24mm or Equivalent for Street Photography

[glen_h]

Yes. With the 24mm lens, you can often keep it level, then later crop off the bottom.

 

With a longer lens, you are most likely to need to tilt up, to avoid chopping off the tops of something.

[mjferron]

There really is no right or wrong here. Personal preference you know? Here is the deal with a 24. You are in their face. No getting around it unless you are looking for something including more environment. 24 in the face does make for very intimate shots though.

[glen_h]

Sometimes street photography means people on the street, and as noted often face shots.

 

But other times, it includes more environment, with less emphasis on people.

 

Not quite street, but I do have pictures of musicians in subway tunnels, where the tunnels are

somewhat narrow, and you might be pretty close. One I have is from down the tunnel to get

more distance, but with 24mm, I might not do that. And yes, the environment is part of the shot.