135format
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I did search to see if there was a poll already but couldn't find this exact question, so here it is:
Which is your most used focal length on full format 35mm cameras.
Which is your most used focal length on full format 35mm cameras.
ChrisP
Grain Lover
Something else is going to be very popular. 40mm is big around because of the CV 40/1.4 and 40mm cron and because of the imperfect frame of rangefinders
folville
Member
35mm, but only with .7m focus
Deep Fried
Established
most used is 35
why do you ask?
why do you ask?
back alley
IMAGES
40 sonnar from rollei also.
the 2 most popular will be 35 and 50...time to close the poll...
the 2 most popular will be 35 and 50...time to close the poll...
uinku
Established
40mm on all the compact fixed-lense rangefinders, too..
sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
currently 50.
next week maybe 28.
next month maybe i go back to 35?
this kind of poll is the perfect chance to get 42 different answers from 23 people.
next week maybe 28.
next month maybe i go back to 35?
this kind of poll is the perfect chance to get 42 different answers from 23 people.
jarski
Veteran
think 35 was the winner last time. now 50 seem to lead least so far.
geertvn
Established
50 almost exclusively on rangefinders
On SLRs I preferred standard zooms, 28-70. I didn't use a 50 prime for years, I had one but only used it as a loupe on a lighttable. Though I use it the las couple of years for shooting concerts.
On SLRs I preferred standard zooms, 28-70. I didn't use a 50 prime for years, I had one but only used it as a loupe on a lighttable. Though I use it the las couple of years for shooting concerts.
Lund
Established
Seems like I'm the only one that answered 85mm this far.
It takes some explaining however. I take more photos with my 5D2 even if I use it more seldom that my film cameras. Chimping and bracketing is sometimes the best thing about digital. And as I got hold of a 85L (older version) I have a hard time taking it of the camera. It is simply a little too good.
As I only own the 40/1.4 for my Bessa that is in close second.
It takes some explaining however. I take more photos with my 5D2 even if I use it more seldom that my film cameras. Chimping and bracketing is sometimes the best thing about digital. And as I got hold of a 85L (older version) I have a hard time taking it of the camera. It is simply a little too good.
As I only own the 40/1.4 for my Bessa that is in close second.
50mm I think... but I switch freely back and forth between 35 and 50mm.
EdwardKaraa
Well-known
Same here.
John Lawrence
Well-known
50mm for me too.
John
John
N
Nikon Bob
Guest
These days it is a zoom.
Bob
Bob
daveleo
what?
for me 35mm focal length is #1 (in FF 35mm format)
most fun however is my CV 15mm on the Bessa-T
most fun however is my CV 15mm
on the Bessa-T
oftheherd
Veteran
50mm is a favorite, but on SLR I sometimes put on a 43mm to 70mm or 28mm to 70mm.
boomguy57
Well-known
Judging by the poll results, this will turn into another 35 v. 50 thread...
wilonstott
Wil O.
This is a weird thing to try and answer.
I really want to say 35mm, and indeed, I do use the 35mm more than any other focal length (currently running 21, 28, 35, & 50).
However, I find that most of what I consider my best shots were taken with a 50mm.
But, I have thought about why this is, and I think I know why this happens (and this may be overly analytical).
You see, because I favor the wide end (over the tele), I'm used to working close, and as I'm sure many of you know, it takes a while to get accustomed to getting your a$$ in there and taking the picture--if i'm comfortable, the subject is comfortable, hence the closer I can get, and so on. Being invisible from 3 feet away takes a helluva a lot of practice, and I still need work.
Anyway, you do this for a while (or rather, I did)--cut your teeth on the 28 and 21--and then the 35 is really comfortable, but the 50---shooting with the 50 starts feeling seamless. I feel like I don't even have to get involved when I shoot with the 50 now, no matter how close I am, and that level of comfort and confidence, I think, transfers to the subject.
I really want to say 35mm, and indeed, I do use the 35mm more than any other focal length (currently running 21, 28, 35, & 50).
However, I find that most of what I consider my best shots were taken with a 50mm.
But, I have thought about why this is, and I think I know why this happens (and this may be overly analytical).
You see, because I favor the wide end (over the tele), I'm used to working close, and as I'm sure many of you know, it takes a while to get accustomed to getting your a$$ in there and taking the picture--if i'm comfortable, the subject is comfortable, hence the closer I can get, and so on. Being invisible from 3 feet away takes a helluva a lot of practice, and I still need work.
Anyway, you do this for a while (or rather, I did)--cut your teeth on the 28 and 21--and then the 35 is really comfortable, but the 50---shooting with the 50 starts feeling seamless. I feel like I don't even have to get involved when I shoot with the 50 now, no matter how close I am, and that level of comfort and confidence, I think, transfers to the subject.
