A 50mm lens is considered to be a prime lens, a prime lens is a type of lens that has a fixed focal length.
Unlike zoom lenses or those kit lenses, prime lenses can't zoom in or zoom out when taking pictures but because of that, prime lenses tend to have lower apperture(1.8 for the lens that I bought but some other lenses can go as low as 1!) which will result in more light and less noise in the photos that you took.
Using a 50mm lens will also give you that blurred background effect or Bokeh effect which makes your photos look amazing and dreamy.
Pictures of my new 50mm lens:
I decided to use my new lens out and this is what I got(note that the following photographs are not edited and it is raw based from my camera's settings)
As you can see, the field of depth is quite amazing with natural light, the photo above was taken in our car in normal daylight.
The sushi look amazing, because of the low aperture the camera will have more light so that it can focus more on the subject, and I believe this is the best example of it. As you can see the sushi are the only focused thing in the picture, any other subject rather than the sushi is slightly blurred or blurred throughout.
This lens is actually good for those people who wants to be Food-tographers.
The amazing fried siomai shot, I really love this shot because is really focuses on the dripping of the sauce, and once again the background is blurred so that you will only focus more on the subject.
The depth of field in portrait shots is just amazing.
I was surprised with this shot because even if the subject is just as small or thin as it gets, the lens will still focus and will give you a depth of field of it.
and the last shot I took, well I really love this shot because the background is over exposed but the subject is not, which gives you that dreamy effect. I took this photo outside in normal daylight.
I really recommend for beginners or amateurs (like me) to invest in buying a new 50mm lens.
Yes it does have its bad side, like you can't zoom in or zoom out when shooting, but that's the point.
Using a 50mm fixed lens will train your creativity and your ability to take a beautiful shot with those restrictions and plus with a lower aperture, your shots will truly be amazing because it can take in more light than other lenses.
Like myself, I have already concluded that this is an investment I will never regret.
Invest in a 50mm lens and you'll feel what I am saying.
