Dont forget the different AOV between an 85mm and 135mm lens - I am getting rid of my SMC 135/2.5 - nice as it is I just dont use it. The SMC 85/1.8 and 105/2.8 cover that range very nicely for me. In fact I have ended up selling all the 135mm lenses I have owned over the years - it just seems that focal lengh is too long for portraits and too short for telephoto.
Antonio On 6/8/04 10:40 pm, "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's true - in theory. But who would crop a 28 or 35mm shot so much it > looks like it was shot with a 85mm ? And annother thing. Wouldn't the DOF be > different? I mean the cropped 28mm picture (85mm look-alike-crop) vs. the > true 85mm shot? > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 6. august 2004 21:27 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: RE: first question > > > Don't forget the camera position, not the lens determines > the perspective. So a 85mm might be ideal for a head and shoulders/upper > body > shot while a 135mm might me perfect for a very tight head shot BOTH > with identical perspective and taken from same camera position! > > JCO > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: first question > > > >> should >> be looking for a 100mm prime lens for the portrait lens, but I can't > seem >> to >> find much on ebay. Actually none, except for some screw mounts. There > >> are >> a lot of 135mm lenses. Would the do similar things? > > The normal "portrait lens" range is 85-120mm, but a 135 might work for > some sorts of portraits. The issue is that a 50mm lens tends to produce > a > little bit of "wide angle distortion" of features compared to what we > are > used to, whereas the slightly longer focal length of 85-120 "compresses" > the > relative size of the nose and ears back to what looks normal or > attractive > to most people. For many many people an 85mm lens is the standard > portrait lens, rather than 100. Much longer than 105mm and you start to > get a portrait that some people see as unnaturally "compressed" in the > facial features. > > SNIPPED > > >
