35mm vs 50mm for Travel Photography 

35mm= full story 50mm = focus on story

I love seeing the raw unedited photos first! It’s shows that I am taking fine photos, I just don’t know how to edit yet.

To me, 35mm is a winner for travel photography. When we say travel photography you want to include your backgrounds and show where you are. You’ll also be able to use it to take landscape photos, whereas 50mm is more focused on portraits most of the time.

I think that the 35mm is great for landscape and building photography, but the 50mm is much better for portraits and close up takes.

35 vs 50. If i only can pick 1. I always choose the 35. Its often easier to move forward than to move back. If i need the close up. Then i pick the 85. I often skip the 50.

35 mm for landscape and street photography and 50mm for portraits

I think that the 50mm is better for portraits and the 35mm for landscapes. I definetely need to invest in the 35 very quick!! Nice photos btw

Some photos are better without the preset!!!! and personally i think 35mm is way more interesting and flexible

35mm is better since travel shots would want to include more background

I am a sucker for a good 50mm lens. It's the perfect lens for all styles of photography. Watching this video just solidified my stance on that.

I think the 35 mm is the way to go if you care about the background.

Thanks for this video- so helpful! Loved the 35mm so much better it adds more depth and dimension to the images. Poland is so gorgeous would love to visit one day 💕

50mm takes it away in the portraits , also you look frikin gorgeous in those portraits 😍😍.

Ahhhh that was beautiful ♥️♥️♥️ love the 35 for most of those situations. Close up Portraits the 35 and 50 are equally great

I look forward to checking out your ideas/creations on the upcoming vids and excited as well. Fascinating video as always Julia.

i would prefer as wide as possible when i go for travel..i just wanna see everything captured as memory

Can we stop and give props to Dan for a moment, he does really good photography!

I think I'm loving the 50 mm photos! I mean both are fantastic, but I love the 50mm. But I think it's really just a style preference.

Love the video Julia!! Dan always captures beautiful portraits of you!! When I use my 35 in golden hour backlighting, it has a hard time capturing focus but my 50 has absolutely no problem getting focus. I feel like these two lenses really compliment each other. Where one falls short, the other one is able to compensate. What do you think?

35 is my absolute favorite prime lens!

This video just showed me again that my kit is missing a 35 mm lens. I just love the look of it! But I love the 50 mm as well! Great comparison:)

I really like how you explain things and your shots are so great. I'm a huge fan now 🙌🏻

I think the way you describe the 2 different focal lengths as either "editorial" or "romantic" is spot on. I shot with a 50mm most of the time, and I loved the character and expressions and mood you can capture. After watching your videos I've been trying to experiment with a 35mm to create more interesting environmental compositions and its challenging! With the 50mm it just simplified the composition to capture artistically a mood or a moment. But when I use the 35mm when it connects with an interesting location, it looks really cool. Almost like a story board frame,, which emphasizes lines, the environment,, and and subjects relationship to the environment.. I'm constantly torn whether to bring one lens or the other on family trips as I don't want to fiddle around with lenses...and for some reason I dislike zooms. The curse or a hobbist!

I’m glad I watched this video.. Just yesterday I bought my new 50mm lens for my Canon M50.. When to do a few shots and I loved it.. Thanks for sharing all these wonderful tips.

Nice comparison video, it is difficult to say which is better as a travel lens, I think it depends on how you as a photographer 'see a picture', the lenses do offer a different perspective on each scene but neither lens is right or wrong and certainly every photographer should own one of these lenses as both are great walk around lenses.

I liked a mixture of photos from each lens. The food shots, definitely the 35mm, because you didn't have to raise up so high. The tower shot (closeup), the 50mm. The portraits of you; both. -- I carry both primes when I travel, and go through the trouble of switching out lenses, but also recognize that at times I won't have my preferred lens mounted for a particular shot, and yet it's worth carrying both for me. Thanks for taking on this subject!

Great video Julia! I honestly can't decide, I love them both, I guess it depends on the day. Loved all the photos in this video.

absolutely loved this and loved the beautiful location you guys were in! Would definitely love to see a video on what you pack in your camera bag while traveling!!!

Magnific video ! great comparaison ! thanks :D

Personally I prefer a zoom lens for travel photography. The 24-105 for example is so versatile. You can take great portraits with beautiful backgrounds and you still have very wide angle lens at 24mm. But for night photography prime lenses are better.

You think of almost every scenarios that will encounter. Love it! You are very considerate!

Amazing fotoz and great comparison on both the lenses, take care Julia !

Gdańsk, how nice :) Greetings from Szczecin, Poland! And happy easter 🐰

I like 24mm for travel. It's great for capturing context, large buildings, landscapes, and excels in confined spaces like museums where you can't always zoom with your feet. I love my Sony 24mm f1.4. Its small, light, inconspicuous, & it performs great in low light, which also comes up a lot when traveling. As for zoom lenses, 24-70mm covers most of your travel needs, though there are times where I'd like more reach.

You are just adorable when you are finding postures for being photographed and you just play around like a kid :)

I loved this comparison lens video! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 more please!

Wondering if shooting a lot of weddings has anything to do with the preference for 35mm over 50mm. Pulls more environment into frame for context; generally favorable for events. Bit more flex, space-wise for full body shots if shooting in tighter quarters. Arm's length shots (food); 24mm easier to work with. Doubles as a vlog lens for travel In the end, suppose it really just boils down to preference in composition.

Great video and beautiful photos ! Greetings from Poland ♥

This helped so much! Was debating on the work of a 35mm in scenic backgrounds and to capture people at the same time. Youve helped me make up my mind!

I loved all the photos with he 35mm and loved the pre set editing

I was sure I wanted the 50mm for travel/street photography but after seeing the side-by-side comparisons I feel the 35mm allows more opportunity to crop in post. Thanks for sharing.

This was THE BEST comparison ever! You covered everything I wanted to know in order to finally decide on the right lens for my new camera :) Cause I needed a lens for fashion/portrait and I was always so unsure what would work better and it was so entertaining and sweet too! I just loved it and if I could, I would give you a million likes for it

35mm for sure! so much more room to play with for different subjects! Great to see this kind of comparison

great job describing the positive and negative having one lens against another. my personal preference is use 2 lens combo (24-70mm ish and 50mm or 21mm and 35mm) when going out travelling.

28mm + 50mm is my jam.

Is there something wrong with my eyes, I kinda like the photos without the filter more!

A great comparison to show the qualities and image differences between a focal distance and another

Your lens technique impresses me. So many opines on lenses yet they don't bother to learn how to use the individual lenses. What you brought up is exactly why I keep both the 35mm and 50mm close at hand. They serve slightly different purposes, different dof f.ex., so are both indispensible and complete eachother.

Between the 35 and 50, I would pick the 35 so that the environment can be part of the photos. Sometimes the distortion can be very cool

Useful video!^^ I am not a professional photographer, just a person who really enjo taking photos, so I have an entry-level camera. When I bought my 24mm (which corresponds to 38 mm on a full frame) I finally found my lens. It incorporates more scene and tells a story and one of the main pros is that I can take good photos in small streets or ambient that doesn't feel "closed and constricted" (I don't know how to explain it in English) . Thanks for this video^^

I know this is an older video, and you may not even be looking at comments anymore, but in case you are, at 5:30 in the morning in Idaho in the US, while I am madly, trying to decide between a 35 and a 50 this is unbelievably helpful.😄 Thank you so much.🙏🏻

Gdansk

I have only 50mm but I think 35 is better fot travel photography. (But i don't have enough money to buy it). Love from Poland❤

Nice video! I've always preferred 35mm for travel photography, but lately I've switched to 50mm. It's good to change things up a bit from time to time, I think. Prevents me from getting stuck in my own habits! Gdansk looks lovely btw. I've been wanting to go there for a while myself. It's sort of a new hot spot for tourism here in Europe.

Love the 35mm ~ bought a used 35 1.4 6months ago because of your teaching and it does not disappoint 😁

Great video and great topic. My favorite lenses for traveling are 24-70mm and 100mm 35mm vs 50mm? I prefere 50mm in a full frame camera.

Hi,thanks for the video. If I had to travel with two prime lenses,I'd choose the 28mm and 50 mm lenses considering you don't always have a person as one of the main elements in the pic. I prefer most of the pics you 've taken with the 50 mm lens.Bye!

Loved this video! Was really great to see the comparisons in the way displayed it. Ty!

I'm waiting on my new 35mm lens to be delivered and decided to watch your youtube about lenses. You made me feel good knowing I chose the right one for me. Thanks.

Pierogi i 35mm... Best of :) Greetings from Poland... Katowice

love your video I just started using a 50mm 1.8 on Nikon D3200 but would like to get a 35mm after watching your video great pics

You've been to Poland again! 😍 I have bought 35 mm after your recommendation and now I'm thinking about buying 50 mm. I think I will carry both of them while travelling just to have the other option 😂😂 I know its heavy but you have to sacrifice in order to get beautiful photos 😊

what awesome shots you take, I loved it I use 50mm 1.8 for my photography and your video makes me love the 35mm more so i think this will be the next lens i get

I use a Fuji xt2 with xf 16mm 1.4 for travel

Very cool video. I feel like I'd have to go with two primes: a 24 and a 50. If I had to travel with just a single lens, then the 35 splits the difference.

I hope you enjoyed Poland! Great video, thank you!

Very informative video! Glad you talked about food photography as well. I have a Fujifilm, but I have been thinking of maybe getting a 35mm lens.

If I could only take one prime lens traveling, I'd take a 35mm - especially when going to a city or needing tighter shots indoors

35 all dayyyyy. Especially on Sony because you can go apsc mode and basicLly is a 50 so get best of both worlds!

Excellent back to back comparison, subscribed thank you

hi julia! another excellent vid! i loved your shots taken with the 35 more than the 50 (but both were really good!). and if i had to choose one lens, i would highly recommend the 35mm especially for travel and street as it is definitely a more versatile focal length and the wider perspective adds an artistic touch that goes very well with travel and street photography. with that said, my personal combo is a canon 24/2.8 and 50/1.4 because i had a hard time surviving with just a 35 in my past adventures. there were too many times that i needed something wider for indoor, big groupshots, cityscapes, landscapes, astro, etc. and there were times when i felt that the 35 was not tight enough for more focused portraits.

Gretings from Poland 😁 I'm also watch your films! You're amazing! ❤️

omg! what are u doing in Poland ? I'm from Poland (Krakow) and I love watching you and I love your photos ❤️

I use a 28 because I like to capture a lot of context. and then Super-35 mode when I want to get tighter (this auto-crops to APSC- roughly equivalent to 42mm). For portraits, and photographing animals I carry an 85mm which is around 128mm in crop mode. Very flexible setup and I still get 8 MP on the crop mode which is plenty unless you want to print large size.

I usually love 35MM better - more experience traveling with this lens...BUT I recently bought a very cheap Nikkor 50mm manual lens which I used on Sony A7R and the photos came sharper than my Canon 35mm 1,4 L...so I will keep them both !...Remember also that Henri Cartier Bresson shot all his wonderful pictures with only ONE lens...a 50 mm ! The lesson is probably to stick to one lens and get the most of it...

That's is why i love my 24-70 F2.8 No hard choice tot make.

Great video Julia! I love my 35mm, I think it gives more room to play with composition when you're in unfamiliar places and not sure what you'll be shooting.

I have watched all your videos and liked them . So inspirational! I’m your biggest fan !

Pierogi

There's no "better choice". There's only a lens that suits your style. I used a 35mm more often a decade ago but from now on 90% of my pictures are made with a 50mm. Having more information on a picture never made it better.

Wonderful video as always! Thank you for sharing the knowledge. I personally prefer the 30mm and 16mm sigma lenses for travel. But the 50mm on a APS-C can definitely take you straight into the action if you’re at a far away distance. Can’t wait for your next video!

Wow thank you for this video! Thank you, it was so helpful ♡

I prefer neither for traveling. I find them too limiting. On my Canon T4i, I prefer the 17-55 2.8 and on full frame the 24-105. Just my opinion. Great video, though, especially because we see so few photo videos from Poland.

Do you travel with all of your lenses? I can't imagine being out and about with that many primes. I struggle with three!

I think the 35mm is more complimentary of your travels. Looks beautiful there in Poland, especially compared to our bland ole Texas. I do love the heat though! Glad to see you all enjoying yourselves :)

Makes me love the 50mm for a few of those shots (the tower, etc.) Helpful for this Leica user. Many thanks!

I need that San Francisco preset!

35mm is absolute sweet spot

Hi Julia, another interesting and entertaining video. I too use the 35mm focal length for travel photography. I think of it as a story teller lens and I find myself at the 35mm focal length most often. It has a more cinematic look and feel as opposed to the 50mm focal length. Having said that I find the 24-105mm lens to now be essential for my work and it covers my most used focal lengths.

Very! Very! helpful! thank you julia so much

to me 35 is the best travel lens, although i must say that for street photo a 28 is amazing, and lately i have been doing 24 and is crazy good too

Considering the 35mm but my moneey 😭 I know this is irrelevant but I really love your coat btw lol

Greetings from Poland! Thanks for this video, it's very helpful

Great vid, thank you. I'm using mostly my 50 mm lens (f1.8) for portraits or on low light. On city trips I use the 28 mm (f2.8) as my second favourite lens. And the third is my 70-200 mm telephoto lens, for example get subjects closer, or for airplanes, make tourists disappeared on a square (focusing on one important thing), and so on. These three lenses are good enough for me. Oh, almost forget to mention, I have APSC camera. :)

35mm ❤️❤️❤️

Well.... I'm trying so hard to get a camera 😭

Love these kinds of videos!

I’m a huge fan already from watching this as my first video!! ☺️

Travel Photos. After having photographed me and my friends, my first idea wouldn't be to take photos of...food...😅.

I understand that the scope of video is not technical at all, but shoot architectural images at f/2.2 doesn't make sense.