50mm Lens Is All You Need For Landscape Photography

Take a look at why a 50mm lens is the only lens you need for landscape photography. You might wonder why I say that? There are some compelling reasons. Take a look and see what you think.
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[MattySkydaddy]

Bro, i do this and always felt superior for like cracking the code or being ahead of other photographers 😂 nice to see that this is actually a technique that's being recognized as something a professional would do

[jer]

Surprised initially, but your suggestion makes a lot of sense. Always love your video moments where you talk to yourself; the green-tone DataColor moment is LOL superb, including your final reaction to being ranted at. Thanks for sharing this.

[sbrazenor]

You can also make a massive picture, which really brings out detail. 3-4x the data, with a tighter lense, in comparison to a wider single image is definitely going to look better. 😁👍

[lensman]

Although I agree with some of your assertions, what lens a photographer uses depends on how he sees the world around him/her. I have been a photographer for nearly 40 years so I do have some experience. I know some photographer who find the perspective a 50mm offers most pleasing, others including myself see the world through a slightly wider perspective 35mm~ 40mm to be exact. A few that I know prefer 28mm. So, much depends on how you see the world.

[TheDavveponken]

I always shoot them vertically (whenever). It's easier to stitch (much more freedom) and the quality ends up being better in the end as well.

[markbernhardt]

I like my 180mm nikon for stitching. Lots of images means lots of pixels!

[Gynra]

That technique works OK for reasonably distant views, that do not contain straight lines, but if one is really serious about panoramas, one should pivot the camera around the nodal point of the lens. There are devices to enable one to do that.

[peterfritzphoto]

This was sooo good!! I love my nifty-50 for landscapes, but I never even considered this aspect of it. Bloody brilliant - thank you!! Oh, and g'day from Australia!

[branpod]

The only wide angle I have is a 12mm (used primarily for real estate) and often times that looks too wide, so I love using my tighter lenses and stitching them together.

[stevenkersting]

I'm sorry, but there is so much that is just wrong in this video.
Perspective has absolutely nothing to do with focal length; it is ONLY related to subject distance.
A 50mm lens is only "normal" on a FF sensor body; and that's because it records an ~ 55° diagonal FOV. 28mm is "normal" for 1.5x APS.
If you stitch to create a wider FoV, you destroy the normality of the 50mm (on FF).
"Cylindrical perspective" is caused by parallax; which most who stitch panos try very hard to avoid.
The curved focal plane is not notably different from the field curvature a WA lens often exhibits (of minimal impact at long distances).
And the curved focal plane result could very easily actually be a wavy focal plane/DoF if the lens in use has a field curvature characteristic.
Avoiding parallax doesn't require switching to a WA lens and not stitching. It requires panning around the lens' nodal point.
The two things that are true/correct are that stitching gives a higher MP/resolution image; and parallax looks bad when there is something in the image up close.

[bachahussain]

Wow what a surprise new video thank you so much love from Pakistan

[envityx]

Never tought about it, that's really cool and I will give it a try for sure.

[RiccardoPareschi]

Nice video, thanks! Yesterday I took some landscape photography in the woods with my old Nifty Fifty. Although I am more comfortable with a wide angle lens (ie 35mm) using the 50mm it was fun and interesting. I’m a fan of panoramas and the 50mm focal length gives more natural and well-balanced images when attaching horizontal or vertical shots.

[outofthecommonphotography]

New subscriber. Great advice that I'll fortunately get to try this weekend for a 1 day trip here in California. Looking forward to it!

[AnarkiU]

I f you need the same height as a 24mm lens, you will need a 35mm lens or else you will also need to stirch up and down with a 50mm. 24mm = 53 degrees vertical and 84 degrees horizontal, 35mm = 38 degrees vertical and 54 degrees horizontal, 50mm = 27 degrees vertical and 40 degrees horizontal

[carlmcneill]

I don't even own a 50mm lens. I have a 24-70mm and a 40mm. I know I can use either lens but the 40mm has become my favorite. It is so sharp. I bought it for street photography.

[dps]

From 1936 to 1937 and from 1946 to 1971 when Canon's first interchangeable lens camera hit the market standard lens for 35mm photography was the 50mm.

For 26 years the 50mm lens was king and millions upon millions of photos were taken with the 50mm. Kodak's earliest film cameras were just a bit over 50mm.

Then it was abandoned when interchangeable hit the market. Photographers became lazy because the zoom lens took the walking out of equation of the prime lens.

I might return to my roots and sell all my lenses except the 50s.

[adamsabaz]

I started doing this by accident. Thx for the confirmation !!

[justcallmesando]

Awesome. Love watching you so fresh and in the game guys.

[greenw]

So what size sensor are you using with this 50mm?

Is the lens intended for a full frame camera? If it is, and you use it on an APC sensor, then it will become closer to a 70 or 75m focal length.