10-17-2024 05:05 PM
I'm just perusing the storefront for lenses as I have just acquired a Canon R8. I'm looking at the Canon official lenses there's a 50 mm f 1.8 and a 24 to 105 mm f4 to 7.
Technically the 24 to 105 lens has 50 somewhere in its range, so is there any point in getting the 50 mm?
10-18-2024 04:02 PM
Ernie,
I agree with you.
I just re-read the question and title of the thread is, "Is there any benefits to owning a 50mm lens when I already own a 24 to 105 mm?" I think the benefits were covered thoroughly by those who responded including you. I tried to list what I see as the benefits (with a bias toward my experience) of owning a f1.8 50mm lens.
Now sotann will have to do sort through what we've said and make a decison. Your advice is good and a reasonable counterbalance summed up as "...ok that's all well and good, but do you really need an f1.8 50mm or would something else be better for you?" Always a good question to ask one's self out loud if necessary!
I am guessing that some of us - particularly those of us who's first "real camera" came with a 50mm "standard" lens (like a breach lock FD 50mm 1.8 SC or FD 50mm f1.4 SSC) might have a nostalgic bias and maybe some muscle memory for that focal length. I know I do.
All the best,
LZ
10-18-2024 08:36 PM
Just for the heck of it, I hauled out my 50mm f1.8 and was surprised (again) by how sharp it is.
Steve Thomas
10-18-2024 11:10 PM - edited 10-18-2024 11:11 PM
One way to approach this is to ask yourself what your 24-105 fails to deliver that a 50mm lens would for your shooting needs - given all the info I gave on the differences.
10-19-2024 10:12 AM
"One way to approach this is to ask yourself what your 24-105 fails to deliver that a 50mm lens would for your shooting needs"
Bottom line. If you need, it you need it.
10-19-2024 10:20 AM
"... those of us who's first "real camera" came with a 50mm "standard" lens ..."
Absolutely, I have no doubt nostalgia has a big part in this. However truth be known a 50mm prime is a difficult FL to live with if it is all you have. A 35mm would have been and is a better FL, but the 50mm is seen to be closer to the human eye perspective and I guess that is why it was/is so popular.
Of course there are two ways to zoom. One is with your lens and the other is with your feet. Zoom lens does it for you and feet do it for a prime. I think folks tend to forget that sometimes.
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