costa43 Posted May 9 Share #61 Posted May 9 Advertisement (gone after registration) I enjoy a 50mm for landscape. In fact, I enjoy all lenses for landscape, I just adapt my approach depending on what lens I’m using. It’s part of the fun. Whatever focal length is on the camera is how I see the world at that moment. It keeps things interesting, especially when your surroundings can get rather mundane, like mine do. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anthony MD Posted May 9 Author Share #62 Posted May 9 More folklore Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/421068-50mm-%E2%80%9Clens%E2%80%9D-for-landscape-photography/?do=findComment&comment=5799169'>More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 9 Author Share #63 Posted May 9 4 hours ago, Anthony MD said: More folklore Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Does this look normal…🧐 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted May 9 Share #64 Posted May 9 On 5/8/2025 at 3:28 AM, Anthony MD said: Very experienced and well known photographers often agree that mastering one “Lens” can improve your photography adding they use a 50mm “lens” for all their work, even landscape photography! That’s all I use and wonder if any in this forum agrees on this…🧐 Totally agree... for in use in Oklahoma. Even 90mm should be fine for no trespassing lands, something closer to horizon. Speaking from my own with Ontario, Alberta perspective. For the rest of experienced ones HCB was using 35, 50 and 90. GW - started with 50, but grown into 28 and only refused 21 because it was too demanding for horizontal alignment. Both have same really interesting landscapes. Just not too many. I don't claim to be experienced. Just been published, listed at National Geographics and won plenty of contests. This is my typical NA landscape: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! With 50mm. This is my typical EU landscape with 35, I rarely use 50 here: One lens is true statement. 50 is not if you dig around famous names. 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! With 50mm. This is my typical EU landscape with 35, I rarely use 50 here: One lens is true statement. 50 is not if you dig around famous names. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/421068-50mm-%E2%80%9Clens%E2%80%9D-for-landscape-photography/?do=findComment&comment=5799371'>More sharing options...
erl Posted May 9 Share #65 Posted May 9 The use of the term 'Normal' is a great error. It has been foisted on us by manufacturers and marketers. For me, even an alternative, like 'Usual', is constrictive. I remember when I bought my first Hasselblad, probably 50 years ago, I rejected the concept of "Normal'. I sold the 80mm (normal) lens that came with it and have never owned one since. To sell images I needed to present a look that was as far from normal such that prospective buyers would be amazed. Any 'vision' that could not be replicated by the human eye was an immediate attention getter. W/A & Tele lenses do this by design. We can only see with that type of vision via a photograph! Easier sale. Foe me, the most 'normal' lens is the one that best will replicate a motif as I wish to present it. That could be a lens of ANY focal length. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted May 9 Share #66 Posted May 9 8 hours ago, lct said: Funny to have this discussion on a Leica forum while the highly praised M3 had no 35mm framelines at all. Only 50mm, 90mm and 135mm. To use 35mm lenses, one had to use goggles or add-on viewfinders. Built-in 35mm framelines came only with M1 and M2 cameras, and the M2 kits were only composed of 50mm lenses to begin with. M6 are just as praised and priced much more than M3. Despite M6 inferior to M3 build. 50ies were just more simple to made and match. And, yes, even back in fifties they have to match demand by goggled 35. By soon enough ditching M3 for M2/M4. And even cluttered, made it inaccurate for framing with M4-P/M6. Just to squish 28. 50 is just as square. Easy if you can't frame more and not just in the middle, front. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted May 9 Share #67 Posted May 9 Advertisement (gone after registration) 9 minutes ago, erl said: The use of the term 'Normal' is a great error. It has been foisted on us by manufacturers and marketers. For me, even an alternative, like 'Usual', is constrictive. I remember when I bought my first Hasselblad, probably 50 years ago, I rejected the concept of "Normal'. I sold the 80mm (normal) lens that came with it and have never owned one since. To sell images I needed to present a look that was as far from normal such that prospective buyers would be amazed. Any 'vision' that could not be replicated by the human eye was an immediate attention getter. W/A & Tele lenses do this by design. We can only see with that type of vision via a photograph! Easier sale. Foe me, the most 'normal' lens is the one that best will replicate a motif as I wish to present it. That could be a lens of ANY focal length. For GW normal was 21. Same for me. This is exactly how wide my vision is. While 50 is irrelevant and tele. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 9 Author Share #68 Posted May 9 41 minutes ago, erl said: The use of the term 'Normal' is a great error. It has been foisted on us by manufacturers and marketers. For me, even an alternative, like 'Usual', is constrictive. I remember when I bought my first Hasselblad, probably 50 years ago, I rejected the concept of "Normal'. I sold the 80mm (normal) lens that came with it and have never owned one since. To sell images I needed to present a look that was as far from normal such that prospective buyers would be amazed. Any 'vision' that could not be replicated by the human eye was an immediate attention getter. W/A & Tele lenses do this by design. We can only see with that type of vision via a photograph! Easier sale. Foe me, the most 'normal' lens is the one that best will replicate a motif as I wish to present it. That could be a lens of ANY focal length. That’s not normal…🥸 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 9 Author Share #69 Posted May 9 43 minutes ago, erl said: The use of the term 'Normal' is a great error. It has been foisted on us by manufacturers and marketers. For me, even an alternative, like 'Usual', is constrictive. I remember when I bought my first Hasselblad, probably 50 years ago, I rejected the concept of "Normal'. I sold the 80mm (normal) lens that came with it and have never owned one since. To sell images I needed to present a look that was as far from normal such that prospective buyers would be amazed. Any 'vision' that could not be replicated by the human eye was an immediate attention getter. W/A & Tele lenses do this by design. We can only see with that type of vision via a photograph! Easier sale. Foe me, the most 'normal' lens is the one that best will replicate a motif as I wish to present it. That could be a lens of ANY focal length. Freedom of choice…😁 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 10 Author Share #70 Posted May 10 58 minutes ago, erl said: The use of the term 'Normal' is a great error. It has been foisted on us by manufacturers and marketers. For me, even an alternative, like 'Usual', is constrictive. I remember when I bought my first Hasselblad, probably 50 years ago, I rejected the concept of "Normal'. I sold the 80mm (normal) lens that came with it and have never owned one since. To sell images I needed to present a look that was as far from normal such that prospective buyers would be amazed. Any 'vision' that could not be replicated by the human eye was an immediate attention getter. W/A & Tele lenses do this by design. We can only see with that type of vision via a photograph! Easier sale. Foe me, the most 'normal' lens is the one that best will replicate a motif as I wish to present it. That could be a lens of ANY focal length. Someone needs to publish a book explaining how wrong it is using the word normal to describe the 50mm lens and why it’s wrong…🧐 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted May 10 Share #71 Posted May 10 33 minutes ago, Anthony MD said: That’s not normal…🥸 Neither am I! 🤪 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted May 10 Share #72 Posted May 10 1 hour ago, Ko.Fe. said: For GW normal was 21. Same for me. This is exactly how wide my vision is. While 50 is irrelevant and tele. My most frequently used lens (currently) is 15mm, but definitely not exclusively. It very much depends on what and where I am shooting. For that lens, it is mainly gallery interiors and narrow alley exteriors and the like. It can change any minute, depending on what I encounter. GW in my limited observation was rather prescriptive and narrow. He obviously chose the lens that suited his vision, as should we all. For him, that was normal. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 10 Author Share #73 Posted May 10 (edited) 9 minutes ago, erl said: Neither am I! 🤪 Who is…?🤔 Edited May 10 by Anthony MD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakontil Posted May 10 Share #74 Posted May 10 So which lens to go if only one? 😝 back to square one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 10 Author Share #75 Posted May 10 (edited) 11 minutes ago, jakontil said: So which lens to go if only one? 😝 back to square one My recommendation after careful consideration amassing the research needed with experimentation is a normal lens…🥸 Edited May 10 by Anthony MD 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted May 10 Share #76 Posted May 10 1 hour ago, jakontil said: So which lens to go if only one? 😝 back to square one You are missing the point of choice. The motif MUST decide which lens, according to the influence you wish to and can impose on it. If you only have one lens, there is only one choice. Imagine standing at the base of the Eiffel Tower with only a 50mm lens. You certainly will not get all the tower in a picture. But you might get an interesting section of the structure, but that is not the same thing. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 10 Author Share #77 Posted May 10 1 minute ago, erl said: You are missing the point of choice. The motif MUST decide which lens, according to the influence you wish to and can impose on it. If you only have one lens, there is only one choice. Imagine standing at the base of the Eiffel Tower with only a 50mm lens. You certainly will not get all the tower in a picture. But you might get an interesting section of the structure, but that is not the same thing. The same was happening in Italy composing buildings. Got good results but not the entire structure…! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 10 Author Share #78 Posted May 10 1 minute ago, Anthony MD said: The same was happening in Italy composing buildings. Got good results but not the entire structure…! This one I managed to get all in…📷 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/421068-50mm-%E2%80%9Clens%E2%80%9D-for-landscape-photography/?do=findComment&comment=5799446'>More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 10 Author Share #79 Posted May 10 1 minute ago, Anthony MD said: This one I managed to get all in…📷 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! These I didn’t…! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted May 10 Author Share #80 Posted May 10 These buildings inspired the design of the Twin Towers…! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/421068-50mm-%E2%80%9Clens%E2%80%9D-for-landscape-photography/?do=findComment&comment=5799449'>More sharing options...
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