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I'd struggle with the idea of shooting at such a wide angle, and relying on cropping later. Theoretically, at least, I like the idea of letting a fixed focal le
by miseg 11y ago
I'd struggle with the idea of shooting at such a wide angle, and relying on cropping later. Theoretically, at least, I like the idea of letting a fixed focal length in the camera guide how I frame images around me.
- ska 11y ago28mm isn't really so wide on a full frame. In some ways it is more natural than 50mm, in that it frames more like we see with two eyes side by side (50 is closer to the projection we see though) without much in the way of distortion. Once you get used to the frame, you would't need to crop all the time, but I guess it saves you some foot zooming.
- alistairSH 11y agoWRT to foot zooming, shooting portraits with a 28mm requires some SERIOUS foot zooming. You have to be VERY comfortable getting close to subjects. Fine if you know them; possibly awkward if you don't.
- miseg 11y agoInteresting. Do you tend to crop portraits you take at 28mm?
- alistairSH 11y agoI don't use a 28mm for portraits. And neither would most pros (I'm a hack). But, if you're carrying a fixed prime, your choices are crop, get close, or don't take the shot.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoYou shouldn't take portraits with a 28mm lens, at least not if you can avoid it. It'll distort your subject's features, making their chin, or nose, or whatever look abnormally large. Better to use an 85mm lens if you can.
- foldr 11y agoIt will distort their features if you get in close. For the same distance from the subject, any focal length with give you the same amount of (perspective) distortion. So if you shoot from 10ft away and crop, you'll get the same results (modulo resolution) as you would have gotten if you'd shot from 10ft away with a longer focal length and filled the frame.
- aaronbrethorst 11y ago10 foot subject distance on a 28mm lens isn't much of a portrait. Unless you're doing an environmental portrait with an emphasis on the environment.
- foldr 11y agoWell, that's why I said "shoot from 10ft away and crop".
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoHow much resolution does your sensor offer?
- ska 11y agoUsing a long lens has the opposite effect, flattening features (which is why people us 85, 105, even 400!). But there is no "right" answer here, just what works and doesn't. I've seen examples of both from most least types.
- ska 11y agoIt's not a natural portrait lens, true. Great for some other things though!
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- cschmidt 11y agoWell, 28mm is supposedly equivalent to the iPhone camera, so lots of people do manage to take photos at that angle.