The lens with the fixed lenght 50mm actually almost similar in focal length with the Kit lens 18-55mm whith maximum zoomed in.For crop camera type, prime lens 5omm is a short tele lens, meanwhile for full frame camera this lens is standard lens.
If you never use this lens, maybe there’s question in your head : why i must buy a lens that cannot zooming and have standard focal lenght? Why i have to buy this lens , i have kit lens where the focal lenght 50mm including inside? The answer is you have to try it , you’ll figure out the amazing power of this lens. But don’t worry in this article i will explain the magic of lens 50mm.
So what’s the magic of this lens?
So what’s the magic of this lens?
1. Quick
Prime lens have maximum aperture which is possible to shoot in minimum light condition. With the maximum aperture f/1.8 or f/1.4, we still can shoot in the dim light when the other lens has given up.
For example, canon lens EF 50mm f/1.4 have maximum aperture in f/1.4 position. Meanwhile Kit lens 18-55mm f/1.4 have maximum aperture in f/5.6 position. From stop counting,prime lens 50mm f/1.4 have 4 stops that faster than Kit lens . 4 stops is the numbers that so many. It means you can shoot without flash in dim light, or you can shoot very beautiful bokeh photograph .
2. Good Performance Optic
The lens 50mm produce very high quality picture, even the cheapest lens (50mm f/1.8) . This lens help you shoot the more sharp photo and also no need spend much money to get many great photos.
Prime lens 50mm was made since dozen years ago, it means the lens maker is very expert with this lens. Moreover the design and optic structure inside is relatively simple better than other lens, and it’s compared with the zoom lens. even a cheapest prime lens can give you high quality depth photo and free from chromatic aberration.
3. As the Portrait Lens in Crop Camera
In crop camera with crop factor 1.5, prime lens 50mm have focal lenght efective 75mm (50 x 1.5). It means if you have DSLR camera crop, then you’ve had ideal short tele lens for portrait photograph.
4. Without Zoom / Fixed
It was so obvious that prime lens is fixed lens, it means that cannot zoomed in nor out. To change framing a photo objext, we must move our body and sometimes our legs. Indirectly this habit can raise your composition skill atomaticallyand your sense toward lens to gett the suitable angle. This is the very good thing, isn’t it?
The limititation of zooming make us to more creative to train our eyes , and help us tounderstanding the important thing in photography such as : Composition and lights.
5. Lights in weight
Almost all prime lens 50mm have the light weight better than other lens ( except lens 50mm f/1.2 for Canon). When you must walk far or traveling, weight factor become quite crucial. Shooting activity should be the enjoyed process, and take a walk while bring the 1 kg lens or more is quite hassle. It can’t be happen when you bring lens 50mm, light and you will enjoy during shooting process.
6. As the Macro lens
A prime lens 50mm us the ideal lens if you want have macrolens without have to buy macro special lens. Use the extention tube or you can set it in reverse using reverse ring , voila ...we have change prime lens 50mm become a lens with the macro skill with high quality.
7. Cheap
Prime lens 50mm is a lens with fantastic quality and more important thing is the price is so cheap better than other lens. You can buy prime lens 50mm f/1.8 Nikon or Canon around 100$.
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