18-200mm or 50mm

[Shoayb Hesham]

i have 18-200mm and 50mm 1.8 , just wanted to know which is better for cars photography

will the 18-200 at 200mm f/5.6 give me more dof than the 50mm at f/1.8 ?

thanks

[PhotosGuy]

Both will work.

will the 18-200 at 200mm f/5.6 give me more dof than the 50mm at f/1.8 ?

Yes, generally. DOF Field tables.

[DC Fan]

Originally Posted by Shoayb Hesham

i have 18-200mm and 50mm 1.8 , just wanted to know which is better for cars photography

Actual car pictures from a real Canon 18-200mm image stabilizer lens.



Focal Length: 18.0mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Exposure Time: 0.025 s (1/40)
ISO equiv: 1000
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB





Focal Length: 18.0mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Exposure Time: 0.033 s (1/30)
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB





Focal Length: 18.0mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Exposure Time: 0.033 s (1/30)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB



When used at car shows indoors and outdoors, the Canon 18-200mm image stabilizer lens has always easily handled the job of rendering images with no shortcomings. These images were generated with a Canon 60D, framed through the camera's articulating screen, using Live View. All of the effort in creating these images went into framing the shots. The camera handed everything else.

[Shoayb Hesham]

thank you guys for your help

[z0diac]

Originally Posted by Shoayb Hesham

i have 18-200mm and 50mm 1.8 , just wanted to know which is better for cars photography

will the 18-200 at 200mm f/5.6 give me more dof than the 50mm at f/1.8 ?

thanks

Depends on how far away your background is. The 18-200 gives nice subject isolation if the background is far away, especially when you're farther away from the subject and zoomed in a bit on it (with the background far away), the 50mm 1.8 really isolate the focus point down very narrow. That 18-200 is such a versatile lens.

[Ando27]

18-200 is a really underrated lens, especially at F7.1 or F8.

Use the long end & stand back you can isolate the background 7 compress it forward while cutting out any extras on the sdies..

Check my smugmug out. all my hotrod shots taken with my 18-200...

Al