Favorite 35mm film lens focal length...!

[Nikon 2]

50..no...35...no 50...no...35...erm I think 50...or maybe 35. Split the difference and go 40? Maybe...nah...probably...no...35. Or was it 50.

Exactly...!

 

[Nikon 2]

I've always favoured 50mm, but in the past year or two have come to see the benefits of 35mm. If I'm only carrying one lens, I tend to stick with the 50mm around town, but use the 35mm for trips abroad.

We’re on the same page...!

 

[Väinö Louekari]

50 mm.

 

[Loose Gravel]

28

 

[Autonerd]

Do you have a favorite focal length lens for 35mm film cameras...?

I've always been a fan of 28mm, but recently I started using a 35mm lens and I love, love, *love* it. Need to invest in a faster one.

Aaron

 

[Nikon 2]

I've always been a fan of 28mm, but recently I started using a 35mm lens and I love, love, *love* it. Need to invest in a faster one.

Aaron

Yep, same here…!

 

[Sirius Glass]

I find the 35mm lens too close to the 50mm lens to make it worth having. I much rather use the 28mm lens instead of the 35mm lens.

 

[Nikon 2]

I find the 35mm lens too close to the 50mm lens to make it worth having. I much rather use the 28mm lens instead of the 35mm lens.

Interesting...!

 

[markbau]

It depends entirely on what sort of subject you are shooting. If I'm doing sports or nature, I might only pull out a 135, 300. If I'm walking the streets of Florence I'd probably have a 24 and maybe a 50. If I'm doing portraits 80 or 135, group shots, maybe a 50. There are so many focal lengths because people do so many types of photography.

 

[Nikon 2]

It depends entirely on what sort of subject you are shooting. If I'm doing sports or nature, I might only pull out a 135, 300. If I'm walking the streets of Florence I'd probably have a 24 and maybe a 50. If I'm doing portraits 80 or 135, group shots, maybe a 50. There are so many focal lengths because people do so many types of photography.

That’s right…!

 

[Sirius Glass]

It depends entirely on what sort of subject you are shooting. If I'm doing sports or nature, I might only pull out a 135, 300. If I'm walking the streets of Florence I'd probably have a 24 and maybe a 50. If I'm doing portraits 80 or 135, group shots, maybe a 50. There are so many focal lengths because people do so many types of photography.

That is why I have a Tamron 28mm to 300mm zoom and a Nikon 28mm to 200mm zoom which cover most situations. The 20mm to 35mm zoom is shared between the two cameras to cover the rest of the range. I have a150mm to 600mm zoom with a 2x extender for wildlife and just because just in case.

 

[Nikon 2]

That is why I have a Tamron 28mm to 300mm zoom and a Nikon 28mm to 200mm zoom which cover most situations. The 20mm to 35mm zoom is shared between the two cameras to cover the rest of the range. I have a150mm to 600mm zoom with a 2x extender for wildlife and just because just in case.

Looks like you’re covering all the bases, Sirius...!

 

[Paul Howell]

Iike Sirius Glass I find the 35 to be too close to the 50 or 40, my trio has been the 28, 50 and 105.

 

[Nikon 2]

Iike Sirius Glass I find the 35 to be too close to the 50 or 40, my trio has been the 28, 50 and 105.

Are you Sirius…?

 

[r_a_feldman]

Depends on what I am shooting. For my OM-1, I had 24mm, 50mm macro and 100mm. I used the 24mm and 50mm macro more than the 100mm.

 

[Sirius Glass]

That is why I have a Tamron 28mm to 300mm zoom and a Nikon 28mm to 200mm zoom which cover most situations. The 20mm to 35mm zoom is shared between the two cameras to cover the rest of the range. I have a150mm to 600mm zoom with a 2x extender for wildlife and just because just in case.

Iike Sirius Glass I find the 35 to be too close to the 50 or 40, my trio has been the 28, 50 and 105.

Are you Sirius…?

We are serious and I am Sirius. 35mm focal length lenses make excellent paper weights and doorstops.

 

[Nikon 2]

We are serious and I am Sirius. 35mm focal length lenses make excellent paper weights and doorstops.

Seriously...?

 

[Radost]

40mm for people and 28mm for everything else

 

[guangong]

My most used lens would be a 50, in addition to cameras with interchangeable lenses I also use some fixed lens camera, most of which are in the 45 to 50 range. This does not mean exclusively 50, since I often stray in both directions from 50.
The 50 with 35mm camera can be a stern teacher.

 

[oxcanary]

50mm for sheer versatility

 

[ant!]

For a fixed-lens camera: in the 40mm range.
When I can change: Very often the 50mm, for portraits 100m, sometimes 85mm. 35mm is nice, but agree, bit close to 50 and for me it would be as an only lens a bit wide. But I got some cool group portraits (e.g. 4 toddlers eating ice cream, shooting from below them) as well with 21mm. So, it all depends. Sometimes I grab on purpose something wider or longer then my usual comfort-50mm to get something different. But I have not much use in very long lenses. I didn't use 28mm that much, if I go wide I choose 24mm (or on the Pentax 645 the 35mm, which is about 21mm equivalent).
Different story: I find the frame ratio of 645 more pleasing then that of the 35mm-film (in the rare cases I use digital, I use mFT, so the same ratio).

 

[faberryman]

My favorite focal length is [favorite focal length].

 

[Nikon 2]

My favorite focal length is [favorite focal length].

Surprisingly I agree...!

 

[baachitraka]

28mm, 85mm and perhaps 135mm (good for head shots)

I wish I own a 100mm. Me is Olympus shooter and I love zuikos.

 

[etn]

I'd have a tough time picking between a 35mm and 50mm, but probably the 35 is my absolute favorite.

Same here, that's why after a long time with 35, an even longer time with 50, then back to 35, I finally ended up with 40