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Matsu
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2012-02-01, 12:47

I like this guy, thought it was a good read.

http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com...l-implied.html

Reinforces my view that the best intersection of natural versatility (for people photographing people) happens between 35-105. This doesn't make him or me right, but it points to an interesting gap in zoom lens offerings, particularly for ILC cameras, where it's easier to carry two bodies on the hip. you could carry such a lens and a wide prime/zoom for more radical perspectives...

We don't have fast constant aperture lenses that really take in personal distances from small group to portrait. 28mm is about the limit for situating people without too much distorted perspective, maybe 24, but you'll be placing the subject very carefully with great pain to hold the camera just to the right level, or, you'll be making purposeful distortions of perspective. At 35, you can still get pretty close and it's not too hard to keep heads, torso and limbs in proper perspective and/or avoiding verticals caving in on the scene.

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