Focal Length Explained! Why does it MATTER?

2024 ж. 14 Мам.
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Focal length is a very important concept in Photography and Videography. Focal length affects the distortion, perspective, compression and depth of field. In this 'Focal Length Explained! Why does it MATTER?' video, I cover all the basic things you need know about focal length.
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  • I don't even have a camera. But I watch this channel regularly. Quality content.

    @imt4ng0@imt4ng04 жыл бұрын
    • Same here man Broke people😂

      @ISRAADVISUALS@ISRAADVISUALS4 жыл бұрын
    • Haha start with the Fujifilm if you're looking for your first camera.

      @Jakiyyyyy@Jakiyyyyy4 жыл бұрын
    • @@Jakiyyyyy bruh fuji sucks tbh...canon beginner cams are the best to start off with...atleast thats what i know

      @ISRAADVISUALS@ISRAADVISUALS4 жыл бұрын
    • @@ISRAADVISUALS Why? Have you ever tried them?

      @Jakiyyyyy@Jakiyyyyy4 жыл бұрын
    • @@Jakiyyyyy i did Fuji is really good with thier high end cameras which are expensive..but they suck at beginner level..

      @ISRAADVISUALS@ISRAADVISUALS4 жыл бұрын
  • My first video of 2020 uploaded in my new year resolution (4k) Edit1: I've said you get 'More' depth of field when you zoom in but I actually meant 'more blur' which is technically 'less' depth of field.

    @sauravus@sauravus4 жыл бұрын
    • good one lol

      @karanshah3419@karanshah34194 жыл бұрын
    • Hey saurav i have to buy a camera under 40k.... Which one should I choose

      @mohitmaraskolhe3760@mohitmaraskolhe37604 жыл бұрын
    • Its resolution right! But i don't have a 4k display!! Lol

      @vijayendirangiridharan6113@vijayendirangiridharan61134 жыл бұрын
    • Bro, where did u learn the basics of Photography in your initial days ???

      @LuminousBasumatary@LuminousBasumatary4 жыл бұрын
    • When u say increase of focal length decreases the Depth of Field, is it actually focal length or EFL

      @aparunan@aparunan4 жыл бұрын
  • This video is entirely excellent. Everything from the pacing of your speech, to the amount of examples you use, are perfect. Keep up the incredible work & I’ll definitely be coming back to this channel if I have any Photography questions.

    @moecooper3037@moecooper30373 жыл бұрын
  • No one told me that Nikon has 1.5 crop factor and Cannon has 1.6 . Thank you for sharing.

    @iamakkkshay@iamakkkshay4 жыл бұрын
    • What about Fujifilm?

      @Ishijah1@Ishijah14 жыл бұрын
    • @@Ishijah1 1.5

      @ShayanKhanbazzinga@ShayanKhanbazzinga4 жыл бұрын
    • 1.6 crop factor does it means the sensor size on Canon is smaller than Nikon?

      @Jakiyyyyy@Jakiyyyyy4 жыл бұрын
    • Their Crop body camera has this crop factor. full frame body doesn’t have this kind of impact.

      @HarshvardhanSaboo@HarshvardhanSaboo4 жыл бұрын
    • @@Jakiyyyyy yes

      @chiokehart-kelly3481@chiokehart-kelly34814 жыл бұрын
  • I've been down a KZhead hole researching cameras/lenses. This was the most helpful I've found in 2 hours- thank you so much!!!!

    @andreatieleman1536@andreatieleman15362 жыл бұрын
  • Hi Saurav, that was the best explanation i have seen in a very long time! You have a very good way about you which is excellent. Keep up the great videos and as it's November 15th 2020 today you're probably in the middle of Dihwalli, enjoy!

    @craigoneill4504@craigoneill45043 жыл бұрын
  • I'm trying to understand the results of pushing vanishing points to different extremes in drawing and I found this somewhat helpful. Understanding compression as a result of how close vanishing points are to one another will help me when setting up vanishing points to start and plan a piece.

    @ianhall7513@ianhall7513 Жыл бұрын
  • Great job explaining! You've done a much better job than so many others. Subscribed and keep up the learning material. Thanks

    @nimkal@nimkal3 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks this really helps a lot. I am trying to get into microstock and learning this really helps, as well as the math at the beginning. It made me happy to hear that you are a landscape photographer and that you use a higher focal length because I currently only have one lens (prime, 35mm, but my camera is 2x crop factor, so 70mm). Thanks again.

    @nanan_hello@nanan_hello2 жыл бұрын
  • Extremely informative and concise! Thanks a ton man!

    @virgilwardmedia@virgilwardmedia4 жыл бұрын
  • Wow, this man should be a professor in some college or university.

    @abhishekchandra8099@abhishekchandra80994 жыл бұрын
    • No man he is not

      @munikujur5936@munikujur59364 жыл бұрын
    • He makes more money doing youtube and gets to avoid faculty politics

      @LSDOvideos@LSDOvideos4 жыл бұрын
    • He is nice at explaining but made some mistakes in explaining depth of field. As a professor you can not afford that.

      @palashgaur1650@palashgaur16503 жыл бұрын
    • Thats true😁

      @shivansh5126@shivansh51263 жыл бұрын
    • @@palashgaur1650 lol you act like profs do not make mistakes. they do, (ik because I am a uni student and profs I have had have made mistakes), but if they do they correct them and he did. we are are prone to human error, even profs.

      @christinak2285@christinak22853 жыл бұрын
  • Amazing video.., I just started exploring more and more about photography and videography...... This video of yours was really nice and useful

    @rishavmoitra3952@rishavmoitra39524 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for explaining these concepts in clear, easy to understand language geared towards beginners.

    @Jacob_Roberts@Jacob_Roberts4 жыл бұрын
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    @keithancajas4623@keithancajas46233 жыл бұрын
  • Omg! Thank you so much for this video! Focal length makes so much more sense now💗

    @mariacruza756@mariacruza7563 жыл бұрын
  • Well! thanks again buddy. Really informative and useful. Keep it up!

    @roamer18@roamer184 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you Saurav for your valuable lessons/tips.

    @johnvarghese8742@johnvarghese87424 жыл бұрын
  • This brief yet extremely informative and digestible video just earned You a subscriber. Awesome job!

    @frankyfarset@frankyfarset2 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for the video. You might want to mention, as well, what compression can do to human facial features; so the need for checking on that re distance from your subject when using various focal length lenses for portraits so you don't distort people's faces (however subtle, or not, that distortion can be).

    @merkin22@merkin223 жыл бұрын
  • This video helped me in my physics 😂 I didnt know what is focal length in physics I actually came here searching' what is focal length' 😂

    @exitegaming281@exitegaming2813 жыл бұрын
    • same bro

      @AyubAli-ov9gd@AyubAli-ov9gd3 жыл бұрын
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    @sharanya_juneja7362@sharanya_juneja73623 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you! One of the best videos on the subject I’ve seen. Can’t wait to watch more!

    @andystern9451@andystern9451 Жыл бұрын
  • You have some great videos with lots of basic information. I'd like to see you to a on the scene photo shoot and walk through some of your shots. As a fellow photographer when I do a walk through it makes it easy to understand the process to achieve the finished images. Happy new years and happy shooting !!!

    @armyphotoguy@armyphotoguy4 жыл бұрын
  • Great video very concise. Thank you for sharing. I wish more channels were succinct like this instead of wasting my time with 90 second long intros

    @wcsdiaries@wcsdiaries3 жыл бұрын
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    @munenemashaba5763@munenemashaba57633 жыл бұрын
  • Now this is what we call a perfect explanation. I've always struggled with focal length and learned about it but this made it perfectly clear.

    @michael.K.G@michael.K.G3 жыл бұрын
  • One of the most practical videos I’ve seen👍🏼 all that in under 7 minutes... wow

    @fireballgecko6943@fireballgecko69433 жыл бұрын
  • This video had so many succinct examples. I'm appreciative for having found it. Thank you!

    @ExploredPerpsective@ExploredPerpsective3 жыл бұрын
  • Hey Saurav, great man.. I'm really impressed the way you are explaining. Take up more complex things.. You have that charm. Now i'm clear about focul length.

    @ktsrijagan@ktsrijagan4 жыл бұрын
  • You should be getting paid to teach! Even with your accent (I’m in the US) you made this as clear and simplified as you possibly could in 6 minutes! Great work!

    @bluerootentertainment2410@bluerootentertainment24103 жыл бұрын
  • Bro, yes. This was very helpful. I feel like we're friends, and you're just giving me tips on how to use my camera. Great content, man!

    @joshuakirby2635@joshuakirby26353 жыл бұрын
  • This explaination was all I needed. Good work man!!

    @devendraaras4084@devendraaras40843 жыл бұрын
  • wow I can't believe I finally understand this! thank you so much you are sooo good explaining the complex

    @ananicolevandermeij1271@ananicolevandermeij12713 жыл бұрын
  • I’ll definitely have to watch this vid a few times throughout my learning but this vid was super helpful.

    @azuraflame1@azuraflame13 жыл бұрын
  • Very well done video. You explain things clearly with no useless stuff. Keep making videos this way. I don't like the ones with long introductions and full of foolish jargon. Thank you for the information. I knew what focal length was but you gave me a new perspective. I usually think of depth if field as a function of aperture only.

    @perrypelican9476@perrypelican94762 жыл бұрын
  • Your videos have literally taught me everything I know about photography, and I have improved so much since I found your channel. Is there any way you could make a video on shooting dark subjects in dark locations? I have a black Labrador and I want photos in the forest and I cannot afford other light sources but ISO and the sun itself

    4 жыл бұрын
    • He already has a video on it

      @vsboardza@vsboardza4 жыл бұрын
    • @@vsboardza yes, but it's based on still objects and I need a fast shutter speed because I'm shooting an animal

      4 жыл бұрын
    • Marie Klüver-Kristensen Just use higher ISO in night for now or external flash.

      @HarshvardhanSaboo@HarshvardhanSaboo4 жыл бұрын
    • @@HarshvardhanSaboo higher ISO makes the photo grainy to a point where it cannot be saved

      4 жыл бұрын
    • @ You r absolutely right that's why I suggested alternate source of light. Ideally no matter what you do photography needs lighting.. I'm a professional photographer. If lighting isn't there camera will require higher ISO, I'm afraid no other option is there. Or you speedlight with your camera, the response I have seen is amazing if you know how to go bounce flashlight the output will be like you have not used Flashlight at all.

      @HarshvardhanSaboo@HarshvardhanSaboo4 жыл бұрын
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    • A minecrafter.... Noice

      @rajshekharshri1@rajshekharshri13 жыл бұрын
  • Wow! I'm not even a photographer but I watched the whole video. This was great! Well done.

    @pilotjm817@pilotjm8173 жыл бұрын
  • 1:15 sensor with or without crop 1:50 small number of focal length = wider perspective ... 15mm = wider perspective than 200 mm... 2:30 compression ... 3:30 depth of field 4:15 zooming in vs moving closer physically to the subject ... 5:20 portrait ...

    @utopiadweller@utopiadweller Жыл бұрын
  • I use 50mm on APSC and it has a 75mm equivalent and I use it literally for almost shots, portrait, street, and I love it!

    @Jakiyyyyy@Jakiyyyyy4 жыл бұрын
    • i used a6000 sony, i cant use crop when it comes to Raw files. im a right?

      @letterjtv418@letterjtv4184 жыл бұрын
    • Me too. I use a 56mm 1.4f and I love the images it produces

      @washifwazeer1619@washifwazeer16194 жыл бұрын
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      @santoshb5427@santoshb54273 жыл бұрын
    • the nifty fifty.

      @hanifmacca@hanifmacca3 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for helping me understand this topic!!! Very well explained :)

    @NbaLive4ever@NbaLive4ever3 жыл бұрын
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    @carlosalonzo6677@carlosalonzo6677 Жыл бұрын
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    @cs_photoshoot1982@cs_photoshoot19824 жыл бұрын
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    @haneef_zain@haneef_zain3 жыл бұрын
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      @RajeshMalviya@RajeshMalviya3 жыл бұрын
    • Simppp

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    @nxt-cheong106@nxt-cheong1063 жыл бұрын
  • Best explanation I’ve heard yet. Thank you

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    @sydneypumnea5507@sydneypumnea55073 жыл бұрын
  • Best video I have watched about focal length so far.

    @Blerck20@Blerck202 жыл бұрын
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    @androcci@androcci2 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks man. Finally, I got my answer on choosing a lens for portrait.

    @bharathb4803@bharathb48033 жыл бұрын
  • Dude this was so well explained, thanks!

    @joshsanchezxD@joshsanchezxD3 жыл бұрын
  • Appreciate your video and efforts! 100% marks on it. But one correction, when you increase the focal length/zoom in , the distance between 2 subjects increases as you are getting into the finer details and your scope narrows.

    @GURUKHAN_OG@GURUKHAN_OG4 жыл бұрын
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    @llawranceprabha@llawranceprabha3 жыл бұрын
  • This is SO helpful. Thank you!

    @FullSoulWellness@FullSoulWellness3 жыл бұрын
  • I loved your clean and sharp explanation. Thanks

    @gelatosamurai@gelatosamurai Жыл бұрын
  • Hi! Dear nice video. Just want to modify one thing that when we use 200 mm we won’t get more depth of field but that is called shallow depth of field.yeah thats true that we’ll get more blurr but that is called shallow depth of field.More or Deep depth of field is when we use a wider lens or increase the f-Stop.

    @EasyExplanations@EasyExplanations4 жыл бұрын
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  • Hey man. Very informative and explained simply so it’s easy to understand. Thanks.

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  • Short and perfect!

    @RamkumarP047@RamkumarP0474 жыл бұрын
  • This video was so insightful, thank you!

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    @HameedKhan-qc4wi@HameedKhan-qc4wi4 жыл бұрын
  • excellent explanation. so complex yet simple. thanks!!!

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  • Thank you so much! It is a very clear explanation.

    @lisapoelma6018@lisapoelma60183 жыл бұрын
  • This was so helpful! Thank you!

    @alejandraespinoza2433@alejandraespinoza24332 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you so much!!! This was an AMAZING video!!! It explained the topic VERY WELL!!! :)

    @benbetterby6456@benbetterby645610 ай бұрын
  • Awesome Bro, Thank you for explaining this ❤️❤️❤️

    @sanjeevroy91@sanjeevroy913 жыл бұрын
  • this was short and extremely helpful thank you

    @arizonamango4990@arizonamango49902 жыл бұрын
  • very informative for a newbie like myself Adding the Street photography info was a huge + 👍👍

    @thedarkriver1@thedarkriver13 жыл бұрын
  • Great video mate, thanks so much

    @TheKeefusoutdoors@TheKeefusoutdoors2 жыл бұрын
  • This was very comprehensive, thank you.

    @lewinwild8155@lewinwild81552 жыл бұрын
  • *FINALLY someone who explains it in English that's simple to understand. Now I'll know what to look for the next time I get a Lens.*

    @BlackapinoTheTechGuy@BlackapinoTheTechGuy3 жыл бұрын
  • Very informative . Thanks Saurav !

    @Ray-qh9cm@Ray-qh9cm4 жыл бұрын
  • Such a good video, thank you!

    @XoBabiexVoX@XoBabiexVoX2 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing your knowledge - very helpful.

    @paulrosedesigns@paulrosedesigns3 жыл бұрын
  • brother, now only actually I understood what is focal length.. thanks a lot.

    @WalkDriveWatch@WalkDriveWatch3 жыл бұрын
  • Very helpful. Thanks brother! 💪🏼🔥

    @jaredtdavis@jaredtdavis3 жыл бұрын
  • Super clear & helpful - thank you!

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  • You r a good instructor. Appreciate your technique od delivering.....

    @biswajitbhattacharya7558@biswajitbhattacharya75583 жыл бұрын
  • excellent video thank you this has helped me in my photography

    @GB_Reloading@GB_Reloading10 ай бұрын
  • Your explanations and examples waaah!👍

    @megham1226@megham12263 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for the effort. Appreciate.

    @elnino61@elnino613 жыл бұрын
  • I watched this when you first uploaded this and I was barely starting out making videos, but was having a hard time trying to understand. Throughout the year I've learned little by little and began to understand more and more. Now that I'm back to this video, it makes perfect sense! Thanks man!!

    @pedropereira5125@pedropereira51253 жыл бұрын
  • Professionally explained. Nice vid!

    @chunchunmarupapachiru5425@chunchunmarupapachiru54253 жыл бұрын
  • Awesome explanation. One of the best.

    @harmonicsball89@harmonicsball89 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you very much for this very informative video. I’m in the very beginning stages of a photography course and I’ve had to google about focal length because I really struggle with its concept for some reason

    @adreaminfocus@adreaminfocus Жыл бұрын
  • I really like this video!! Please make more videos on these small but much important topics for photography with detailed information so that we can learn the major n minor differences of them!! In order to master the art of 📷❤❤

    @ritukesarwani9082@ritukesarwani90824 жыл бұрын
    • Hi do u have insta

      @seylig@seylig3 жыл бұрын
  • WOW - how do we spell GREAT ! Thank you for this we gained a LOT - thank you for your video Saurav.

    @UBLAunripped@UBLAunripped3 жыл бұрын
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