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Some Test Shots 01: same camera location
Recently I received an email discussing focal length so I shot some examples using my manual focus Nikon lenses.
Set-up 01: the subject and camera at fixed locations while changing the lens... this is the most common series as shown in almost all gear catalogs. The photos in this series were shot using aperture priority at f/5.6... the entire frame is resized.
20 mm f/2.8 - AI-S at f/5.6
28 mm f/3.5 - AI'ed Nikkor-H at f/5.6
35 mm f/1.4 - AI-S at f/5.6
50 mm f/1.2 - AI-S at f/5.6
85 mm f/1.4 - AI-S at f/5.6
105 mm f/2.5 - AI'ed Nikkor-P at f/5.6
For more test shots see part 02 and 03.
Some Test Shots 01: same camera location
Recently I received an email discussing focal length so I shot some examples using my manual focus Nikon lenses. Set-up 01: the subject and camera at fixed locations while changing the lens... this is the most common series as shown in almost all gear cat...
Some Test Shots 02: same subject size
Set-up 02: the subject at a fixed location while adjusting the camera location so that the subject was about the same size in each photo. Aperture priority of f/5.6, Fuji Neopan 400, and the entire frame resized. 20 mm f/2.8 - AI-S at f/5.6 28 mm f/3.5 - ...
50 mm for me....
but it will take some time to fully digest the differences between the photos. Thank you very much for this illustration Casey. Best Regards Edward
Some Test Shots 03: different f-stops using a 50 mm
Set-up 03: the subject and camera at fixed locations, aperture priority at two different f-stop. Shown is the entire frame resized. 50 mm f/1.2 - AI-S at f/5.6 50 mm f/1.2 - AI-S at f/1.2 Thanks for looking, Casey ...
Amazing effect ....
in the second photograph, I imagine not easy to achieve from a distance. Thank you very much for sharing Casey . Best Regards Edward
with the lens wide open (as with f/1.2)
you have to get the subject focus correct... a little more easy with a tripod ; ).
Shot # 4 for me.....
but surprisingly there are no visible quality in picture differences with different lenses in any of the photos. Amazing tutorial. Thank you very much Casey. Best regards Edward
absolutely...
as the series shows, it's mostly about the background. You get the compression with the longer lenses and the background somewhat collapses onto itself. A good use for this is when you want bring the background into the photo. With Part 03 you have an exa...
