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The exception being fashion. I nearly got an X100 for that street style job, but 35mm wouldn't cut it, too much distortion, and you lose that depth of field when doing a full length. So I got a compact with zoom. But otherwise 35 ftw. Allows you to get pissed up and still get results.
Never going to win awards mind, but does the job. And having a lens not to "pro" looking, so when down the pub people aren't freaked out.
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35mm is definitely the focal length for most things
Yea, guess there's a reason the majority of cameras for the masses have lenses with that focal length..
I said I felt "at home" after finally getting a 35mm prime for my DSLR again (as I shot so much of that perspective the last year, and it's more "as I see the world" as 50mm is (I guess 40 would be even better, but hey).
So this will be my "walkaround lens", and I can see myself taking a lot of pictures with it.This being said, after many years of taking pictures I just now get a grip on how images have different character depending on focal length, even if the frame is the same.
I guess what I'm saying is that while 35mm is very useful for a lot of things it may be good shot discipline to not get lazy / realize when it's making more sense to walk back a few meters, change lenses, and shoot the same frame with a 85 for example.
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35mm is definitely the focal length for most things.
Pretty much everything I do now is with that or the crop equivalent.
@gav yeah, I'd pull the background a bit. Contrast/saturation/wb looks good tho.