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Why Every Photographer Needs A 50mm Prime Lens, The Nifty Fifty


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         main h1 at the page-title scale (.definitive-interior main h1), so
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         the square its neighbours implied, and a hole opened where the last
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      .blg-gallery .blg-cell.is-in { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
      .blg-gallery .blg-cell img { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; margin: 0; border-radius: 0; opacity: 0.86; transition: transform 760ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.61, 0.21, 1), opacity 420ms ease; }
      .blg-gallery .blg-cell:hover img, .blg-gallery .blg-cell:focus-visible img { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.02); }
      .blg-gallery .blg-cell:focus-visible { outline: 1px solid var(--kls-accent, #fb5607); outline-offset: 2px; }
      /* the run measures itself against the article COLUMN, so the index
         rail simply narrows it - no second width rule for the railed page */
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        .blg-wrap { container-type: inline-size; }
        .blg-body { --blg-wide: min(68rem, 100cqw); }
      }
      /* The phone keeps the grid - 2-up rows out of the same packer at a
         smaller row height, never one full-screen photograph per screen.
         The desktop rows dissolve (display:contents) and the build-time
         narrow breaks drive the lines instead, so one set of photographs
         serves both plans. */
      @media (max-width: 760px) {
        .blg-body { --blg-gap: 0.5rem; }
        .blg-gallery { flex-direction: row; flex-wrap: wrap; column-gap: var(--blg-gap); row-gap: 0; margin-bottom: 1.8rem; }
        .blg-row { display: contents; }
        .blg-nb { display: block; flex: 0 0 100%; height: var(--blg-gap); }
      }
      @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .blg-gallery .blg-cell { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; } }
      /* A short line stranded between two photo runs read as a fragment
         someone forgot to delete. It is the author's own beat - so it is set
         as one: centred, given air on both sides, a step up in scale. The
         builder finds it; not a word of it is moved or rewritten. */
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         the source indent after each  printed as a real leading space
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         out-rank an inline style, hence the !important, and it is scoped to
         the beat alone. No character of the copy changes. */
      .blg-body .blg-beat p { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0.4rem; white-space: pre-line !important; font-family: "Playfair Display", Georgia, serif; font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1rem + 1vw, 1.65rem); line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(244 241 235 / 0.94); }
      .blg-body .blg-beat p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
      /* end blg-gallery */

  
  
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          Jul 4, 2018·2 min read
          Why Every Photographer Needs A 50mm Prime Lens, The Nifty Fifty

In this video Kal Visuals covers why every photographer needs a 50mm prime lens better known as the nifty fifty. Kal Visuals discuss the many benefits of having a 50mm lens such as less gear means less to lug. The 50mm prime lens is lightweight, small and easy to carry around. Moreover Kal Visuals reveals in why every photographer needs a 50mm prime lens how it helps provide environmental background in the scene. He also discusses how you can flip the 50mm prime lens around and use it as a macro lens, you’ll have to get really close but it’s a cool feature of using a 50mm prime. Also with a speed of f1.4 you can capture extremely fast action with plenty of light coming in, whereas with a kit lens at say f4 you can’t capture at the same level. Kal Visuals doesn’t hold back on his passion for starting out and using a 50mm prime lens. Kal Visuals discusses how the nifty fifty helped him learn and grow as a photographer as well as the many benefits of using one. Don’t miss out on why every photographer need a 50mm prime lens, the nifty fifty.

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