Can You Use a 70-200mm Lens for Street Photography?
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2021
- A 70-200mm lens is not one we would normally associate with street photography but, does it have some great qualities that make it great for getting some interesting street photos? Let's talk about it.
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Love doing street photography with a 70-200, feels more comfortable at times not having to be so close to people and being able to pick out things from further away. My 85 1.4 is still my favourite for street photography however.
Totally with you Gareth in that I prefer to shoot street photos with long lenses for exactly the same reasons.
Ditto, I'm with you both Gareth & Gary, and love my Canon 70/200 f2.8L it's been my goto lens for over a decade. Great for a variety of situations including street, even if people think you're trying to shoot past them or with a bit of a 'dummy tilt' and away from the eye when noticed, (usually after shot).
However I picked up a mint 24-105 f4L from you guys in Burgess Hill, which is a little less noticeable but has reasonable reach still, it's a perfect match for my camera. So I hope I can do some closer Journalistic captures still which is my style really. Only shot one street session so far on the day of purchase, when headed to Brighton, however Christmas Markets are looming! Great Videos btw, keep them coming.
Great comment and agree that it’s better not being so close. My last but one visit to London had the jobsworths come out and tell me not to film in a public place plus that “you need to get each person’s permission to film”. It’s also good to avoid conflict and just observe & capture.
I was down in London a couple of weeks ago to do some street or just more urban type stuff rather than my normal landscape. Went to Canary Wharf like I always do, and a worker in a high bus came up to me and said I wasn’t allowed to take pictures and he was “detaining me till security came” security guard came and said there was not issues at all with people taking pictures. Just like you say, jobsworths or people that just don’t have a clue what they are talking about.
Definitely usable! 35 and 135 have been a really good pairing. I can see taking this lens and a 24 or 35 out as a really solid two lens kit.
The compressed look is fabulous. Saul Lieter used to use a 150mm lens for his iconic street images.
I loved your argument supporting street photography's 70-200mm focal length. Currently, I use a Sigma 50-150mm (75-225mm @1.5 crop factor) on my crop frame Sony A77MII and love the look it renders; I don't think I'll change to anything else unless it's for the sake of necessity.
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Among my collection of lenses for my Nikon cameras I have the 28-300 which I use for everything. Especially for the street and whatever is in front of me. After more than 50 years of photographing I know what is best for me. During that period I have had great fun in compressing the images. Only to learn it is called layering these days. Amazing.
Right. I'll go into Manchester tomorrow - lots of street markets - get out the big zoom. I'll also take a small lens that I can use in Casualty afterwards, while waiting for my nose to get patched up.
I use the Canon EF 70-300 and it does everything you say. I need distance from my subjects and I love "Shooting through". It's both relaxed and exhilarating. Taking good photos is exhilarating and not worrying about getting punched in the face is relaxing. :-) T
Thank you for the video!
I totally agree 100%
Perhaps a Micro 4/3 camera with a 12-100 (equiv: 24-200) would be great for street photography.
I think this is a great invitation to get into Micro FourThirds for street photography. My Olympus 40-150mm (80-300mm FF equivalent) is in it's collapsed state not bigger than my Canon 18-55mm kit lens.
Oooh, that's a great idea, that would be perfect :-)
I have not done street photography with my 70-200, but question for those that have - would you use WITHOUT lens hood for that purpose to minimise its size?
That's absolutely how I do it, just to make it a little less glaringly obvious haha :-)
I've got a 100-400 mm that is the same physcal size as my 70-200 mm,
Curious, with such as bazoooka, how to handle things when you are spotted?
You say: im on Top Secret job for the Government, carry on... 😁
At 400mm I would say you have plenty of time to get away. On the other hand at 100mm....
Any lens can be used for street. But with a longer prime like 400mm you might feel a bit limited with your compositions. :)
The 70-200mm lens is certainly going to get you noticed, but only by the people in close proximity to you. Because it is a long lens and the subject is some distance away, they are not going to pick you up on their radar.
I have 5DMkIII with 50 and 80 2.8, but i find it muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch more apropriate to shoot people with my Lumix Fz2000... I KNOW its not the same quality, but zoom IS ZOOM 😁😁
Yep the 70-200 great all round lens but nobody ever mentions the Tamron EF DI VC 35 -150 now this lens is also very sharp from Tamron and smaller to boot F2.8-F4.0 wicked lens cropping is not my style.
Ahhh the 70-200. #ultimatepervelens
True street photography is not for the faint hearted. Using a huge telephoto lens and shooting from down the street is as appealing as shooting wildlife from your back yard. The point of street photography is being there in the midst of the action and learning to get close and surprising yourself by trying to get rid of that fear.