How I Use a 50mm for Travel Photography

How I Use a 50mm for Travel Photography | Busan South Korea 2021

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A Guide on how to take better photos with a 50mm Lens!
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00:00 Intro Hello!!
00:20 1. More than a Portrait Lens!
01:17 2. Pay attention to DETAILS!
01:49 3. How to get a WIDE Shot with a 50mm?
02:56 Support My Channel! Just Watch :)
03:51 4. Why the 50mm make shots look PRO! Compression!
05:13 5. Do You NEED an F/1.2 Lens?
07:02 6. Fine... It's GREAT for Portraits, too! :)
08:14 7. Why the 50mm is so accessible!
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50mm is arguably the MOST popular lens in all of photography. Generally recommended as a second lens after the kit lens, this is many people's first prime lens, their first foray into "pro" photography world because it offers a very unique look. Combined with the F/1.8 aperture, it leads amateurs to a very unhealthy obsession for background blur or BOKEH ;) However, many people default this as a portrait lens and I don't blame them, it's easy to score amazing portraits with this lens but the 50mm is capable of so much more. It's versatility is often hidden but once discovered, it can be a powerful landscape, travel, street, & casual lens! Here's a video on how to maximize it's potential!

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@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

Is it true? 50mm is the gateway lens to unhealthy bokeh obsession? What ignited your love for bokeh?

@okoto 3 жыл бұрын

The 85mm was my gateway to bokeh. It was the first prime I bought.

@KgerShyang 3 жыл бұрын

I use 135 for bokeh...50 as backup

@FutureWalking 3 жыл бұрын

Please tell me the camera and lens you use in this video reply please ASAP

@KgerShyang 3 жыл бұрын

@@FutureWalking 50mm f2.5 G, 50mm f1.2 GM...i thinj the recording should be zeiss batis series for Mr Jason

@StefanAlexandruGeogloman 3 жыл бұрын

I think it is. I'm still thinking about buying one of the 56mm or 16mm Sigma for APSC. As you show here, I think the 56mm is the better choice for me... I think!

@zarate1om 3 жыл бұрын

For those who are practicing panoramics, make sure that you change your white balance off of auto! Your camera may change the white balance on every photo you take, resulting in an unnatural looking pano. Also, make sure to maintain the same focus unless you are trying to focus stack, the pano may not merge well!

@Deathignator 2 жыл бұрын

Focus, yes. WB, shoot RAW?

@m0nkyb0m 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I didn’t know this.

@StupidRaisins 3 жыл бұрын

Busan is such a cool city! Can't wait to do some more traveling and explore. Hope you are having an awesome trip!

@aleale.96 Жыл бұрын

With this video I understand how lenses are important for some concepts but, if we have a lot of creativity and we understand the importance of lights we can make great photos. Dude, you're absolutely a pro

@wiriadinata 3 жыл бұрын

good one bro, you are focusing on the fun of taking pictures instead of brand or too technical matters. It's a balance content. superb

@ryanyu5051 3 жыл бұрын

Great real world usage video! Just love this type of videos!

@cesar0684 3 жыл бұрын

Great review and great pics! Thanks for putting this content together.

@kh1188ish 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!! Looks like so much fun.

@PHX1138 3 жыл бұрын

I love your vids and info. I am Army photographer currently in Korea. I absolutely love shooting street pics here. So much subject material. Great work and keep it up. Yes, nifty fifty was my first purchase. Lol.

@HeroShotz 3 жыл бұрын

THE WORLD NEEDS 1.2 !!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

@theodorenguyen92 4 ай бұрын

This video is all i need 🎉 i'm coming to seoul this year ❤

@jaswin_chen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason! U' r the best! always love my 55mm sony zeiss.

@GaryJahman 3 жыл бұрын

Can't go wrong with tips from the Vong

@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

😎😎😎

@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t go wrong with this comment either

@sharakorr 3 жыл бұрын

Can't go wrong, can only go vong!

@modernmusicstudio303 Жыл бұрын

Great realistic examples of this lens! Great Video!

@MrMonk330 3 жыл бұрын

I just purchased my a7iii and it came with the 28-70mm and the 50mm 1.8 and I’m glad it did this just got me more excited than I already was! Thanks for another great informative video! Much love!

@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

Glad this helped. Enjoy it!!

@saltedjellyfish 3 жыл бұрын

Love how you always take care of APSC users out there, thanks for clarifying the equivalent 30/35mm APSC lens!

@kamilpotato3764 2 жыл бұрын

or 25mm with mft

@JackyLi 3 жыл бұрын

Visiting the good spots in Busan!! Love this 50mm review. My 85mm sigma 1.4 just buttery thooo

@YOLOnyc 3 жыл бұрын

My aps-c sigma 30mm f/1.4 takes the best photos of any lens I own, and it is the smallest and lowest cost lens too (after the kit lens), absolutely love it! This video is spot-on!

@jeroenvdw 3 жыл бұрын

1 week ago my sis gave birth, I didn't use my 50mm for like a year, but for newborn photography it's pretty amazing. It allows you do stay pretty close to the subject and it doesn't show a lot of background. Now I shoot her baby almost every day with 50mm. Combined with 105mm macro.

@nickandhelmi 3 жыл бұрын

Ah the busan episode is out 😊, i miss travelling - we are still stuck down in australia jason 😆

@TJohnson540i 3 ай бұрын

Jason You are the best Brother!!! Enjoy your videos on photography

@basarat 3 жыл бұрын

Best demo of “cats eyes” on faster aperture at 5:56 👍🏼🌹

@scottmoore5839 Жыл бұрын

Such high-quality informative vids, well done sir. Thanks...!

@angiekeith14 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 🙏 I really enjoyed your video and all the information here. You’re really good on this

@Micah-Woods 3 жыл бұрын

I like the FE 50mm 1.8. This is certainly an improvement and a must have! One day 🙏🏽 Great video!

@shabibhossain 3 жыл бұрын

I 100% agree, 50 is the introductory prime lens for a lot of photographers I personally know. Even I myself started with the kit lens and 50mm 1.8 was my gateway drug to the prime and Bokeh rabbit hole 😂 Now using the 85mm 1.8 “BO-KWAH” as my daily driver 🤣 Loved the video!

@hrpickinstuff Жыл бұрын

Ditto 85mm is my personal preference. I use it for everything.

@milesmatic2872 3 жыл бұрын

You have awesome videos on photography, keep up the good work!

@jeghedderhenrik 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful video, please make a ton more of these type,,, maybe one of you best ever, in my opinion, btw, wonderful places

@razakidris 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously you're there... I missed this place. Photography Heaven!

@bluev0d 3 жыл бұрын

wow you visit my hometown!! welcome to Korea! hope you enjoyed your travel in Busan :)

@jessicasmaltese2587 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this video. It reignited my want to go out and take pics! 😁

@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

Go go go!!

@m.z.9411 3 жыл бұрын

Ur right..the 50 f1.8 STM got me hooked into photography

@afrank3029 3 жыл бұрын

Md 2 🙌 !

@Zetaphotography 3 жыл бұрын

That's a very massive 50mm. Defeated the whole Mirrorless and travel idea. Zeiss 50 Leica mount is amazing

@scottbutterworth2887 3 жыл бұрын

I've stuck with my 55mm Sony Zeiss for almost every situation. It's such a great lens that even if I started with the 85GM, I'll end up with the 55 taking most of the shots. Good stuff, Jason.

@RicardoGomezToro 3 жыл бұрын

Same. I have to try not to use it so my other lenses get a turn.

@zarate1om 3 жыл бұрын

0:49 that’s a wallpaper if I have ever seen one! That photo is crazy!

@melvinesmith Жыл бұрын

Great little vid...informative and funny as well :) Thank you!

@HiDaveandChloe 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Super useful and learned a lot!

@talia4192 Жыл бұрын

So happy I found this video. You’re content is awesome. It’s like you always know what my next question and you answer it lol

@onthehorizon92 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for including the equivalent lens on an APS-C camera. I'm one of those who bought a 50 mm 1.8 when I started, thinking that was THE lens that everybody was talking about. Then I added the canon 24 mm pancake lens to my collection, but I felt that something was missing in my collection. Recently I purchased a Sigma 30 mm 1.4 Art so I can get the 50 mm look.

@dps6198 Жыл бұрын

Since the end of WWII to the introduction of interchangeable lenses. The 50mm was a standard non-removeable lens on all Canon cameras for nearly 46 years. For all those who say they'd never use a 50mm for anything doesn't know the rich history of this focal length during those nearly 50 years. Many incredible photos were taken with the 50mm.

@alfredconqueror4422 Жыл бұрын

I got myself the Nikon Z 50mm 1.8 and it's ultra sharp. I love it

@danwildersaidso 10 ай бұрын

I love bokeh but not necessarily obsessed anymore especially because I now have the a7c with the 50 2.5! My FAVORITE combo!!!

@ConceptNewEra 3 жыл бұрын

Yooo super good information in here! Love hearing you thoughts man! 💯✔️🔥

@ronynandi 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always

@KgerShyang 3 жыл бұрын

Informative as usual👌

@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@hurleygreen927 3 жыл бұрын

Love my nifty fifty lens on my Nikon D750! Thanks for this video...

@yulifreed4988 3 жыл бұрын

perfect as always 👌

@AprilClayton Жыл бұрын

It is so nice using it on APSC. The bokeh is amazing

@SAZTravel 3 жыл бұрын

Those shots are 🥰🥰

@mitHundundRad 2 жыл бұрын

I shot on my Sony Alpha 6300 with a 50mm f/1,8 50 years old Primelens. It change my work for ever and push the quallity on a new higher level.

@chosenideahandle 3 жыл бұрын

I think 35 to 50mm is a nice all around focal length for a lot. My 35 is probably the lens I use the most for travel (I only shoot primes). My portrait lens is the Sony 85mm f1.8, and there's some bokeh for you! I'll even put the 85 on for street stuff, if I know I won't want to get too close to subjects.

@KskFilms-vv6gs 3 жыл бұрын

f1.2 Amazing!! nice review✴️

@mRafayshaikh 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing love it . Im.young vlogger learning lot of things from ur videos

@okoto 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you guys got to see Busan! To me Busan is the most interesting city in Korea TBH,. Enjoy your time there and the seafood. Also every night by the hour the Gwangali Bridge has a light show you can watch from the beach. It's where I proposed to my wife actually.

@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE Busan! I don’t think we explored enough. We definitely have to come back

@okoto 3 жыл бұрын

@@JasonVong Let me know next time y'all come back. I'm living in the southern part of S.Korea and here forever basically. Definitely go see Jeju Island at some point if you can. Wish you the best of fun here.

@mr.mayersvirtualschool2561 3 жыл бұрын

@@JasonVong If you go to Busan again around cherry blossom season you need to go 40 minutes south to Jinhae.

@marcohunemorder5660 8 ай бұрын

Have been in Korea 20 times or so and fell in love with country. Jinhae is definitely worth it at cherry blossom. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@tibfox 3 жыл бұрын

great tutorial and details about using a 50mm! Thanks for this episode Jason - glad you followed my call in noealz livestream xD

@SergiySev Жыл бұрын

damn, stitching photos together to have bigger image - brilliant idea ❤

@samsargdong1135 3 жыл бұрын

Great video.I'll try my 50 f1.8 mm lens more!

@BlackapinoTheTechGuy 3 жыл бұрын

*I bought the 30mm Sigma f1.4 and it works AMAZING for me at $300*

@docemel26 3 жыл бұрын

Butter Shots!! Love how this lens can be used differently! Which I would of gotten the 35 mm lens now that I got the 50 mm on the cropped lens.

@Omarlophoto 3 жыл бұрын

great video jvong

@manny75586 2 жыл бұрын

It's called the "nifty 50" for a reason. It is also the closets approximation of our vision (minus the peripheral portion of our vision) so audiences tend to be drawn to the look of 50mm too.

@60shots 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, cool video man. That 50mm 1.2 looks solid. When you getting the A1 ?

@forzaho14 3 жыл бұрын

You are watching the video well. Street photography is really attractive.

@HwL01 3 жыл бұрын

35 is my go to, if I can only bring one lens

@delux1101 3 жыл бұрын

great video my dude

@gregorybeale 3 жыл бұрын

More videos like these please

@robertdavis1255 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing... Great video/comments...Yes I do have a 50mm 1.8 lens for my Nikon D500... Good results... Cheers..

@joshua9638 3 жыл бұрын

Nice shot 🖤

@HDvids101 3 жыл бұрын

Once you use a prime and get the sharpness and bokeh it's hard to downgrade the quality to a zoom imho.

@thomaan 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video as always. Yes, the rabbit hole is deep indeed. Own the 55mm f1.8, own the 50mm f1.4 and crave the 50mm f1.2... That juicy f1.2, mmmmmmm :)

@lorneturner5318 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you....nice presentation.

@x_jaydn 3 жыл бұрын

Saw you met-up with Noealz! Awesome stuff, dudes!~

@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

Yessir!! Noe is a legend!!

@mikedeleon4246 3 жыл бұрын

Man you got a new subscriber ! I´m going to the beach next month and I was wondering If my nifty fifty could do the job on travel photography . After watching this video It is an essential item in my bag.

@JillGrygas 3 жыл бұрын

The Vong is never wrong!! :D I'm still debating on what of the new Sony lenses to get when they come out in May. I'm leaning towards 24 mm because I do vlogging and travel and your last video showed how awesome it is with everything, but this video is making me want to get the 50 mm too!

@JasonVong 3 жыл бұрын

For vlogging, I def would say get the 20mm. The 24mm is doable but only if you do photography more than videos!

@JillGrygas 3 жыл бұрын

@@JasonVong thank you for the suggestion!!!! I really appreciate your time 😃😃

@funkymonk8240 Жыл бұрын

AWESOME vid

@eddyjcreative100 Жыл бұрын

Fun and learning JV ...legend

@ArchinaGM 3 жыл бұрын

The funny thing for me is I got my SEL50F14Z as my first 'proper' lens as when using the 28-70mm kit lens I found myself hovering in the 50mm range quite frequently and it works perfectly for me when using it as a pseudo-webcam. I think right now I'd want to work my way towards a 70-200mm lens for a bit more versatility though I have also considered grabbing a 90mm macro lens to open up new doors as well. Sadly my wallet is screaming at me any time I start browsing lenses as the price of these things add up crazy fast. Edit: Oh and I totally agree with the bokeh obsession. Got some crazy good pics on my first day of using the lens and that f1.4 gave such sexy blur that I had that thing on A-mode with 1.4 on for days after that. It took a fair few missed shots for me to realise I do actually have to touch that knob every now and then. LOL

@alviss2190 Жыл бұрын

For stitching photos 50mm is the best because wide angle warp sides and it may either fail or give weird effects

@D4M 3 жыл бұрын

Wow... You are in Korea. I am your Korean fan. I wanted to recommend a good tourist spot in advance, but it seems like I went back to see the video already posted. I hope you have good memories in Korea. It's really different and fun to have Korea in your video. Next time I come to Korea, I will be a famous KZfaqr. I hope we can make a collaboration video together at that time~

@ArleyMcBlain 8 ай бұрын

For most photographers their second lens being a 50mm also tends to have that 75mm or 80mm FOV on a crop sensor body too.

@6rimR3ap3r 3 жыл бұрын

I will have to do some comparison in the future to decide which 50 to use when... Got the Canon EF 1.2L, which is soft and CA ridden wide open - and the RF 1.8, which is not 1.2 but could be better at 1.8 and 2 and is way more portable :-D

@profoundmood 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, now you guys are in Jeju island. Enjoy the best tourist spot in Korea. :)

@MartinV. 19 күн бұрын

Great Video

@lescobrandon3047 4 ай бұрын

In the old film days, the 50mm was called the “Sneaker Zoom”. Want to get closer shots, get closer.

@BuildingCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Busan is a fun town. Check out Mokpo and Gwangju, too. (Next time, I guess.)

@ssdigitalssuresh9697 5 ай бұрын

sir make a complete video on sony 7rv settings please both for video and photos...please sir

@davidzhorvath 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like you were there during cooler days, but would you recommend a small Ruggard or dry cabinet for a long summer stay in Korea mid August?

@dimakor5914 Жыл бұрын

Bought Canon RP with 50/1.8 only as a compact camera. Time to learn how to shoot 50 mm

@artificialsoul1265 2 жыл бұрын

Which websites do you recommend for purchasing the lens? Which one do u use personally? and which ones u are showing in the video? Love from INDIA!

@robertmeyerson1618 Жыл бұрын

I really like your videos. I shoot with vintage film lenses on a cropped sensor camera. Have you done a video on this? Thanks !

@jjagle 3 жыл бұрын

welcome to Korea!!!

@paigecfrancis 3 жыл бұрын

5:59. Good sequence and comparison for the ape rather range. I can work with a 1.8 just fine lol. But if I had the disposable income I’d prob still get the 1.2