Photography

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...  

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 - ...  

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

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 ...  

in the second photograph, I imagine not easy to achieve from a distance. Thank you very much for sharing Casey . Best Regards Edward

you have to get the subject focus correct... a little more easy with a tripod ; ).

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

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...