50 mm for landscape photography

50 mm for landscape photography. Is it any good?
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[@GillesQuennevilleGQ]

I am 71 yo Leica photograph since i was 16 yo. I have always used 50mm 95% of the time including for landscape.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

That's a very long love relationship with both Leica and the 50mm. Wonderful.

[@dominiclester3232]

I find that quite sad, a kin to only painting with one colour 😢

[@GillesQuennevilleGQ]

@@dominiclester3232 not true.

[@scotthoward1466]

I have gear addiction for everything I do, a symptom of my ADHD I expect. Thankyou for reminding me what I have is enough, I have a fujifilm xt-1 with a 35mm manual focus/aperture lens and I should just use it and learn my gear and style.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Exactly 👍 Simply stay with what you have.

[@paularger2841]

Thankyou very much for such a great video. I thought I was alone in using 50mm for landscape. Your image of the rainbow above the strip of bright field is one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen. You have captured so much in a single frame 🙂

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thanks. What a compliment to receive from you. Much appreciated 👍📷

[@MrNyuntshwe]

Your landscape photos are really stunning!! I like a lot of them. I'm 79 years old and own a Nikon D750 and about 7 to ten lenses of Nikon manual lenses of different focal lengths. I prefer to use 50mm/1.4 most of the time. Those lenses are leftover of film era when I used Nikon F, Nikon FM2, and Nikon F3. Thank you for your beautiful and breathtaking photos!!

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thank you so much and thanks for sharing your experience. It’s great to hear of a long journey and dedication to photography. Funny how some reject the 50mm and others love it.

[@glenblaven]

Wonderful video and wise insights. I have several cameras and many lenses, but some of the best pictures I’ve taken in recent years were with an old Olympus film camera and 50mm lens. Your photos are beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for making this video. Subscribed.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thank you. I am glad you like the content. There will be more 📷 I started out with a second hand Olympus OM2 about 43 years ago. Loved that camera.

[@woodeternal8162]

Wow. I am glad to see your new video and appreciate your informative content that gives me a clear answer to my question. Your picture inspired me for a new perspective of 50mm for landscape photography. Thanks again and will keep watching your next Video.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Much appreciated. Thanks 📷

[@jasongold6751]

I'm 80! Most of my images done with 50mm on my M3, 57 years in my use). It's the easiest to frame on M3, prefer the perspective! The 50mm is the least expensive lens? f2 is more than enough! In recent years due to more and more folks everywhere, need 35mm, to get near my subjects.. I think 35mm is the new choice, because the best large frame in VF. Bravo!

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thanks. The 35mm is definitely a good choice too and with all the Fuji X100 out there it is definitely a mainstream choice. As classic as the 50mm.

[@ROUGHROADPH]

A very factual/truthful talk rather than tutorial. Very true indeed when you mention the photographers perception. Hence in my view (excuse the pun), choice of lens, settings are all controlled by that perception, with a little arithmetic added. Excellent viewing. TQ

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thank you.

[@Steve_Xue]

It's great landscape photos with 50mm lens shooting ! Your photos inspired me, I will learn and practice from you .Thank you for making this video.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thank you. I appreciate your kind comment.

[@Narsuitus]

The 50mm wide-angle lens on my 6x7cm medium format camera is a personal favorite of mine.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

:-) We all have our favourite lens.

[@franciscoscaramanga2342]

Glad to see that there is somebody else still using the M9! By the way, what filter are using on it? ND?

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

I really love this camera more and more. Yes, its an ND filter to step down light because I often shoot wide open. On sunny days its necessary.

[@franciscoscaramanga2342]

@@MortenAlbekPhotography Indeed. Have you tried magnetic filters for speed?

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

@@franciscoscaramanga2342 Not yet. Still have to try that out.

[@franciscoscaramanga2342]

@@MortenAlbekPhotography It's really easy and fast. Very convenient.

[@PeterbFree]

Thank you for this video, I have subscribed. Can I give you some feedback? The camera that filmed you as you spoke varies the recording quality, dropping and rising in resolution. It is also under-exposing most of the time. Additionally, when listened to through headphones, the sound has an uneven left-right dynamic. These are technical issues, that once resolved, will enhance the overall quality of your excellent and highly appreciated input. I look forward to seeing more of your videos, thank you.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

There are no issues when I play it from here. But thank you.

[@raybeaumont7670]

I use 28, 35 and 50mm on an M2 depending on the subject and environment.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

God variation of lenses. Nice to see an M2 still in action.

[@Stringbob]

Your M9 looks gorgeous, I’ve been an m6 shooter for several years but I’m thinking of getting an M digital for a bit more convenience. Does the M9 give the filmic feel of the M8? Love your video btw, I’ve subscribed. With respect to 50mm for landscape…I’m currently exploring film landscapes with a Hasselblad 80mm (60mm equiv.) it’s liberating, I now see the world with a 50mm eye, which is opening up some really interesting opportunities.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thanks. I started with Leica digital cameras with the M8 and then moved to M9 because it is better. There is a better picture quality from the M9 compared to the M8 and a very film-like feeling to it. I will stick with this camera for a very long time.

[@MichaelVincentMagic]

I love your video, I am using the 50mm 1.8G in my D700. It's special frame and it's great study.

[@ccoppola82]

I got into photography solely to shoot my own reference material for oil painting. When I started everyone said “oh you’re gonna need a wide angle for landscapes!” So I did. The strangest thing was, while as a photograph a wide angle distortion looks cool, it does NOT work in a painting. I can’t explain exactly why. Both are visual, 2 dimensional images, but wide angle just doesn’t translate to painting. I think Bresson somehow figured this out and that’s why he used a 50.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

It’s true. Painting is a different thing. My wife is a professional artist too so I know from her work how it is a different style and skill. The 50mm is just more natural for my personal style and is more true to what I see. All a personal preference in the end.

[@ccoppola82]

@@MortenAlbekPhotography I switched to a 50mm for most things as well. For a while I thought I was a 35mm guy, then I realized I was cropping my 35mm to roughly a 50mm frame anyway. So I just got a 50. Then another. Then another. Now I don’t even know how many I have. Haha.

[@Stringbob]

Your M9 looks gorgeous, I’ve been an m6 shooter for several years but I’m thinking of getting an M digital for a bit more convenience. Does the M9 give the filmic feel of the M8? Love your video btw, I’ve subscribed.

[@enricomarconi8358]

What a collection of beautiful photos you have here! I love the 50mm (but I've some sort of an 'allergy' to the 35 to which prefer the 40 or the 28 - there's something with the 35 that won't click with me somehow, although I have it in my bag). Thanks for sharing. I'll subscribe to your channel.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the subject. Some lenses are not for all. I rarely use the 35mm for photography but for video. I will post a 35 photo video soon though.

[@enricomarconi8358]

@@MortenAlbekPhotography 35 with video works well, somehow there's a place for that focal length that is better suited with video work than photography (great masters of photography including Gianni Berengo Gardin and C. Bresson used the 50 or the 28, hardly ever the 35). In any case the look and feel of proportions on a 50 are surely more pleasing than the same lines and subjects portrayed with a 35mm, in my opinion and for my taste. I even prefer landscape photography done with an 85mm or more sometimes.

[@ianforber]

Many of my better landscape photographs were taken on a Mamiya 7 with a 50mm equivalent lens. Since moving to digital I’ve used several focal lengths on my Leica, including 50mm. I find 50mm an excellent focal length and, if I feel a picture demands a wider view, it’s often possible to create a wider perspective by shooting several shots and merging them in post-processing. I rarely do that but a 50mm makes it easier because there’s less distortion in each image.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

I am a bit minimalistic in the way that I accept what’s captured in the picture and newer sample. I like the beauty of simplicity and that is probably why I stick with the 50mm. In between I like to use the 35mm though. Thanks again for sharing.

[@miguelbazaaranaantunez4608]

Gracias por su interesante video! He trabajado el paisaje desde los años 80s con cámaras de 35 mm B/W. Mis mejores resultados han Sido con Leica M3 / 135 lentes. Y un filtro rojo o anaranjado.. Muchas gracias Saludos desde México!

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thanks for your kind reply. Leica has always been the best. The lenses are outstanding.

[@walkingmeditation61]

The photographers who are "well known" usually are very articulate regarding all the reasons why not just how they work in the field. It's part of what makes their work significant, they tell you exactly why it's significant. Since you are comfortable with the 50mm maybe try another focal length?

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thanks for replying. With a more than 35 years career as a professional Photographer I am confident in using several different lenses on my cameras. I still prefer 50 and 35 mm for most of my work.

[@walkingmeditation61]

@@MortenAlbekPhotography it was your word "comfort" that prompted me to suggest a different focal length. Comfort is the enemy of creativity. I try to follow Ralph Gibson's advice given to him by Dorthea Lange. Every time you pick up your camera have "A point of Departure"

[@simmo303]

If you want a wider view, take overlapping snaps and combine the files later. Camera vertical for a better height:width ratio. Ideally on a panorama head to rotate the camera about the nodal point but you can approximate that by hand. Look at the scene with one shut and keep still, may not look as good as it did with both eyes.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

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[@paultaylorphotography9499]

Subbed cheers 📷❤️

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thanks 📷

[@jamesmlodynia8757]

With all the different subjects that I photograph including events, i never limit my self to one or two focal lengths, i look at my cameras as lens as tools to capture an image. Back years ago when you can work on csrs i had a tool box with a variety of different tools 🔧, wrenches and sockets. If i know exactly what I plan on photographing i can limit my self to one camera body and a lens or two, in September of this year i will drive 7 hours to the Eastern Shores of Virginia, i will be staying at a sea side island that has a variety of birds, is a home to wild ponies and will also be photographing the sun rise and sunset along the coastline. For this trip i plan on taking two to three cameras and a variety of different lens as i will be using both my car as bike to travel to different areas on the island. I will also have a camera with me while I am at dinner as the restaurant i will be eating at will be on the water, i might get some sunset after dinner. So i like having a selection of glass to cover my trip.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

Thanks for sharing 📷

[@photobobo]

Photography for money is not a profession, it is a trade.

[@MortenAlbekPhotography]

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