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50mm is NOT a portrait lens ??
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 213974" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>As soon as he says something like, "The 50mm cannot produce pleasing images as all focal lengths", I realize he's just jammering to hear himself speak. I believe he means "at all distances to your subject", because a 50mm lens has only one focal length, but come on, get it right.</p><p></p><p>Someone posted a link to a blog a while back from a model called something like "10 Things Photographers Need To Know About Shooting Models" and one of them was about shooting heads hots with anything less than an 85mm as it tends to add weight/width to a face they've been keeping nice and thin. I agree, at least from the perspective of professional portraiture. That said, it doesn't mean you <em>can't</em> use a 50mm for portraits, only that you will likely get more consistently pleasing results (for both you and your subject) with something longer.</p><p></p><p>His rant is likely based having to hear "pro" shooters include their 50mm in their list of "portrait lenses", which gets under his skin. So rant on, brother. For the rest of us, file the information as "good to know", because in many ways he's right. Distortion is easily fixed in post, but not perspective, and that's the real difference here. 50's and 35's in particular will widen the face, because that's what they do - they provide additional left-to-right separation to objects in the field of view (and up to down when oriented vertically). So when your subject isn't looking quite right, back up and go longer. But if you, and they like the look with the 50, then who's not happy?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 213974, member: 9240"] As soon as he says something like, "The 50mm cannot produce pleasing images as all focal lengths", I realize he's just jammering to hear himself speak. I believe he means "at all distances to your subject", because a 50mm lens has only one focal length, but come on, get it right. Someone posted a link to a blog a while back from a model called something like "10 Things Photographers Need To Know About Shooting Models" and one of them was about shooting heads hots with anything less than an 85mm as it tends to add weight/width to a face they've been keeping nice and thin. I agree, at least from the perspective of professional portraiture. That said, it doesn't mean you [I]can't[/I] use a 50mm for portraits, only that you will likely get more consistently pleasing results (for both you and your subject) with something longer. His rant is likely based having to hear "pro" shooters include their 50mm in their list of "portrait lenses", which gets under his skin. So rant on, brother. For the rest of us, file the information as "good to know", because in many ways he's right. Distortion is easily fixed in post, but not perspective, and that's the real difference here. 50's and 35's in particular will widen the face, because that's what they do - they provide additional left-to-right separation to objects in the field of view (and up to down when oriented vertically). So when your subject isn't looking quite right, back up and go longer. But if you, and they like the look with the 50, then who's not happy?! [/QUOTE]
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