Snapshot: Why Every Photographer Should Own a Nifty Fifty Lens
About this episode
Court Whelan discusses the benefits of owning a Nifty 50 lens for photographers.
In this snapshot episode of The Wild Photographer, Court dives into one of the most beloved, affordable, and surprisingly powerful lenses in photography: the Nifty 50. A “Nifty 50” is the nickname for a 50mm prime lens with a very fast aperture, often somewhere around f/1.8, f/1.4, or even f/1.2. These lenses are famous for being small, lightweight, relatively inexpensive, and capable of producing beautifully shallow depth of field. In other words, they can give your photos that dreamy backgr...
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