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Is 24mm better than 50mm lens?

Is 24mm better than 50mm lens?

When it comes to photographing people, a 50mm lens emphasizes the subject, whereas a 24mm lens shows the environment. Image taken with a Canon 60D and a 50mm lens. That’s why a 50mm lens is great for head and shoulders portraits, while a 24mm lens is great for photographing people in the context of their surroundings.

What is 50 mm lens best for?

50mm lenses are fast lenses with a fast maximum aperture. The most basic 50mm lenses are typically F1. 8 – a very wide aperture. This means they are great for low-light photography (e.g. low-light portraiture or indoor shooting) as they allow more light into the camera’s sensor.

Why is the 24 70 lens so expensive?

Supply and demand. Aside from the quality aspect, it’s expensive because it’s the only 24-70 F2. 8 range zoom lens with the manufacturers fastest focus system (USM). Sigma and Tamron do not make a 24-70 type lenses with HSM etc.

Can you zoom with 50mm lens?

‘. With 50mm prime lenses, instead of zooming with your hand, you will zoom with your feet. You’ll get closer to your subject to isolate it from a distracting background, which will mostly be abstract shapes (especially if you have the f/1.4 version).

What is 24mm lens good for?

So on a cropped sensor camera, the 24mm lens functions roughly as a 38mm lens, and the 50mm lens functions as an 80mm lens. In other words, the 50mm lens is great for head-and-shoulders portraits, while the 24mm lens is great for photographing people in the context of their surroundings.

What is a 24-105mm lens good for?

The 24-105mm is great for urban shots where you want to zoom out to get the whole scene. It is also nice to walk around with one lens when you have to climb a bunch of stairs, like at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

What is 24mm on full frame?

24mm is an interesting focal length for both full frame and APS-C (crop sensor) cameras. On a full frame camera it’s a very useful wideangle, maybe the widest focal length that doesn’t obviously give rise to images with “perspective distortion”.