Do I still need 50mm f1.4 when I have 24-70mm f2.8

andephotographic said:
Well someone met my silly BIN price so away it goes in the morning.
It has given me a kick to make use of my 35mm equipment with prime std lenses and that plus the money from selling my lens = I'm a happy guy.
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What price did it go for? Im still trying to find a good deal on one on Ebay.
 
Arkady said:
Whereas I've found that even a 50mm is too restrictive for general journalistic use and prefer a 35mm f/2 (if forced to use a prime) and 135mm-ish for head-shots, a la McCullin (two bodies, 28mm and 135mm)...
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35mm was the standard reportage lens in film days,usually taped up at f8 i think so allways in focus for what they needed.

i prefer the 50mm on FF i can go in close and get a wide angle effect step back for a portrait or further still for landscape.
its also light and easy to use and often in the dark is the only option.
 
straycat said:
sounds like,and a nikon saved his life

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/07/don-mccullin-shaped-war-review
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Not quite: the camera wasn't 'up to his face' as the article claims but hanging off his shoulder as he crawled back to the other side of the road out of the paddy where they'd come under fire. He didn't even notice the camera was damaged til he went to use it later and found a spent AK round sticking out of it (at full velocity, an AK bullet would literally explode a camera - even a Nikon F...).

Makes for a good 'war-story' though...
 
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