Tag: 50mm focal length

Rangefinder Photography: A beginner goes rogue with a two-body kit

Leica M-lenses are superb, but expensive. Using them on a Leica APS-C camera, with an M-to-L adapter, gives them a second identity and additional value by switching their effective focal length.

Leica announces Noctilux-M 50 f/1.2 ASPH lens

Fifty-five years after the 50mm Noctilux-M f/1.2 stunned the photographic world, Leica today announces a reincarnation of this fabled lens. With just 1,800 examples for the world market, it is sure to be in high demand...

Has the nifty fifty had its day? Or are you a dyed-in-the-wool 50mm traditionalist?

Is it sacrilege to say that wider-angle lenses offer more all-round versatility than the legendary "nifty fifty"?