Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Because of the APS-sized sensor, a 35mm lens yields the angle of view of a 50mm lens with 35mm film. Hence, you are likely to use your 35 mm lens at about the same distance to subject that you would take with a 50mm lens in a 35mm camera and, consequently, you would get the same "perspective" (relative size of foreground and background objects within the picture). Since most people like the "perspective" (in this case nose size) they get with 75-105mm in 35mm cameras, with an APS-sized sensor (or film) you are OK with lenses in the 50-75mm range. --- Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote: > George Kase wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to shoot some figure/portrait stuff and am > wondering if the 35mm > > summicron (since the RD-1 uses the center of the > visual field) would be > > usable... I know that some photogs like to use a > longer lens since it > > "flattens" out the face somewhat...like the famous > 105 Nikkor...how much > > difference would there be between a portrait taken > with the 35 or the 50 or > > a 90...if you frame the head to be the same size > on the "film" will there be > > a noticible difference? I currently have a 35mm > Summicron... > > Thanks! > > George Kase > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information > > > Hi, > In general for a headshot a tele in the range 80-105 > is recomended. If > you go shorter the nose will be too big. I'm not > sure what the crop > factor is for the RD. But even when it is 2 the 35 > might be a bit short. > Of course there are always exceptions to this > general rule and if the 35 > is the only lens you have, use it. > > Michiel > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com