Only two focal lengths allowed...

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In 35mm format terms, if you could only choose two (prime) focal lengths, which would they be?

 

[Rayt]

24mm and 35mm

 

[Steve Bellayr]

35mm & 50mm

 

[rover]

50 for a high % of my photos, and then most likely 28 if it is only 1 more (rather than 35 or something wider). A fast 28 will fill the need indoors or in other tight quarters.

 

[nikon_sam]

Looking over the AF primes that I love it would be the 85mm & 180mm...both Nikon lenses...

 

[FrozenInTime]

28mm and 40mm.

GRIII and IIIx pair gets it right.
28/1.4 and 40/1.2 universally useful and still quite compact on Leica; even though the frame-lines require a bit of interpolation.

 

[Myrrys.eu]

35mm & 90mm, those are over 90% of everything I use. I love fast (or weird) 50mm lenses, but they always seem either too wide or too narrow for my uses. I do have tons of lenses that see very little use, but wouldn't dream of getting rid of them, since when you want to go wild you need something crazy 😀 (like my Laowa 15mm F4 macro, or Helios 44M-4 58mm F2 lens, both are fun to use but pretty much use case spesific).

 

[Deleted member 65559]

21mm & 35mm

 

[HuubL]

28 and 50

 

[dexdog]

35 and 21

 

[stuart_115]

20mm for buildings and landscapes, and 50mm for everything else.

 

[JohnGellings]

50mm and 85mm

 

[laurentb]

35mm definitely, then I'd have a hard time for the second one.

I guess I'd keep 21mm since 50mm is so close to 35.

 

[Bill Blackwell]

50 and 21

 

[Richard G]

50 and 28.

 

[pvdhaar]

35 and 50

 

[Richard Plume]

35mm & 75mm or 21mm & 35mm, depending upon the day.

 

[agentlossing]

Oddly enough, it depends on the camera. The form factor and shooting style partially determine what I like to shoot. If it were for the Pentax K-1, I think the 31mm and 77mm FA Limited lenses would probably suit me. For something like the GR, 28mm and 40mm.

In absolute terms, I could probably boil it down to 35mm and 75mm, give or take. Wide but not too wide, and tele but not too tele. And both could basically function as a normal/standard if composed correctly.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

40mm and 28mm

 

[Dogman]

24/25mm and 50mm.

I would probably choose 35mm if limited to one. And it's really hard to not keep a 35mm hidden away when limited to only two focal lengths.