B&W film photography

Hi,

I'm a young geezer of 63 ! Nikon F2as and 50mm f/1.4 is my

all around lens. Other primes for special stuff. Keep

shooting film !

Best wishes,

/Clay

Clay

I'm no spring chicken either. I've used 50mm lenses for the last 40 years. If they give you the images you want who cares if they're in style or not. If it meets your needs, especially if its in your bag use it and enjoy it.

I am surprised to hear that the 50mm prime lens had fallen from favor in the first place - A good 50 is my desert island lens of choice.

As an aside, I thought that primes in general had been supplanted in the popular image of the modern photographer by massive zooms.

It's the speed of primes that seems to have caught the interest of the digital cognoscenti. Witness the renewed interest in Leica's Noctilux since the introduction of the M8.

-j.