Hey friends! Welcome back to my channel, my name is Katie and this is Katherinethe19th:
the channel where we talk about living the creative life. Today I want to
chat with you about the best lenses for crop sensor cameras. Before we jump into
it you might be asking what is a crop sensor camera? what is a sensor in a
camera? great question every camera has a sensor behind the lens that reads the
light and creates an image these sensors come in various sizes depending on what
camera you get usually cameras with bigger sensors are gonna be more
expensive. the camera that I have the Canon 80D, it is a crop sensor DSLR. if you
wanted to get a full-frame camera from Canon which means a camera with a bigger
sensor you're gonna be looking at cameras like the 6D and 5D etc
Sony's full frame cameras are also really popular like the sony a7s and a7r
however the price difference is very significant this camera runs you about
$1000 where Sony full-frame cameras are more like $2500-$3000. What are the
differences when it comes to the images? well full-frame cameras are gonna
provide a nicer quality image they also are gonna have a really big impact on
the kind of lenses that you're going to use,
hence this video. You aren't going to use the same lenses for a crop sensor camera
that you would for a full-frame camera. To be honest with you there are probably
a lot of differences that I'm not even aware of but in practical terms the main
differences that you're gonna find between a full-frame camera and a crop
sensor camera is how cropped in the images when you use a certain lens so just
imagine for a second that I was filming myself on a full-frame camera this is
what the full-frame would look like and here's what it would look like if it was
a crop sensor as you can see it pretty much just cropped the image in and so
clearly this is gonna have an impact on what kind of lens you want to use. A lot
of times you'll read online about what lenses are great for photography and
videography and many kinds of suggestions people are giving are based
on using a full-frame camera which is why I wanted to chat about the lenses
that I think are most practical for use on a crop
censor. the first one that I think is great for any Canon beginner
photographer or videographer is the 50mm everyone knows this as the
"nifty 50" by Canon it is a 50mm prime lens that runs you just about
$150 so it is very reasonable as lenses goes, it's got a
plastic body so it's very lightweight, definitely doesn't feel the most legit
but it works very very well it has an f-stop maximum of 1.8 which is perfect
for getting a really nice blurry background and also for getting better
pictures and lower lighting conditions. everyone has a different videography or
photography style but I personally love to just go for that low f-stop push it
as low as I can go no matter what lens I'm using because I really love blurry
backgrounds and I also like bright photos. This is a really great beginner
lens because it is so inexpensive and it gives you that low aperture at the great
bokeh background, however the problem with using this on a crop sensor is that
it's really cropped.. a 50mm on a crop sensor works out to be more like an
85mm on a full-frame. So basically what that means is using the
50mm on a crop sensor it's gonna be pretty much impossible for you
to film yourself or take pictures of other people or film other people in
close quarters. So although I definitely think that is one of the best lenses you
can get for a crop sensor you just gonna have to keep in mind that it's gonna
limit you in terms of the space that you're in and the fact that you are not
going to be able to film yourself with it because it's gonna be way too cropped.
in well I still think it's great to have the 50mm because it has that
beautiful low f-stop my solution to the crop in problem of the 50mm is
the 24 this is the Canon 24mm little pancake lens as you can see it is
very small and compact this is a maximum f-stop of 2.8 which is nice and low but
not quite as low as the 1.8 that I really like to go for if I can this will
still definitely give you a blurry background which is nice and it actually
makes it possible for you to film yourself with this lens this is great
especially for youtubers. honestly I would say this is probably my number one
recommended for anyone using a Canon DSLR and as a
youtuber who wants to really up their game because the 50mm is only
gonna work for you in a YouTube setting if you have a Canon 80D because you
need to have that autofocus -I think 70Ds have it as well-
continuous autofocus so that you know your face is gonna be in focus even if
the camera is too far away for you to see... when I used to film myself on my T3i
with the 50mm it was always a guessing game because with the T3i of
course you need to set up the focus and so normally when I was shooting with my
kit lens I would be sitting close enough to the camera that I could reach out and
change the focus as I needed to however with 50mm if you were close
enough to the camera to adjust the focus you would be way too close to the camera
that's why the 24 is perfect it's a little bit more expensive I think it
hits around $250 however I think it's definitely
worth it if you're gonna be doing a lot of self filming the third and final lens
that I want to recommend to any crop sensor camera users is actually a
variable focal length lens which the other two were prime's this is a zoom
lens. I love this lens it's another Canon one it is 55 to 250mm and I
believe the maximum f-stop is 3.5? might even just be 4.0 so it doesn't have a
really great aperture however you have the zoom, I mostly use this for events,
nature photography... events. This is really great for when you're trying to get
candids of people if you're doing event coverage because people tend to get
really awkward if the camera is close to them but you can stand really far away
and then just snap them from a distance this is also really good for nature or
travel however the one limiting factor is because the lowest is 55mm,
you're going to run into the same issue that you do with the 50 in that you'll
end up too close to people sometimes. that's why I think the pairing of this
and the 24 are gonna be great for event videography because you can mix
between the up-close shots but then also grabbing candidates from a distance, so
that's it! those are my recommendations for crop sensor camera users in terms of
lenses. in general my recommendation is especially if you're doing any kind of
YouTube work try to go for lower lens lengths,
I think it can be tempting to go for this giant zoom lenses because they're
really impressive or even to go for the 50 because it's really popular but I
really do think you need to look out for some wider angle lenses. I know wide
angles aren't always necessarily that desirable because they can really squash
the image and widen you know facial features but the 24 definitely doesn't
go that far especially on a crop sensor a 24 is going to end up looking more
like a 50. 50mm is a great end point because that is actually the lens
focal length that is closest to human vision so it looks most natural to
people that's the reason why GoPros look so weird it's closer to like 10mm
and so it looks so wide compared to what you're used to so I
think if you're filming yourself a lot that 24 is a really great option if
you're doing any kind of event or nature or travel kind of photography or video
work the zoom is really good and the 50 is just great to have around for any
time that you want a really really low aperture and the best thing about
these lenses is these are pretty much the most affordable set of Canon lenses
that you can get they're all under $300, I believe. so as much as it takes a long
time to build up a collection of lenses I've been doing this for like five or
six years and I only have four lenses total so don't feel like you need to buy
them all at once but if you were on the market and you're working with a crop
sensor those are definitely the lenses that I recommend. If you liked this video
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