There is one question I am getting all the time from people who own Canon EOS M50.
And the very same question I see online I see in the Facebook groups and other media
and the question is.
What is the best lens to buy for Canon EOS M50?What other lenses should I get?
What is the next lens I should buy when it comes to this camera?
Well, that question I am going to answer very honestly in today's video and it will be based
on my life experience as a photographer.
And since not everyone can effort those very expensive lenses, I am gonna be talking about
budget friendly lenses in today's video, so stay tuned, all of it is coming up.
And if you are new on my channel, my name is Zdenka Darula.
I work as a professional photographer for number of years.
I am a former model and few other things.
I make tutorials here and fun vlogs....
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In today's video I will be talking about STM line of lenses.
What does STM really means?
STM means that it features Canon's Stepper Motor technology.
Canon introduced this motor design to be a quieter and smoother focus system that allows
for near-silent focusing during video recording.
There you have it.
What is nice about it the price range is in hundreds, not in thousands like the other
lines so you will save some money on that and if you are starting out, if you are new
photographer, that's completely ideal tool for you to get.
Now that doesn't mean that you cannot make living out on it.
I am the proof.
I am actually using it as we speak.
I am using it for photography and other stuff.
I am selling the photos and videos so I am making living out of it so I am using it professionally
as well.
So yeap… that is professional line.
Just you will save few bucks.... few hundred bucks.... well... few thousand bucks.
The first lens I am going to talking about and I am super excited about that one is 15-45mm lens.
It's f/3.5 - 6.3 IS STM lens.
Now, I am using it as we speak.
I am recording with Canon M50 and that lens is on it right now.
If you look at all my past videos, I've been pretty much shooting on this set up and the
only difference is that the previous videos are done in HD and today I am shooting in
4K.
I want to see how camera can handle autofocus.
I want to see the quality, if it's worth it to do all my other videos in 4K as well.
Also most of my thumbnails on my videos on Youtube here are shot with this camera and
this particular lens, so you can check it out and see how it performs for photography.
This lens is made of plastic which is making it very nicely light and very compact, so
when I throw it at the Canon M50 and put it in my purse, I can walk around and nobody
really knows I am a photographer.
That's what I prefer.
I don't like to walk around with my big camera bag and sort of scream out "look at me, I
am a photographer".
Not my style.
When it comes to moisture, you have to be little careful with this line of lenses and
also dust, but you are careful with your gear anyways right?
15 - 45mm is equivalent to 24 - 72mm on a camera with full frame sensor.
It will allow you to take stable shots because it has image stabilizer and we all love that
feature.
Well if you want to make video with this kind of lens you will really appreciate the silent
autofocus which these STM lenses offer.
It is not the fastest lens because the f is 3.5 - 6.3 but if you have good lighting conditions
like this one, you will be very surprised with the results.
It will impress you big time.
And if you go outdoors and you shoot during very bright day, you can fit 49mm ND filter
on it which is very cheap and that will bring it down to 3.5 so your object will be very
sharp and you will get that bokeh effect behind that object.
Everybody likes that look these days.
It's a very nice general lens.
What I love about it is the zoom that I can actually go pretty close if I want to I can
go wide as well.
And if you buy it as kit, if you buy that camera with that lens as a kit then you will
save some money on it for sure.
I have to return to ND filters.
Some of you actually left me a question in the video description in my past videos asking
what ND filter do I need for my lens?
Well, let me help you out.
When you look at the lens like the lens is looking at me right now, look at that circle
and look at the bottom number.
I see 49mm.
That's diameter of the filter you need for your lens.
So all lenses have it written there.
It's just at the bottom, you see there that number.
That's the filter you need to get.
By the way, I linked all lenses in the video description below so you don't need to take
notes, you can just keep watching the video and once you are done, you can just click
on those links and check those lenses out.
So that is the general lens and the next step I would most likely buy zoom lens.
Especially when you travel and you see that beautiful castle in the back and you want
to zoom in and take photo of it and you don't have it.
Well, I usually don't travel with the other telephoto lens I have which is EF lens.
It is very heavy and it's very big so it stays home.
I don't travel with it.
And if I had the STM line lens, that would probably fit in my bag and I would definitely
take it with me.
I was in Czech and Slovakia in the summer and there were so many situations I wish I
had that telephoto lens.
When it comes to lighter telephoto lens Canon offers EF-M 55 - 200mm lens which is equivalent
to 88 - 320mm lens on camera with full frame sensor.
Also right now it is the most powerful zoom you can get for this camera which is Canon
M50.
And you know what?
You can also enjoy it for portrait photos.
Why do I say portrait?
Well, when you look at my website and look at all the fashion and glamour shots I did
and the models, they are all pretty much all done on telephoto lens.
I do have 50mm lens at home but it has no zoom and I honestly, I tried it many times...
I just don't like it.
I don't like to always move back and forth, I am wasting my time that way.
I just like to zoom in, zoom out quickly and I don't know.
I get more for the time I am working.
I always liked that better anyways.
But everybody is different.
You might enjoy the prime lenses more.
It depends on your photography style.
Anyways, back to 55 - 200mm lens.
It's light, it's great for travel.
It is made of plastic so you have to be little bit careful when it comes to moisture and
dust.
The stabilizer is great, autofocus is very quiet so it is great for photo and video.
So we talked about general lens and we talked about zoom lens.
There is one more lens I would definitely get and it is the wide angle lens.
Again when you travel and you see that beautiful town square or you see some interesting interior,
like in a castle, you want to take very wide shot.
So for travel you really want to go wide and when I was in Europe I've seen very many interesting
places but I didn't have that with me so couldn't get it.
Here Canon offers wide angle lens for landscape, interiors and architecture.
EF-M 11 - 22mm f/4.5 - 5.6 IS STM lens.
It is equivalent to 18 - 35mm on camera with full frame sensor.
This lens is great for vlogging as well.
It has image stabilizer and the autofocus again is very quiet.
Again it is not the best in the low light conditions because it is f/4.5 - 5.6 but if
you have good light again you will get good results.
The focusing distance is 15cm so you can get very close.
Well I know for sure that if I had these 3 lenses, that's really exactly all I really
need.
Now I've been shooting for 13 years, I do lot of portraits, weddings, glamour, fashion,
stock photography, sports, hm.... did I forget anything?
I don't think so.
So yeah, those 3 lenses, that's all it is for me.
But I am a minimalist, I really don't need crazy amount of gear to get the results and
to make living with it.
Do you like macro shots?
Well I can definitely recommend one macro lens as well.
I don't shoot macro photos that often, but once in a while you know when I am at wedding,
when I need to do some creative photos of wedding rings or another jewelry.
Canon offers EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM lens. 28mm is equivalent to 45mm on a camera
with full frame sensor.
Currently it is the only macro lens available for Canon M50 where you actually don't need
an adaptor.
And again it's very light lens.
And you can get very, very, very close to your subject because focusing is only 30mm.
There are 2 leds on the front of the lens.
So when you are focusing on a subject it will actually decide on it's own how strong light
it should use and it will remove that shadow you might be creating by lens so you get that
crispy clear beautiful shot.
By the way, you can use this lens for portraits too.
And these are all lenses if you are on a budget for Canon EOS M50.
If you are hobbyist, starting out, or you want something cheaper.
My chair needs to be replaced too.
It drives me crazy today.
And by the way all the links to those lenses are in a video description below.
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kind of lenses you are using.
I would love to know.
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