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Which is a better focal length for fashion photography: 50mm or 35mm? I have Nikon D5100 and Nikon D7000 and I'm interested specifically for ramp walk.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Depends how far you want to stand from the subject. \$\endgroup\$
    – BBking
    Commented Nov 26, 2013 at 6:26
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    \$\begingroup\$ There are too many unanswered variables not addressed in your question. How far will you be from the ramp? On the end or one of the sides? Do you want wide angle shots of several models? Or tight shots of a single model? Full body or half body? Without more information your question is unanswerable. \$\endgroup\$
    – Michael C
    Commented Nov 26, 2013 at 7:21
  • \$\begingroup\$ Please let me know, what is the best position to be(I mean with respect to the ramp) for Fashion photography. And, if I want to take close shots for single models, then which lens would be good? \$\endgroup\$
    – Subhajit Panja
    Commented Nov 26, 2013 at 11:17
  • \$\begingroup\$ See also Which focal-length lens is usually used for portrait photography, and why? \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented Nov 26, 2013 at 13:03

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I would use a 50 on your crop sensor cameras, it will give you a good position and good range to get a variety of shots from different distances as the model walks. The 50mm will in fact be around 70mm on your camera.

The 35mm has some level of distortion compared to the 50mm so if you are not prepared to adjust this afterwards somehow then a 50 would be your better bet.

Failing this you could use a normal telephoto up to about 105mm but you may have an issue with getting enough light so either use a flash or up your ISO to around 12000 (auto-max), your d7000 should be fine with that level.

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On a APS-C Camera (as your Nikons are) I would recommend you 35mm (KB 56mm) if you want to have a "normal" (like eyes see) looking image. With 50mm (KB mm) you will get a light tele-zoom effect. On full-frame camera take 50mm.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Specially for fashion ramp walk ???? \$\endgroup\$
    – Subhajit Panja
    Commented Nov 26, 2013 at 6:51
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    \$\begingroup\$ For this case I suppose you need more than 50mm or you will get to much "noise" (objects you do not need) in the pictures and a "small" model. \$\endgroup\$
    – Micha
    Commented Nov 26, 2013 at 7:30

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