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50mm lens shooting tricks you don’t know

Apexeloptic2022-04-16T02:23:03+00:00
Hunting/Shooting Advice & Tips

The 50mm lens is perfect for all kinds of shooting and disciplines.  They excel at the versatility and capturing what the human eye normally sees.  For starters, the 50mm lens is an excellent prime focus starting lens.  The 50mm lens is great for high-contrast photos taken at all light levels.  Usually, a good 50mm lens can be the main workhorse for any setup.  Learn all the 50mm lens shooting tricks you didn’t know about in this guide.  

50mm lens shooting tricks

1. Shoot in a wide space  

When you use a 50 mm lens, shooting in a wide area is usually ideal.  

Even with a full-frame camera, a 50mm lens only lets you work at 46-47 degrees, which often makes shooting narrow areas difficult.  

The problem is even worse if you use the 50mm with a cropped sensor camera.  

In this case, your Angle of view shrinks to 31 degrees, which is about the same as using a 75mm lens on a full-frame camera.  So when planning to shoot with a 50mm lens, consider the space in your location and make an extra effort to find open areas to shoot.  

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2. Use the large aperture of the 50MM prime lens  

Thanks to the large aperture and very wide aperture of the 50mm prime lenses, such as F /1.8, F /1.4, or even F /1.2, you can take stunning low-light photos while holding.  Allow a lot of light to enter the camera sensor, which not only improves shutter speed, but you can lower the ISO slightly to reduce image noise that might result from a higher ISO.  

Taking an image with a wide aperture reduces the depth of field, blurs the background and most of the foreground, and keeps the subject in focus.  A great way to take art photos with a 50mm prime lens.  Also, one of the most beautiful parts of having a large-aperture prime lens is the bokeh you can create.  

3. Choose the right aperture  

Your choice of aperture is never right or wrong.  However, depending on your theme and the desired effect, some apertures will be more successful than others.  For example, in portrait photography, you might want to use a wide aperture to focus strictly on the eyes.  Using f/ Stop at 2.8 will keep the eyes sharp while leaving the rest of the image a bit blurry.  

On the other hand, landscapes and buildings generally benefit from a wider aperture.  While expansive landscapes are not the strong suit of 50mm lenses, you can use them effectively to capture beautiful scenes.  Remember to use narrow apertures to capture landscapes in sharp detail.  

4. Use a 50MM lens for long exposures  

We can’t deny the sharpness of a 50mm prime lens, especially if you lower the aperture.  Its peak occurs when you use the lens for a long exposure at an aperture of about F /5.6.  

This is not only related to a single lens but is widespread in most 50mm prime lenses.  A long exposure using a 50mm lens with a reduced aperture will accentuate the normal sharpness and quality of the lens.  

5. Explore fast shutter speeds  

Another great benefit of being able to shoot at a low aperture is being able to experiment with fast shutter speeds.  This is especially useful when you’re shooting handheld images.  The rule of thumb for handheld photography is that your shutter speed should be your focal length divided by one.  

For a focal length of 50 mm, you use a shutter speed of 1/50 of a second or faster.  However, in many lighting conditions, setting the shutter speed to 1/50 or faster can result in an under-exposed image.  

In this case, being able to set the aperture to a low F-stop value, such as F /1.8, may be beneficial.  That said, a wide aperture can give you a way to compensate for the reduced exposure caused by using fast shutter speeds.  

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Another example where using a wide aperture can be of great benefit is when photographing a moving subject.  To capture moving subjects with sharp detail, you need to use faster shutter speeds.  Similar to low light conditions, using a wide aperture, in this case, helps to compensate for the reduced exposure caused by fast shutter speed Settings.  

Keep in mind that in most cases, it is better to increase the ISO to reach the target shutter speed than to use F /1.8.  Although high ISO results in more noise in the image, photos with some noise when in focus are better than out-of-focus images.  In general, you can use post-processing software to adjust and minimize noise;  This is not the case with out-of-focus photos.  

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