Pretty much everywhere you look, you’ll find a post about the “Nifty 50” and how that 50mm lens (regardless of the aperture), is one of the first lenses you should always buy. There’s a pretty good reason for that and there are plenty of lists out there (including here) on why you should have one, but for a quick and concise reason why you should have a solid 50mm lens in your kit we should just listen to Vanessa Joy explain her reasoning.
Vanessa is a wedding photographer, fashion photographer, portrait photographer, and more. She says that the 50mm lens is the most used lens in her kit for pretty much everything! So without any more rambling, let’s have a look at her video to see why;
What can you shoot with a 50mm?
- Portraits
- Groups
- Details
- Landscapes
As Vanessa says in the video above, the 50mm is super versatile and you can use it for pretty much anything. She goes even further and says If she could only take one lens and nothing else to use on a wedding day, her go to is the 50mm! If you’d like to know why, be sure to watch the whole video and check out the rest of her work!
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I used to own the Canon 50mm f1.2L and loved it as well, it’s also a super good deal used right now. However I’m with Nikon these days and at first I discovered Nikon’s 50mm lenses kind of sucked compared to the Canon 50mm f1.2L, but I discovered they make an equally if not better option in the Nikon 58mm f1.4G lens. I know it’s a little slower aperture and a little longer or less versatile, but trust me it’s amazing for portraits at f1.4-f2.8 and for anything else at f4 and above, like landscapes, etc. Nikon’s 50mm f1.8G is also amazing for its price to performance ratio, is faster to focus and sharper than the f1.4G and for half the price. You can find them used for as little as $135 and you just can’t beat the performance you get for that price, its a no brainer if your on a budget or even a seasoned professional. I decided to sell mine and bought the 58mm f1.4G because I got one for $850 used in mint condition and for me that made sense and boy am I glad I did buy it. I mainly am using my 400mm f2.8 VR and 70-200mm f2.8 FL lenses, because Im a photojournalist, but when I do anything feature/portrait related I bust out that 58mm really quick!