Anyone use 50mm for street?

[Dunn]

I see a lot of posts about people using 35mm or wider for street photography. Just curious if anyone ever uses a 50mm.

I recently discovered that I really enjoy 50mm for street.

 

[colyn]

The 35 and 50 are my main "street" focal lengths..

 

[andredossantos]

I don't photograph "street" very often but when i do I quite like using the 50mm.

 

[Sylvester]

I don't own a 35 so I only shoot on 50 for street. I own a 28 but it feels to wide for me.

 

[guoshuo]

i do, almost exclusively.

 

[j-dogg]

My Yashica Lynx 14e has a 45mm 1.4 on it, no complaints here.

 

[maddoc]

50mm comes close to the field of vision so it fits the needs quite well.

 

[kuzano]

I shoot a fast (f2) 300 for street....

I shoot a fast (f2) 300 for street....

No way I'm sticking my camera in anybody's face. That's what I think of street. Safest place is over a half block away. Smile Please (yell here)

 

[jordanstarr]

Just a personal opinion: I find the 50mm a very boring lens for street photography and it looks more like spying or voyeuring. I like using a 28mm and getting close because the shots are more interesting and how I see the world. That being said, I have seen great 50mm shots and it has it's applications (if you want to feel safe, not take a risk or find a composition that is suitable for that focal length), but it's just not for me.

 

[guoshuo]

safe or not is to the shooter's feeling. for me, i found 0.72 or less mag viewfinders are safer since people through the vf is smaller. but i prefer 50mm and 0.91 finder for "wysiwyg", dumb me

 

[Roger Hicks]

HCB...

Cheers,

R.

 

[Red Robin]

50 mm y-shore!

50 mm y-shore!

When out on the sreet in my city, the chances are good that I will have a Bessa R or a Canon P with some kind of 50mm screwed in front. Which one is hard to say ,but a 50 will be there.

 

[hans voralberg]

Lots of people shoot with 50 on this forum 🙂 For 3-4 years all I shoot with on the street is a 50, but now mostly 35.

 

[sebastel]

depends on the street.

 

[Bill58]

It takes too long for me to focus a 50 and even a 35 on the street for quick snap shots. I prefer a 15, 21 or 25 set a hyperfocal distance for subjects approx. 6 feet away.

 

[Shade]

I use my 50 for everything except sports.

 

[taskoni]

Same here. I use 50mm 99,7% of the time.
Regards,

 

[Gumby]

Me too... and sometime even longer FLs.

 

[ErnestoJL]

If you say 50 mm for "normal lens", yes, I do use it.
In my case it is a little less because I shoot street usually with a Yashica Electro 35 (45mm).
Cheers
Ernesto

 

[anthony_semone]

45/2 on my G2; 50/1.2 Ai-S on my D700