abbie_benson Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 I'm curious, What is your favorite lens for street photography? It can be any make or brand. It might also be nice if you could include a photo taken with it? Thanks Abbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb_smith Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Nikkor 85mm f1.4 AIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 105mm f/2.5- there's a shot of a guy with his two dogs in my portfolio taken with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebogaerts Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 My 50mm f/1.2 AIS Nikkor. :D<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avery_homes Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Abbie I want to give this a little more thought and dig through my boxes for a good photo. But I had to say to Eric, that this is one of the finest portraits that I have ever had the honor to view. I think it is just perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcb.photo Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 My all time favorite, would have to be.. A Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 made in West Germany. This photo was taken at f/2.8 If memory serves me<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcb.photo Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Also the Leica 50mm Summicron. Another of my favorites<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_interlicchio1 Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 24mm af nikkor. Sorry don't have a scanner yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebogaerts Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Thank you Avery. That lens in particular has it's own special "flavor", however it's one that I love to use for informal , quick portraits like the one I shot above. Plenty of shallow depth of field, funky (but IMO good) bokeh, and lots of light loss at each corner. :D I think that it's a great lens if you really want to put your subject right smack in the center of the image, and with all of the other elements in place wide open, it really does draw the eye to the center of the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn_rahman Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 My Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AIS is my favorite, although I've been using my 24 f/2.8 AF-D a lot lately. Sorry, no scans. Although I love all the pictures posted thus far, ESPECIALLY ERIC'S, since when did portraits, candid or posed, become "street photography"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Abbie, did you mean focal length of the lens? You asked for name or brand, i'm not sure what is more important of a question. My vote is for wide to mid focal lengths, on Nikon primes. What's your fav?<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 I wish i could figure out how to post my pics so i can take advantage of the space that is available.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Okay, what rez do we up load at? 72dpi? Anyone help? My images, at 72dpi, within the 100kb max rule, are so small...right now, size does matter!<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 What are the rules for street photography? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ky2 Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 <p align="center"><img src="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=1578527&size=md"><br><br><i>Nikkor 105/2.5 AI</i></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Yaron, that is no nice and snappy! Great work! May i ask what file size, dpi, you upload at? I'm tired of little mud puddles of images. it seems that there some 'photo.net' compression filter going on too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_nguyen3 Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 I am curious too, and I wonder why most non-zoom point and shot go with 35mm or close to 35mm ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie_cheung Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 i would consider most if not all of the above photos portraits rather than street photography. as for favorite lenses for street pics, 35mm, 28mm, 50mm perferably f2 or faster. usually anything longer turns me off. as for why p&s are usually 35mm, it is considered the most useful focal length. would anyone seriously buy a fixed 105mm p&s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar_ozenir2 Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Street photography is a very broad term and as you can see from the variety in the submitted photos everybody seems to have their own interpretation of it. My personal point is this: When I walk the streets and take photographs it is usually to document life in that particular space. And my favorite piece of equipment for this kind of photography is a LeicaM camera with a 35mm/f2.0 lens. It is discreet and silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry_ward2 Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 50mm 1.8 Ais<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cham_saranasuriya Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 85/1.4 AFD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbie_benson Posted October 31, 2003 Author Share Posted October 31, 2003 Actually, I've never really done "street photography". That's why I wanted to see the type of lens that people like to use. I wasn't sure if you would use a telephoto or the wide angle. But I guess it now depends on the perspecive you want to "catch", doesn't it? I find this type of thread very helpful, and educational, especially when looking for equipment. Because people will also show you how nice the lens can work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteraitch Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Since I prefer to remain unnoticed for candids, I tend to use the Nikkon 70-300 f45-5.6 D-ED consumer zoom. It can be a bit slow sometimes, so I can see myself perhaps moving sometimes to the Tamron 90mm AF-D f2.8 macro (assuming I want to become more "thick-skinned" as a photographer).<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_smith Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 For me, using a telephoto is cheating. I like to get in close and shoot well within the personal space that makes the difference between intimate and voyeuristic. To this end my favorite street lens is a 35mm focal length. I use this lens whether I am using my Leicas or Nikons.<P> There is a reason I choose this lens over other wide-angles, and that is because there is a trick to using the 35mm focal length without actually raising it to your eye, which can allow you to get in close and not draw attention to yourself. That trick is the following formula: <I><B>For a 35mm lens, the distance from the subject is equal to the amount of coverage captured on the long side of the negative.</B></I> In other words, if you are 6 feet away from a subject, you will have 6 feet of coverage on the long side of the negative. With this knowledge, and a zone-focused lens (auto-focusing is slower and less certain than an already zone-focused lens), you are free to immerse yourself into crowds with a palmed camera and to move up to an unsuspecting subject. Simply point to the center of the scene with the distance from the subject mentally shifted to the subject plane, and you have a very good chance of knowing what will be caught on film.<P> You can get surprisingly close, and yet have no reaction from the subject. This allows for true candid shots. Some examples:<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=1842142&size=md"> photo 1 </a>, <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=1842031&size=md"> photo 2 </a>, <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=1842136&size=md"> photo 3 </a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constance_cook Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 The 45 mm 2.8P on my FM3a makes a really good street lens. It is very unobtrusive and convenient to carry due to the size. If I'm using one of the other MF cameras, it is almost always either one the 50s or a 24. With AF cameras, I've kind of gotten into the habit of the 24 - 85 AFS. On the rangefinders, 35 or wider. Love those rangefinders for the street! Conni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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