Friday 6 August 2010

The Reverend JT talks lenses...

ultrawide-wide - usually from 8mm to about 24mm - 8mm you are looking at almost 180 degrees of view from the front of your lens. even make close up things look quite far away. emphasises perspective

'normal' range - mid telephoto lenses - from 24mm to around 70mm, 50mm (in old 35mm or full frame format) is what the eye sees - so makes the shots look very natural as that is how you are used to seeing things.

telephoto zooms - from 70mm upwards - makes things very far away appear to be very close. squashes perspective.

an 18 - 200mm is a very versatile lens!


Macro lenses make the subject appear in a 1:1 ratio, and focus super close.

tilt-shift lenses are used for architecture to straighten lines which bend through being ultra wide.

if you are using for film, i think you may have to focus yourself which may be quite difficult, i'm not 100% sure though

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