Regarding the 35mm lens, I have written many articles in the past few years, focusing more on the comparative analysis of different brands and different models of lenses.
Especially the 2020 article "35mm "Eye of Humanities"" is worth buying? "The Most Complete Buying Guide for 19 Fixed Focus Heads and ", many fans should have read it. At that time, I highly recommended the SP 35mm F1.4 F045 of and Tamron . It was one of the best lenses in Tamron history. The image quality even surpassed the original one, not to mention the price/performance ratio. This statement is still valid today.
After two years of constant spending and constant trials, I found that the Nikon Z 35mm F1.8s is also a good lens. To be precise, it is very balanced in all aspects. As for Canon , there is news that the RF 35mm F1.2L (or F1.4) will be launched in the first half of next year, and it will undoubtedly be a hit.
Since the 35mm lens is so good, why am I writing this article today?
because many people cannot use it well.
There is a classic saying: "Your photos are not good enough because you are not close enough." This is the best summary of humanistic photography. Shooting at close range allows you to communicate with your subjects and reveal their emotions. Photos taken at close range can make people feel the temperature and breath of the other person, which is something that a telephoto lens does not have. I have used the
35mm lens for many years. My biggest feeling is that it combines people and landscapes very well. If you step back, you can take pictures of scenery, and if you take a step back, you can take pictures of humanities. Why can't some people use
? Let me summarize it for you.
First, I really don’t have the guts to get close to the subject. This kind of courage cannot be developed just by exercising. It requires relatively strong social skills, or being good at sprinting.
Second, the ability to control wide angles is not enough. Compared with 18mm, 35mm is not that wide, but in front of 50mm, the viewing angle of 35mm is large enough. Remember the addition and subtraction I talked about first? More elements are crammed into the picture, which means that the composition becomes more difficult. I have seen many photos taken by enthusiasts with 35mm fixed-focus lenses, and they are in one word "messy". This kind of chaos cannot be solved by cropping.
Therefore, I would recommend that entry-level enthusiasts buy a 50mm lens first, even the cheapest 50mm F1.8 will do. This is to lower the threshold for everyone to shoot, because it is much easier to get started with 50mm than 35mm, and what is more weighed is the proportion of the subject taking up the frame.
The wide angle can be left to a zoom, such as a 24-200mm lens that can take the world by storm, or a 16-50mm lens. Although the aperture is a bit smaller and the background blur is a bit weaker, the ability to zoom will greatly reduce the difficulty of composition.
When is the best time to buy 35mm?
usually only considers 35mm fixed focus after playing around for a while and starting to optimize the lens on hand.
Mainly because I am calm and not impatient anymore. Walking around and taking photos, focusing on humanities, I have a deeper understanding of photography, and I want to take photos with a sense of story. Of course I have this ability.
The reason why I wrote this article during the epidemic is to remind everyone that what others say is good may not be suitable for you. Buying, buying, buying often does not solve the problem, but will cause the "illness" to worsen.
