many of my readers and I personally just love street photography, but there is one problem with this type of photography, which you need to know.
the problem is that not all of my readers know some genuine lens for street photography.
if you want to make your street photography experience amazing & unique then this is the most important thing you need to do, choosing the right lens for street photography.
right now, there are so many people are talking about some good lens for street photography, and many photographers buy it without knowing their needs.
and it’s not good for you.
before you buy any new lens you first need to know in which situations that lens gives you a better result, like what if there is low light ?? or high light ??
do you think your lens gives you an expected result?
that’s the most important question, which you need to ask yourself and find the answer before buying any new street photography lens.
so here, in this article, I’m sharing some best lens for street photography, which works on different condition.
you need to do nothing, for now, just read this article carefully and find the answer to your question.
also, there is so much confusion between the zoom lens and a prime lens, which we’re solving in this article within a minute.
so now, without talking more about it, let’s jump into it…
Most Suitable Lens For Street Photography | Which You Need To Know
as I said earlier, the real competitor for street photography lens is a Zoom lens and Prime lens.
so before you read further, just know the basic difference between Zoom lens and Prime lens, you can even use a cheap telephoto lens, if you like.
also if you own a Canon Camera and looking for some real canon lens for street photography then please follow this article…
now, let’s dive deeper and find the best answer for you, so you can choose your next lens for street photography easily.
Zoom lens
many people, like to use a zoom lens for street photography.
Why Zoom lens?
Zoom lenses are very important to capture images from a long distance.
if you don’t want to get attracted by some strangers, or if you’re too shy.
Zoom lens contains more focal length than the prime lens, so this is another advantage of Zoom lens over the prime lens.
because if the focal length is high then you can capture an image from a long distance, easily.
so, here is one simple example which helps you with some real benefits of a zoom lens.
as I mention earlier zoom lenses are also the best choice for a lazy person, because of a good range of focal length you don’t need to change your place to capture an object from a different location.
just zoom in / zoom-out and you’re done ( and you’ll also get a better composition and creamy background ), that’s it.
a zoom lens gives you a very nice bokeh.
A zoom lens is all in one, you got many different focal lengths with one single lens.
Why NO to zoom lens?
one advantage of a zoom lens is a very big disadvantage of a zoom lens, let me tell you how.
and I said a second ago, zoom lenses are the best option for a lazy photographer, but if you’re a newbie and learning photography then zoom lenses are not for you.
it makes you lazier :D, and after capturing some good images with this lens, you don’t even like to use your kit lens.
which comes with your DSLR kit.
if you’re not familiar with street photography then this type of photography is available to capture the people walking and running on the streets.
so if you own a high focal length zoom lens then it’ll capture more than that, so to capture every single photo you need to zoom in or zoom out every single time.
What kind of Focal length is best for a Street photography zoom lens ??
I personally like to use a range between 70-300mm, that’s enough length to capture good street photographs.
Let’s talk about Prime Lens
do you know why prime lenses are true love for every professional photographer?
because the prime lenses are the only lens which works on every single situation.
also, Prime lenses are very cheaper than the Zoom lens.
so in our list of a lens for street photography, prime lenses are the best choice for mid-range.
now let’s talk about some advantages and disadvantages of a prime lens for street photography.
Why Prime lenses are the best choice for street photography?
the very first reason is my favorite.
you can use prime lens everywhere !!
yes, that’s true, once if you bought a prime lens for street photography by mistake and after that, you don’t like it.
then you can use your prime lens for portrait photography & also for random photography too.
the prime lens also gives you a very nice bokeh effect, you just need to understand and learn manual focus.
A prime lens is very lighter than a zoom lens
Contains better features
The prime lens contains a wider aperture size than the zoom lens.
- Know more about aperture
means if you make your aperture high, then it’ll help you to capture better low light photographs easily.
also, the prime lens contains a mid-range kind of focal length which makes a prime lens very fast than a zoom lens.
Disadvantage but the advantage of a zoom lens
if you like some advantage of a prime lens, then this one point is good & bad for you.
as we know, the prime lens contains very less focal length than the zoom lens.
so if you want a good bokeh then you must need to go closer to your object.
and if your object is a person then it’s very difficult ( because he/she doesn’t know you’re taking some candid ) and also that feels very awkward.
also, you need to keep rotating and changing your position to capture one single object from a different position.
that’s why the prime lens is the best option for newbies because it gives you so many different ways to learn photography the way you want.
Best focal length for a prime lens
there are so many different companies like Canon, Nikon, etc are making some good prime lenses, so you can choose your own company by yourself.
In my list, the best prime lenses for street photography are those that contain focal lengths between 35mm-50mm.
The call must be yours
first of all, this is my perspective which definitely helps you to find a better lens for your street photography.
but the inner call must be yours, you need to be very sure before buying any new lens for your street photography.
no one can tell you which lens is best for you and why.
so be patient and decide what you really love and what you want to capture.
if you’re asking me then currently I am using Canon 50mm F/1.4 for my street photography (now sigma 56mm F/1.4 ).
and the cover photo was captured by me using that lens.
see some good examples of street photography on my Instagram feed.
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hope you guys like all of this lens for street photography and my explanation, have a nice day.
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