50 mm for landscape photography 

I am 71 yo Leica photograph since i was 16 yo. I have always used 50mm 95% of the time including for landscape.

I decided only to shoot prime 12 months ago, I have finished a year at only 85mm, learnt so much and improved my confidence and composition. First week with my 50 and really looking forward to 12 months of it.

Good lesson to learn regarding the 50mm lens. While not the ultimate portrait lens it does a fine job for most work. Wide angle on landscape shots does not offer a natural perspective like a 50 does. Also my bulky Nikon D810 slims down considerably when fitted with an older AFD 50 1.4.

I have gear addiction for everything I do, a symptom of my ADHD I expect. Thankyou for reminding me what I have is enough, I have a fujifilm xt-1 with a 35mm manual focus/aperture lens and I should just use it and learn my gear and style.

Thankyou very much for such a great video. I thought I was alone in using 50mm for landscape. Your image of the rainbow above the strip of bright field is one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen. You have captured so much in a single frame 🙂

Wow. I am glad to see your new video and appreciate your informative content that gives me a clear answer to my question. Your picture inspired me for a new perspective of 50mm for landscape photography. Thanks again and will keep watching your next Video.

Your landscape photos are really stunning!! I like a lot of them. I'm 79 years old and own a Nikon D750 and about 7 to ten lenses of Nikon manual lenses of different focal lengths. I prefer to use 50mm/1.4 most of the time. Those lenses are leftover of film era when I used Nikon F, Nikon FM2, and Nikon F3. Thank you for your beautiful and breathtaking photos!!

Wonderful video and wise insights. I have several cameras and many lenses, but some of the best pictures I’ve taken in recent years were with an old Olympus film camera and 50mm lens. Your photos are beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for making this video. Subscribed.

A very factual/truthful talk rather than tutorial. Very true indeed when you mention the photographers perception. Hence in my view (excuse the pun), choice of lens, settings are all controlled by that perception, with a little arithmetic added. Excellent viewing. TQ

It's great landscape photos with 50mm lens shooting ! Your photos inspired me, I will learn and practice from you .Thank you for making this video.

I'm 80! Most of my images done with 50mm on my M3, 57 years in my use). It's the easiest to frame on M3, prefer the perspective! The 50mm is the least expensive lens? f2 is more than enough! In recent years due to more and more folks everywhere, need 35mm, to get near my subjects.. I think 35mm is the new choice, because the best large frame in VF. Bravo!

The 50mm wide-angle lens on my 6x7cm medium format camera is a personal favorite of mine.

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What a collection of beautiful photos you have here! I love the 50mm (but I've some sort of an 'allergy' to the 35 to which prefer the 40 or the 28 - there's something with the 35 that won't click with me somehow, although I have it in my bag). Thanks for sharing. I'll subscribe to your channel.

Glad to see that there is somebody else still using the M9! By the way, what filter are using on it? ND?

I got into photography solely to shoot my own reference material for oil painting. When I started everyone said “oh you’re gonna need a wide angle for landscapes!” So I did. The strangest thing was, while as a photograph a wide angle distortion looks cool, it does NOT work in a painting. I can’t explain exactly why. Both are visual, 2 dimensional images, but wide angle just doesn’t translate to painting. I think Bresson somehow figured this out and that’s why he used a 50.

Your M9 looks gorgeous, I’ve been an m6 shooter for several years but I’m thinking of getting an M digital for a bit more convenience. Does the M9 give the filmic feel of the M8? Love your video btw, I’ve subscribed. With respect to 50mm for landscape…I’m currently exploring film landscapes with a Hasselblad 80mm (60mm equiv.) it’s liberating, I now see the world with a 50mm eye, which is opening up some really interesting opportunities.

Many of my better landscape photographs were taken on a Mamiya 7 with a 50mm equivalent lens. Since moving to digital I’ve used several focal lengths on my Leica, including 50mm. I find 50mm an excellent focal length and, if I feel a picture demands a wider view, it’s often possible to create a wider perspective by shooting several shots and merging them in post-processing. I rarely do that but a 50mm makes it easier because there’s less distortion in each image.

If you want a wider view, take overlapping snaps and combine the files later. Camera vertical for a better height:width ratio. Ideally on a panorama head to rotate the camera about the nodal point but you can approximate that by hand. Look at the scene with one shut and keep still, may not look as good as it did with both eyes.

I use 28, 35 and 50mm on an M2 depending on the subject and environment.

The photographers who are "well known" usually are very articulate regarding all the reasons why not just how they work in the field. It's part of what makes their work significant, they tell you exactly why it's significant. Since you are comfortable with the 50mm maybe try another focal length?

With all the different subjects that I photograph including events, i never limit my self to one or two focal lengths, i look at my cameras as lens as tools to capture an image. Back years ago when you can work on csrs i had a tool box with a variety of different tools 🔧, wrenches and sockets. If i know exactly what I plan on photographing i can limit my self to one camera body and a lens or two, in September of this year i will drive 7 hours to the Eastern Shores of Virginia, i will be staying at a sea side island that has a variety of birds, is a home to wild ponies and will also be photographing the sun rise and sunset along the coastline. For this trip i plan on taking two to three cameras and a variety of different lens as i will be using both my car as bike to travel to different areas on the island. I will also have a camera with me while I am at dinner as the restaurant i will be eating at will be on the water, i might get some sunset after dinner. So i like having a selection of glass to cover my trip.

Gracias por su interesante video! He trabajado el paisaje desde los años 80s con cámaras de 35 mm B/W. Mis mejores resultados han Sido con Leica M3 / 135 lentes. Y un filtro rojo o anaranjado.. Muchas gracias Saludos desde México!

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