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The 24mm focal length (on a full frame sensor camera) is a great all-round wide angle lens, perfect for travel, reportage and all sorts of landscape photography.
On a full frame sensor camera, such as the Canon EOS 5D, the focal lengths are as stated on the lens, which again makes things simpler.
I mention full frame sensor because on many digital cameras the sensor is small, which changes the focal length of the lens, usually by a factor of 1.6.
The less fiddling around with gear the better, so deciding to substitute the kit lens for a 50mm (on a full frame sensor camera) is a great way to connect with what really matters.
Example: If you have a 200mm lens, at say, f2.8, on a 35mm full frame sensor, and the subject is near you (2-3m), you can blur the background quite a lot.
But neither of the new midrange models has a professional "full frame" sensor as big as a standard 35mm frame.
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Both digital single-lens reflex cameras use "full frame" sensors the size of 35-millimeter film, letting a wide-angle lens really see a broad view.
Full frame sensors are perfect for reducing noise in your images.
Sony and Leica now sell mirrorless cameras with a full-frame sensor (ie, the size of old 35mm film).
With its top of the range Alpha 7R, Sony now sells a mirrorless camera with a full-frame sensor (ie, the size of 35mm film).
Sony has just launched the compact Cyber-shot RX1, which has a fixed lens, but should have great image quality thanks to its full-frame sensor – albeit for an eye-watering £2,600.
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