Which lens for portraits?
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Posted 27/11/2011 - 17:32
If you want to maximise your learning from this, I would suggest you take all three lenses and see what works best for you.
It is likely that you will be using studio flash, so in terms of aperture maybe f8 or f11 will be appropriate, so if so all the lenses are capable of that.
To be honest, taking a kit of three lenses to a studio doesn't seem too onerous.
Best regards, John
It is likely that you will be using studio flash, so in terms of aperture maybe f8 or f11 will be appropriate, so if so all the lenses are capable of that.
To be honest, taking a kit of three lenses to a studio doesn't seem too onerous.
Best regards, John
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Posted 27/11/2011 - 18:44
Thanks John,
The reason I only wanted to take one is that there will be quite a few people there and I don't like leaving kit lying around. It's not a studio more a church hall. Maybe I've previously mixed in the wrong crowds!
K5 + 18-135mm kit lens
The reason I only wanted to take one is that there will be quite a few people there and I don't like leaving kit lying around. It's not a studio more a church hall. Maybe I've previously mixed in the wrong crowds!
K5 + 18-135mm kit lens
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Posted 27/11/2011 - 18:50
Photographers are a pretty honest bunch of people, but I understand.
In that case, the 18-135mm will cover the most eventualities!
Best regards, John
In that case, the 18-135mm will cover the most eventualities!
Best regards, John
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Posted 27/11/2011 - 19:18
Mike-P wrote:
18-135mm and the 35mm is small enough to keep in a pocket.
18-135mm and the 35mm is small enough to keep in a pocket.
unfortunately that doesn't work the other way, if eventually Frank change the lenses....
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Posted 27/11/2011 - 19:21
it isn't a question of which lens.. it is a question of what camera bag... the lowpro sling bag makes lens changes easy and you don't have to leave anything layin around where it might get stolen..
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
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Posted 28/11/2011 - 08:36
Thanks a lot for the advice. I'll stick with the 18-135. It was nice of you all to take the time to reply.
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Posted 28/11/2011 - 11:42
I'd take the 50-200
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
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“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
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Posted 28/11/2011 - 13:39
I only bought the 50-200 because I needed to reassure myself that I'd made the right kit lens choice, which I think I did. I do a lot of walking in rough terrain and if I fall its more expendable. Why would you choose the 50-200 Ken?
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Frankie
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Plymouth, Devon
All/any advice would be appreciated.
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