(All images taken with Sony A99 fitted with a Minolta 50mm/ f 1.7) The 50mm lens always holds a special place in my heart for it was the focal length with which I started photography. This Minolta 50mm beauty is the first lens in my armory and especially turns me on. I am glad that my new addition of the A99 gives a new lease of life to it which has otherwise been used with a crop-sensor camera. Without much of a convincing argument but purely by convention, the 50mm has long been considered a normal focal length. It gives a field of vision which, as most old-school photographers have been taught to think, resembles how the human eyes see the world (no wonder most cameras came with a "kit" 50mm lens in the old days). Undoubtedly, this claim doesn't hold up to any serious scrutiny. You may as well fit almost just any lens on a camera and zoom with your feet. The claim will become very pale and not be worthy of an argument. I would rather...
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