be cropped. Feel free to try it out for yourself by snapping a photo with different lenses, or link me a source that backs up your claim. If you have the 18-55mm lens and a 50mm lens put your camera on a tripod and take a photo with each. You'll find that the 50mm (which would be an 80mm by your logic), is less zoomed than the 18-55mm (which would still be 55 mm by your logic). Hope this clears up any confusion!
When shooting at night, you really can only pick one thing to focus on, the stars, or the foreground. They're extremely far apart, and it'd be difficult to do this since you need a wide open aperture to see at night. If you want to get both in focus, you'll need to do a technique called focus stacking, which take multiple photos and combines them together. For instance, one photo with the stars in focus, one with the foreground. Hope this gets you on the right track!
For FF there is the almost equivalent pancake lens, the 40 mm STM, at close to similar price. ... and really, last thing you would want to use this lens is portraits, otherwise is a very nice little lens.
Look up "long exposure photography" or "astrophotography." There are lots of videos on this, but essentially you leave the camera shutter open for 10-30 seconds to capture a LOT of light at night!
That's a tricky question, and depends on a few factors. If people are moving, faster is always better. If people are walking, talking, moving their hands etc, ideally I'd want to shoot at either 1/160 or 1/200 of a second. That being said, if I still needed more light I might go down as far as 1/80 or 1/60 of a second, and while a lot of images would be blurry, if there were brief pauses in motion and I was constantly shooting, I could get enough shots to cover an event that weren't super noisy. If you're shooting at 1/160 and maxing out the ISO you feel is acceptable, I would just lower the shutterspeed and take a TON of photos. Again, this depends on how much motion and how dark it is, but oftentimes even just 10 high quality photos is preferred to 50 "sharp" but really grainy ones, but again this all depends haha. Hope that helps and wasn't too redundant, good luck on your event!
Yep it's a good lens for that! The only downside is that it isn't image stabilized so you'll want to find some way to keep your camera steady. You can use a panning tripod, gimbal, stedicam, camera strap, etc. and your product shots will look real nice if you shoot at f/2.8!
It actually won't work. The 5D is a full-frame camera, meaning the sensor is too big for this lens (this is for crop sensor cameras with a sensor 1.6x smaller). Take a look at the Canon 40mm 2.8 STM (this is the equivalent for your camera)! Hope this helps!
I've only got a 700D, with a 50mm 1.8, the Kit lens (ew), and a 75-300mm zoom. I've been wondering if I should use my savings i've saved for this 24mm or a Rode Shotgun mic. I love photography, but right now I'm only making money through video (thankfully I barley use audio).
I'd try to think about which is going to boost your quality more. If you need audio, an actual microphone is going to make a much bigger difference in overall production quality, but if you really don't need audio then the lens might help when you're shooting wide and need a fast aperture.
Hi Josh, I will be starting my youtube channel soon, I will be sitting in some videos and standing in others. I have a cannon t7i, with a 18-55 mm lens and a nifty 50. would that cover the sitting and standing or would I need to purchase another lens. Also the space I will be using to record in is pretty small. Thank you for any advice you could give me!
If you've already got the 18-55, I'd just mess around with some angles you think you'll use, and see if 18mm is wide enough. The biggest advantage to something like the 24mm is it'll blur out your background a little more, keep your face a little bit sharper, and be a tad better for lowlight shooting. That's a pretty solid setup for starting out though, I wouldn't buy another lens unless you think you need to after a couple videos!
@@JoshWiniarski Thank you! I recently bought a 50mm lens, and a Gimbal shortly after. However, I found out that the 50mm was way too zoomed in for Gimbal use. Would you say this is the best (cheapest) lens for use on the Gimbal? Thank you again!
What gimbal did you purchase? One thing that's nice about this lens is it still has a fast aperture of f/2.8 which gives you decent shallow depth of field, while also being wider than the 50mm. Also a wider lens will lessen any camera shake you still have, and this lens will allow you to still get really close to things if needed! The only con might be that his lens isn't image stabilized, but on a gimbal it won't be a huge deal! I definitely think this is a better lens for video overall than a 50mm!
@@twentyfivefurther868 Happy to help! Haven't used that particular gimbal, but I've heard great things about it. I'm excited for you just listening haha!
Awesome, that's super cool to hear you're working on a short film! The 24mm is a really good focal length, especially if you set the aperture to 2.8! That being said, it might be tough to do every shot with this lens alone. I've worked on a few short films myself with this lens, but for instance if you're shooting indoors it might not be wide enough for certain shots, or you might want to shoot with a longer focal length for head shots. The 18-55 is a cheap option that will cover a lot of focal lengths, plus if you get the image stabilized version, it will be much better for shots with camera movement. Hope this helps!
Good question. It might be usable for "event" photography depending on the event, but probably not so much for concerts. It's a relatively wide lens, so it would be difficult to get close ups of an artist on stage. The f/2.8 aperture makes it pretty good for low-light, but I would imagine you would want something with a little more reach. A clear step up would probably be the 40mm f/2.8 but I still think that's a little limited. Sigma makes a 17-50mm f/2.8 lens that would probably be pretty good depending on where you're shooting from, but if you aren't too close to the performers, you might have to search around for something else unless you want to buy the popular but expensive 70-200mm. Hope this helps get you on the right track, let me know if you have any other questions!
I don't know if it'd be a total replacement, but a good partner. While it is sharper and better in lowlight, there are certainly limits to a prime lens. 18mm is a decent amount wider than 24mm, and while you can crop in you'll lose some detail vs shooting at 55mm.
For some people it's absolutely worth buying, but for others not so much. It's a prime lens (meaning it cant zoom) which makes it sharper than a zoom lens. On top of that it's f/2.8 which means you can get shallower depth of field (blurrier background) and it will have less noise at high ISOs in lowlight. Also it's smaller which can be handy. None of these differences are huge, but if you find yourself shooting at 24mm a lot it may be worth it for you. Hope this helps!
Tough to say. I personally haven't used the 22mm but the big advantage to the 22mm is it goes down to f/2 while this lens only goes down to f/2.8. I would assume other than that they are pretty similar, the 24mm is much cheaper though!
Definitely, these lenses are often used for very different reasons. The difference in focal length from 50mm to 24mm is actually quite big. 50mm is great for portraits, product shots, anything you want a really blurry background for. On the other hand, the 24mm can do those things, but I find I use it more for full-body shots of people, landscapes, and video. Most of my talking videos are filmed on a 24mm lens, but would be impossible to film on a 50mm without having my camera outside of my room haha. Now the 40mm pancake lens might be a different story, but the 24mm and 50mm you'll find are quite different lenses!
What lens are you using? Is your area well-lit? If you can't seem to get it to work, you could always pull focus, and then just switch the lens to manual focus. If you're just sitting and talking, it shouldn't need to track you if you're relatively still. Just another option.
Is this 24 mm lens great for recording RUclips videos in a Bedroom promoting business beauty products? The room is 11 x 11 Using a canon crop sensor T6iI camera
Absolutely! That's essentially what I used for this video (except camera was an 80D but still a crop sensor). And in case your wondering, yes you can get wider than I was in this video, the camera was probably only 3ft away from me for this shot. Lemme know if you have any other questions!
Question...I have a Canon T7i, with a 50mm and a 55-250mm lense, and I cannot take a decent family photo with any of my lenses, everything seems to be too close, is the 24mm a good lense for family photos? BTW...I just bought this camera and of course I don’t know much about cameras but I hope I can get some help with my question, thank you.
So the T7i is a crop sensor camera which means every lens you buy will have a focal length multiplied by 1.6x. So your 50mm is actually more like an 80mm on your camera. The 24mm will be a much better lens for family photos because it's approximently a 38mm lens on the T7i. I don't really take many family photos (I'm mostly landscapes but also shoot portraits and events at the moment) but I've taken casual group photos with the 24mm on a Canon 80D (also a crop sensor camera) and I love it! The f/2.8 aperture will help still get a bit of a blurry background while not being too shallow so that some faces are out of focus and others aren't. Also, because it's a prime lens (can't zoom) it's pretty dang sharp for the price. Sorry that's a lot of information but hope this helps!
Josh Winiarski thank so much for your help!!! You are awesome!! so you recommend the 24mm for my T7i for my family photos or should I get a different one?
I have a Cannon eos rebel t5i and I wanted to get the 50mm but was told to consider the 24mm due to the fact that the rebel t5i is an APC camera, anyone have any advice to which one I should consider. ( btw I do mostly street photography and portraits) thank you 💛
I'm going to give you the opposite advice and tell you to consider the 50mm (maybe). If you're looking for a portraits lens, the 50mm is the better lens for portraits. The longer focal length + faster aperture is going to do a much better job separating your subject from the background. That being said, you would opt for the 2.8 if in your street photos you want more background, more things in your frame, and you want to show what's going on besides the individual. I've taken portraits with both, and rarely reach for the 24 instead of the 50. But style also plays a role there, but I wouldn't worry about the 50 being too tight unless you shoot stuff indoors. Hope this helps, take it for what you will!
What do you think about this lens as a first and only lens to buy, for photographing mostly cityscape, street photo and people outside? Because I am planning to buy 80D just body this week, and was thinking about starting out with this lens, because there are not a lot of budget options for general purpose lenses as far as I have seen. After this, I was considering 55-250mm, as those 2, in my humble opinion, could cover most of my newbie needs.
So paired with the 80D, this lens is going to be able to do a lot as you said. Street photos, cityscapes, even portraits will all be possible, and with a 2.8 aperture this lens is a good buy. BUT, it is a little tough to recommend as a first and ONLY lens because it's a prime lens. The advantage is it will force you to get creative since you can't zoom in our out, BUT it will also make some shots very difficult to get. Something like an 18-55mm lens won't be as sharp, won't be as good at lowlight and overall will result in worse images, BUT would allow you to shoot a larger variety of things. If you're up for a little bit of a challenge it's not a bad first choice, but 24mm isn't as wide as you might think since it's on a crop sensor camera, so some cityscapes could be hard to capture. I do hesitate a little to recommend it as an ONLY lens over something that can zoom, but for a lot of situations it definitely gets the job done. Hope this helps!
@@JoshWiniarski this helps a lot, thank you so much! 80D is discounted a lot only as body only, so I don't want to overpay for the kit. And I could try to buy 55-250mm in a month or so, so those two should cover a lot of things. Too bad 35mm is so expensive for me atm. Just one more question, do you think prime as a first and only lens is a good way to get into photography and learn the 80D in and out?
@@DaidelosGaming Ah gotcha. Totally! I do think it'll be a bit more challenging, but it might help you figure out what lens you want next as well. Maybe you'll realize you want more reach and the 55-250mm will be perfect! Or maybe you'll actually want a wider lens next like the 10-18mm. I wouldn't worry about it too much, you can absolutely get some incredible shots with the lens!
@@JoshWiniarski Thanx Josh, I ended up buying a used Canon EF 20mm F2.8 USM. Not exactly a budget lens, but £200 from Ebay. The seller is well established with 273K sales and 100% pos feedback! LoL! The EOS 4000D was my present to me, so this lens is my present to, erm, Clicky, the camera! See how generous I am? 😅😁
Damn, tin tin out here is dedicated to his job
I almost spit out my lunch when I read this 🤣. It was a phase!
Josh Winiarski lmao 😂 nice video tho!
@@brunosavastano1851 Thanks!
Ded hahahahahah
Josh Winiarski Hershey who wrote Tin Tin was a paid up member of the Nazi party! 😱You might want to consider a new look ❤️
I’ve got this 24mm 2.8 lens and the 50mm 1.8. They’re both great and i don’t regret about them, highly recommend the two
Just got both after seeing this comment
@@WSOaklndBaseBoy18th what do u think about the 24?
@@ahmadelshbasy3222 pretty solid I keep it on me majority of the time I’m using an old Canon SL2 at the moment but it’s great for street photography and wide portraits
@@WSOaklndBaseBoy18th Which lens would you recommend to get first? I’m currently looking to get one but I’m stuck between these two.
@@lily7741 depends what your trying to do. I usually shoot my headshots or portraits with the 50mm but I also shoot portraits with the 24mm if I want to include background elements
Bought this lens almost 4 years ago and shot an entire Short film project with it! Such an underrated versatile lens that should be a must have in everyone's repertoire
It's my party camera lens of choice! I don't take my best gear to cover a party in case folks get over enthusiastic. So I dig out my old 40D and slap the 24mm on. Great for group shots in low light.
Right on! Yeah, I'm sure it's a good lens for that, plus it's so small and light it's just fun to use!
Summary:
1) It's small.
2) More versatile than a 50 mm, good for portraits AND outdoor.
3) f2.8 is a high aperture.
4) Has an STM motor, focusing is silent.
5) Its price is relatively cheap.
Two cons:
1) Won't fit on a full-frame camera.
2) Focusing speed is slow.
Will it work with a canon 200d mk2?
Thanks
When I bought my T2i like 7 years ago I had no idea it was a crop sensor anything and then I got the 50 1.8 to go with it and I have loved the sharpness of it but it is way too zoomed in! I've been using it and the kit lens for years because I didn't want to buy a more expensive lens! I just found out about this one though and scored it for 80 on eBay! I love it so far! I think this is the lens everyone should have for their crop sensor, not the 50! I don't know why everyone said get the 50. The 50 is way too close even for portraits sometimes!
I have to agree with you, I actually don't use my 50mm that often anymore. My go-to prime lens is a 30mm nowadays (for crop sensor) and it's a lot better overall in my opinion. $80 for a 24mm is a steal though, I always reccommend buying used!
24mm doesn't get enough credit!!
@@yellowberrypie I bought a 24mm f2.8 STM lens from a home seller but often had trouble with focussing AF/MF because of condensation of water vapor when I get from a hot sunlight into an aircond car. I had to open up and clean the lens internally and then store in a silica gel box for weeks in order to solve the problem. So I sold it on ebay.
The 50mm f1.8 lens is a better built lens. So I go a 0.45X wide angle converter to get 22.5mm and a 0.75X wide angle convertor to get 37.5mm f1.4.
I bought it and thought I would hate it however it has become my go to Street lens. And in all honesty, it's way sharper than my 50mm
It's an awesome lens for the price!
Just got it...love it. I stuck this on an M50 with the adapter. It's a beauty.
Glad to know it's working well with the m50, yeah I shoot on an 80D but I think it's my favorite lens at the moment!
I’m looking for an adapter for my m50 as well, which one did you pick up?
@@kaamkic Canon adapter is perfect (EFS to EFM adapter)
'Is that a telephoto lens in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me...?' :)
I totally agree it was a great entry level for me. Picked it up a few years back for £50 new. I loved how portable and light it was
I was considering this lens as the next piece in my kit but your enthusiasm just sold it to me, so the choice is made. For real. Thanks for this video!
Happy to help, enjoy the lens!
Not sure, but I think he likes this lens.
The picture of that bus really blew me away. Beautiful stuff, keep doing what you do!
Thanks so much, I appreciate the it! Will do!
this is the reason i bought it. it works for astrophotography.
@@gheorghepaul Awesome, yeah it's a great little lens for shooting the stars if you don't wanna drop a ton of money!
My style and preference are telephoto, but until I get a fast telephoto, this is my favorite lens. It does pretty much anything kind of like a zoom lens: it is a pseudo macro, 2.8 is a nice apperture, is wide, but once you get close along that f2.8 and the low distortion, you get a nice portrait and enfatice whatever you are shooting, it is sharp as the 50mm 1.8 which is nicely enough, everything packed into the smallest and lightest autofocus lens you can put into a canon body.
Similar story to how I got my canon 50mm 1.4 for $150 instead of the sellers $280 starting price. Took a week of negotiation but worth it!! In perfect condition too, but didn't care for it since the seller had moved to sony gear.
Right on, I love hearing stories like this! Yeah $150 is almost as cheap as the 1.8 version, that sounds like a good find, well done!
I also use the 24mm lens with may canon eos 200d. This lens is universelly useable. The only negative thing is the noise from the stm motor. My rode videomicro picks the noise when the focusing range is higher. But I still recommend the pancake lens. :)
It's unfortunate it isn't as quite as other STM lenses, but it's a small price to pay for the from factor and other benefits in my opinion, especially if you only do photography! But yeah if it was just a little quieter it'd be almost perfect!
Glad to know that this lens will work with my camera, I’ve got the same but mk2
I tossed like you said. And it broke.
Great review. You've actually convinced me to start taking it out again. Thanks!
My pleasure, hope you get some great pictures with it!
I am excited to use this and so happy it isn't as expensice as other lenses. I was told to get 35mm for my crop instead of 50 but it's way too pricey.
Hope you get some awesome shots 📷
thinking to buy this one for wedding photography, as it seems perfect to pair with 200d on a gimble with near about or less than 40mm fd
Same dude! even i want it for my 200D. Did you end up getting it? if yes how is it?
Excellent video. I've been looking for a new lens that 1.wouldn't break the bank and 2.that's small but versatile. Thanks for reviewing this.
i've been researching various canon lenses today and it seems like you have a video on every single one i'm interested in! thank you so much. subscribed ✅
Hey thanks for the support, happy to help! And don't hesitate to reach out if you have any specific questions!
I would recommend changing your camera angle. Good review by the way, thanks
Noted, thanks for the feedback!
should we use this lens over the kit lens for car photography
Thanks so much for this review! Answered all my questions on this lens, I’m an equine and family photographer, and I was recently asked to take facility photos and needed some info on it.
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I watched others review for this lens and you are the only one to convinced me to buy this one. Thank youuu i am definitely getting this lens!
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Josh Winiarski and i just bought one online haha. Do you recommend using lens hood on this one? If Yes which lens hood? Thanks
@@Egami03 Eh not really. I mean a lens hood is never a bad idea, I just never felt like I needed one for this particular lens, so unfortunately I don't have a recommendation. I prefer to keep the lens nice and small!
I want this lens for general purpose street photography. I want the 18-135 mm for my other general photography needs. It sounds strange to want 2 sort of general purpose lenses, but a nice pancake lens serves different roles.
I think this would be a great street photography lens! The focal length is great, the aperture is great, and the size is incredible! It helps be a bit more discrete too!
Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Bro you breakdown with detail all your videos really well. thanks for the uploads
Just bought the 50mm 1.8 yesterday & this video made me want to buy this one as well lol
Haha lenses can be a dangerous game, every time you buy one you start thinking about your next one!
Nice video bro. Very informative and I think I’m getting this one over the 50mm
Glad you enjoyed it! It's definitely a fun lens, not quite as fast as the 50mm (only goes to f/2.8 rather than 1.8) but 24mm on a crop sensor is a VERY useful focal length!
Looking for a new lens this was very helpful Josh.
I'm glad, hope you find something that works for you!
Hey Josh, I plan to buy used EOS 80D and 24mm lens from your video. I would appretiate if you could provide some photo examples shot using this combination? Thanks in advance.
Definitely I'm getting that
Awesome, I hope you you get some awesome photos/videos with it!
This was really informative, and made me settle on my decision to get the lens. :) Keep up the content!
Thank you, glad I could help, will do!
Subscribed. Every topic i wanted to watch you have a video about. Keep doing the great work bro!
Awesome, happy to help thanks!
Fantastic video mate! Just purchased a 50mm and thinking of getting a 24mm and this convinced me! 🙂
Glad it helped, it's a fun lens for sure!
No crop factor because it's aps-c lens so ef-s z4mm 2.8 have a focale length of 24mm. Sorry for my english I'm french
Even EF-S lenses will be cropped. Feel free to try it out for yourself by snapping a photo with different lenses, or link me a source that backs up your claim. If you have the 18-55mm lens and a 50mm lens put your camera on a tripod and take a photo with each. You'll find that the 50mm (which would be an 80mm by your logic), is less zoomed than the 18-55mm (which would still be 55 mm by your logic). Hope this clears up any confusion!
Your are wrong... This lens is designed only for apsc camera. so there is no crop factor. It's remains 24mm. Not 38mm or anything
It's 38mm zzzz
One of my favorite lens
It's pretty handy!
Hi, I’ve got a question.
I use this lens also for night photography, but usually the stars or trees are out of focus.
What should I do?
When shooting at night, you really can only pick one thing to focus on, the stars, or the foreground. They're extremely far apart, and it'd be difficult to do this since you need a wide open aperture to see at night. If you want to get both in focus, you'll need to do a technique called focus stacking, which take multiple photos and combines them together. For instance, one photo with the stars in focus, one with the foreground. Hope this gets you on the right track!
Also maybe manually focus the lens.
I find it perfect for doing panorama. It's lovely and sharp and can pano at F4 ish with great DOF.
For FF there is the almost equivalent pancake lens, the 40 mm STM, at close to similar price. ... and really, last thing you would want to use this lens is portraits, otherwise is a very nice little lens.
Oh yeah, for some reason I totally forgot about the 40mm pancake when making this video, that's my bad!
If you have a cropped sensor, this 24mm lens acts as a 40mm! I really want this one to compliment my nifty fifty :)
So far, my favorite one on APS-C
That bus photo is gorgeous. Great find and great shot!
I got it as a bundle for my 250D and I feel bad for not using it as much as the other lenses so I'm watching this
I think you should compare it to FF pancake lens Canon 40 mm f/2.8 EF STM (and not the 24mm on FF, which is much wider lens)
Already did 😁
If it does not work on a full frame camera why is it not called a 38mm 2.8?
It works with full frame camera. I am using it with EOS RP.
For the RP, take a look at the 40mm f/2.8, this one is for crop sensor cameras.
3:59 Wow, how did you get this shot exactly? Thanks.
Look up "long exposure photography" or "astrophotography." There are lots of videos on this, but essentially you leave the camera shutter open for 10-30 seconds to capture a LOT of light at night!
what should be a ideal shutter speed for indoor evening event to avoid Shutter blurr !
That's a tricky question, and depends on a few factors. If people are moving, faster is always better. If people are walking, talking, moving their hands etc, ideally I'd want to shoot at either 1/160 or 1/200 of a second. That being said, if I still needed more light I might go down as far as 1/80 or 1/60 of a second, and while a lot of images would be blurry, if there were brief pauses in motion and I was constantly shooting, I could get enough shots to cover an event that weren't super noisy. If you're shooting at 1/160 and maxing out the ISO you feel is acceptable, I would just lower the shutterspeed and take a TON of photos. Again, this depends on how much motion and how dark it is, but oftentimes even just 10 high quality photos is preferred to 50 "sharp" but really grainy ones, but again this all depends haha. Hope that helps and wasn't too redundant, good luck on your event!
Great video Josh!! Been wanting to buy this lens
Thanks, if you decide to get it be sure to capture some cool stuff with it!
Order it yesssir
Awww yeah, hope you like it as much as I do!
Thanks Josh enjoy man
I just picked it up! I’m looking forward to using it. I paid $99 brand new!
Good deal, hope you make something awesome with it!
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Can I use it for video for close up when shooting you tube video. Product close ups.
Yep it's a good lens for that! The only downside is that it isn't image stabilized so you'll want to find some way to keep your camera steady. You can use a panning tripod, gimbal, stedicam, camera strap, etc. and your product shots will look real nice if you shoot at f/2.8!
Hey, thanks for your video! I have an old 5D (Mark I, the very first model), would that lens be compatible? I'm a little confused, I have to say...
It actually won't work. The 5D is a full-frame camera, meaning the sensor is too big for this lens (this is for crop sensor cameras with a sensor 1.6x smaller). Take a look at the Canon 40mm 2.8 STM (this is the equivalent for your camera)! Hope this helps!
I have the 50mm and the 24 mm for my rebel t7. They both are very loud in video when focusing.
Should have shared more sample images in this video man
I've only got a 700D, with a 50mm 1.8, the Kit lens (ew), and a 75-300mm zoom. I've been wondering if I should use my savings i've saved for this 24mm or a Rode Shotgun mic. I love photography, but right now I'm only making money through video (thankfully I barley use audio).
I'd try to think about which is going to boost your quality more. If you need audio, an actual microphone is going to make a much bigger difference in overall production quality, but if you really don't need audio then the lens might help when you're shooting wide and need a fast aperture.
Brilliant review! Convinced m3 to buy it!
Glad I could help you out!
Can you take a picture with this lens while driving?
Hi Josh, I will be starting my youtube channel soon, I will be sitting in some videos and standing in others. I have a cannon t7i, with a 18-55 mm lens and a nifty 50. would that cover the sitting and standing or would I need to purchase another lens. Also the space I will be using to record in is pretty small. Thank you for any advice you could give me!
If you've already got the 18-55, I'd just mess around with some angles you think you'll use, and see if 18mm is wide enough. The biggest advantage to something like the 24mm is it'll blur out your background a little more, keep your face a little bit sharper, and be a tad better for lowlight shooting. That's a pretty solid setup for starting out though, I wouldn't buy another lens unless you think you need to after a couple videos!
@@JoshWiniarski Awesome! Thank you for the response and advice. I will do just that. Thanks again!!!!!
may I know how you got sunset and stars at same photo? I mean with bus one at 3:55
Loved it. Definitely needed this video to settle on my decision!
Glad I could help you with your decision! Lemme know if you have any last minute questions and go make some awesome content!
@@JoshWiniarski Thank you! I recently bought a 50mm lens, and a Gimbal shortly after. However, I found out that the 50mm was way too zoomed in for Gimbal use. Would you say this is the best (cheapest) lens for use on the Gimbal? Thank you again!
What gimbal did you purchase? One thing that's nice about this lens is it still has a fast aperture of f/2.8 which gives you decent shallow depth of field, while also being wider than the 50mm. Also a wider lens will lessen any camera shake you still have, and this lens will allow you to still get really close to things if needed! The only con might be that his lens isn't image stabilized, but on a gimbal it won't be a huge deal! I definitely think this is a better lens for video overall than a 50mm!
@@JoshWiniarski Awesome! This is really helpful! I got the Zhiyun Crane 2 :)
@@twentyfivefurther868 Happy to help! Haven't used that particular gimbal, but I've heard great things about it. I'm excited for you just listening haha!
Great Video...thank you. I am getting a 200d SL2 soon..for a short film. Will this cover most of my needs or would i need the kit 18-55 also?
Awesome, that's super cool to hear you're working on a short film! The 24mm is a really good focal length, especially if you set the aperture to 2.8! That being said, it might be tough to do every shot with this lens alone. I've worked on a few short films myself with this lens, but for instance if you're shooting indoors it might not be wide enough for certain shots, or you might want to shoot with a longer focal length for head shots. The 18-55 is a cheap option that will cover a lot of focal lengths, plus if you get the image stabilized version, it will be much better for shots with camera movement. Hope this helps!
@@JoshWiniarski Thank you very much for the detailed reply...it is very much appreciated and very helpful..
@@toofattoskate1 No problem, my pleasure!
Need a lens for my 80d on a zyhun crane gimbal will this be ok.
Definitely! This is one of the lightest and smallest lenses you can buy 🙂
is this lens good for wedding dance with external flash on?
How would this perform for car photography
Nice video. I was wondering if it is compatible with the canon 77d
Thanks! Yes it is!
is it useful for event or concert photography?
Good question. It might be usable for "event" photography depending on the event, but probably not so much for concerts. It's a relatively wide lens, so it would be difficult to get close ups of an artist on stage. The f/2.8 aperture makes it pretty good for low-light, but I would imagine you would want something with a little more reach. A clear step up would probably be the 40mm f/2.8 but I still think that's a little limited. Sigma makes a 17-50mm f/2.8 lens that would probably be pretty good depending on where you're shooting from, but if you aren't too close to the performers, you might have to search around for something else unless you want to buy the popular but expensive 70-200mm. Hope this helps get you on the right track, let me know if you have any other questions!
@@JoshWiniarski thank you so much ❤
My pleasure, hope you find something that works for you!
Great vid man, just got yourself a new subscriber...🙂.
May I ask, what lens do you use (well prefer) when you vlog...?
Is this lens good for low light? Feels like 2.8 might be too high.
I'd consider 2.8 the minimum for a lowlight lens. A lot of primes are 1.8 or 1.4 which is significantly better, but this is a good starting point.
I’m sold!
great video. it helped me make my decision to get it.
Glad I could help, hope you make some awesome content with this lens!
Hi, I have the 18-55mm lens and I was curious if I should get this to replace my landscape photography? Thanks!
I don't know if it'd be a total replacement, but a good partner. While it is sharper and better in lowlight, there are certainly limits to a prime lens. 18mm is a decent amount wider than 24mm, and while you can crop in you'll lose some detail vs shooting at 55mm.
Is it worth buying if I have STM 18-55 kit lens. I can set it at 24mm and shoot my photos... please advise
For some people it's absolutely worth buying, but for others not so much. It's a prime lens (meaning it cant zoom) which makes it sharper than a zoom lens. On top of that it's f/2.8 which means you can get shallower depth of field (blurrier background) and it will have less noise at high ISOs in lowlight. Also it's smaller which can be handy. None of these differences are huge, but if you find yourself shooting at 24mm a lot it may be worth it for you. Hope this helps!
Should I get this or the 10-18 mm for landscape ?
Great vedio is it better than 22mm lens for the mirrorless if I use addpter
Tough to say. I personally haven't used the 22mm but the big advantage to the 22mm is it goes down to f/2 while this lens only goes down to f/2.8. I would assume other than that they are pretty similar, the 24mm is much cheaper though!
Thank you for this nice review!💖 GOD BLESS Bro!😇
No problem 👍
@@JoshWiniarski 💖
Cool. Very cool and much appreciated.
Is this compatible with an m50 using the adapter
Very informative video..
I'm glad you got something out of it!
Can use full frame canon 5D
Nope. For a Canon 5D, look into the 40mm f/2.8. It's pretty much identical, just for full-frame cameras!
Is it worth having if you have a 50mm?
Definitely, these lenses are often used for very different reasons. The difference in focal length from 50mm to 24mm is actually quite big. 50mm is great for portraits, product shots, anything you want a really blurry background for. On the other hand, the 24mm can do those things, but I find I use it more for full-body shots of people, landscapes, and video. Most of my talking videos are filmed on a 24mm lens, but would be impossible to film on a 50mm without having my camera outside of my room haha. Now the 40mm pancake lens might be a different story, but the 24mm and 50mm you'll find are quite different lenses!
What’s a good distance from the camera using this lens for a talking head video in your opinion?
Probably anywhere from 3-5 feet depending on the look you're going for!
Josh Winiarski My wife is going to start a beauty/talking head RUclips channel!
Thank you very much for that information!
Every time I try to shoot a video such as the one you got going on here, but It always puts me in and out of focus?
What camera are you recording on if you don't mind me asking? Is face-tracking on? The more specific you can be, the more I can try to help!
@@JoshWiniarski Canon rebel T5i
What lens are you using? Is your area well-lit? If you can't seem to get it to work, you could always pull focus, and then just switch the lens to manual focus. If you're just sitting and talking, it shouldn't need to track you if you're relatively still. Just another option.
What kind of adapter should i use to get fit into my canon 6d
thank you josh
You're very welcome!
Is this 24 mm lens great for recording RUclips videos in a Bedroom promoting business beauty products?
The room is 11 x 11
Using a canon crop sensor T6iI camera
Absolutely! That's essentially what I used for this video (except camera was an 80D but still a crop sensor). And in case your wondering, yes you can get wider than I was in this video, the camera was probably only 3ft away from me for this shot. Lemme know if you have any other questions!
Josh Winiarski thank you sir!! I’ll focus on the 24mm instead of 30mm
@@joonajks Sounds good, I think it'll work well for you, best of luck making videos!
Question...I have a Canon T7i, with a 50mm and a 55-250mm lense, and I cannot take a decent family photo with any of my lenses, everything seems to be too close, is the 24mm a good lense for family photos?
BTW...I just bought this camera and of course I don’t know much about cameras but I hope I can get some help with my question, thank you.
So the T7i is a crop sensor camera which means every lens you buy will have a focal length multiplied by 1.6x. So your 50mm is actually more like an 80mm on your camera. The 24mm will be a much better lens for family photos because it's approximently a 38mm lens on the T7i. I don't really take many family photos (I'm mostly landscapes but also shoot portraits and events at the moment) but I've taken casual group photos with the 24mm on a Canon 80D (also a crop sensor camera) and I love it! The f/2.8 aperture will help still get a bit of a blurry background while not being too shallow so that some faces are out of focus and others aren't. Also, because it's a prime lens (can't zoom) it's pretty dang sharp for the price. Sorry that's a lot of information but hope this helps!
Josh Winiarski thank so much for your help!!! You are awesome!! so you recommend the 24mm for my T7i for my family photos or should I get a different one?
I think you'll love it for taking family photos, so yes I recommend it!
Josh Winiarski, thank you again....I really appreciate your help 😃
My pleasure, hope you take some awesome pics with whatever you end up getting!
You are an amazing person! (judging by your enthusiasm and niceness in both the video and the comment section)
Good luck with the youtube channel.
Thanks for the kind words Leon, I've got some big things planned for the channel in the near future!
@@JoshWiniarski can't wait to see them, I've subscribed!
Much appreciated, I'll try not to disappoint!
I just got the 24mm. Its a little noisy. I thought it would be silent like the kit lens. Do you think 50mm is just as good for video?
The 50mm is similar to the 24mm in terms of noise. They both have STM motors, but aren't as perfectly silent as the 18-55 or 55-250.
Both are still great for video though!
Josh Winiarski yes. I got the 50mm. It actually seems a little more silent than the 24mm.
Good video thanks 🙏
Is this lens compatible with the canon T7 ?
Yes!
I have a Cannon eos rebel t5i and I wanted to get the 50mm but was told to consider the 24mm due to the fact that the rebel t5i is an APC camera, anyone have any advice to which one I should consider. ( btw I do mostly street photography and portraits) thank you 💛
I'm going to give you the opposite advice and tell you to consider the 50mm (maybe). If you're looking for a portraits lens, the 50mm is the better lens for portraits. The longer focal length + faster aperture is going to do a much better job separating your subject from the background. That being said, you would opt for the 2.8 if in your street photos you want more background, more things in your frame, and you want to show what's going on besides the individual. I've taken portraits with both, and rarely reach for the 24 instead of the 50. But style also plays a role there, but I wouldn't worry about the 50 being too tight unless you shoot stuff indoors. Hope this helps, take it for what you will!
What do you think about this lens as a first and only lens to buy, for photographing mostly cityscape, street photo and people outside? Because I am planning to buy 80D just body this week, and was thinking about starting out with this lens, because there are not a lot of budget options for general purpose lenses as far as I have seen. After this, I was considering 55-250mm, as those 2, in my humble opinion, could cover most of my newbie needs.
So paired with the 80D, this lens is going to be able to do a lot as you said. Street photos, cityscapes, even portraits will all be possible, and with a 2.8 aperture this lens is a good buy. BUT, it is a little tough to recommend as a first and ONLY lens because it's a prime lens. The advantage is it will force you to get creative since you can't zoom in our out, BUT it will also make some shots very difficult to get. Something like an 18-55mm lens won't be as sharp, won't be as good at lowlight and overall will result in worse images, BUT would allow you to shoot a larger variety of things. If you're up for a little bit of a challenge it's not a bad first choice, but 24mm isn't as wide as you might think since it's on a crop sensor camera, so some cityscapes could be hard to capture. I do hesitate a little to recommend it as an ONLY lens over something that can zoom, but for a lot of situations it definitely gets the job done. Hope this helps!
Also, WITH a 55-250mm you are much better equipped overall, so if you have both those that isn't a bad setup!
@@JoshWiniarski this helps a lot, thank you so much! 80D is discounted a lot only as body only, so I don't want to overpay for the kit. And I could try to buy 55-250mm in a month or so, so those two should cover a lot of things. Too bad 35mm is so expensive for me atm. Just one more question, do you think prime as a first and only lens is a good way to get into photography and learn the 80D in and out?
@@DaidelosGaming Ah gotcha. Totally! I do think it'll be a bit more challenging, but it might help you figure out what lens you want next as well. Maybe you'll realize you want more reach and the 55-250mm will be perfect! Or maybe you'll actually want a wider lens next like the 10-18mm. I wouldn't worry about it too much, you can absolutely get some incredible shots with the lens!
@@JoshWiniarski Thanks a lot!
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I want a lens for filming in small spaces what isn’t zoomed in will this lens be suitable?
It's a great lens for that! If you're thinking of filming in a small bedroom sized space it might be the best lens for the price!
Thankyou 👍🏼
@@caironhorn2656 Not a problem!
Hey bro, can I use this lens on Canon 7D (it's crop sensor) ?
The 7D is an interesting camera in that regard, but yeah it should totally work with EF-S crop sensor lenses!
I'm just waiting till pay day, or my birthday, both are next week! 😁
Happy early birthday, hope you enjoy the lens!
@@JoshWiniarski Thanx Josh, I ended up buying a used Canon EF 20mm F2.8 USM. Not exactly a budget lens, but £200 from Ebay. The seller is well established with 273K sales and 100% pos feedback!
LoL! The EOS 4000D was my present to me, so this lens is my present to, erm, Clicky, the camera! See how generous I am? 😅😁
Good stuff I’m getting one now
Excited for you! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!