adrianp
16th of October 2008 (Thu), 08:45
Tele lenses are more flattering for portraits than wide angle lenses due to the perspective they give - i.e. the tele lens flattens the depth, where a WA lens seems to add depth.
I also understand that a fixed focal length lens (e.g.50mm) on a crop body has exactly the same perspective when used on a FF body, but is simply a crop of the FF bodies image when you take an image from the same position on both bodies?
A 50mm lens on a crop body is considered to be an excellent portrait lens. However it is not on a FF body. Is this simply because to fill the frame to on a FF body you need to be closer to your subject which distorts the perspective of the person more and therefore is less flattering?
I guess I could shoot a portrait in the position I would have shot it with a crop body and then crop the image, though that would loose image resolution.
I also understand that a fixed focal length lens (e.g.50mm) on a crop body has exactly the same perspective when used on a FF body, but is simply a crop of the FF bodies image when you take an image from the same position on both bodies?
A 50mm lens on a crop body is considered to be an excellent portrait lens. However it is not on a FF body. Is this simply because to fill the frame to on a FF body you need to be closer to your subject which distorts the perspective of the person more and therefore is less flattering?
I guess I could shoot a portrait in the position I would have shot it with a crop body and then crop the image, though that would loose image resolution.