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Focal Lenghts and Picture Styles

Posted by gerard.maas on November 22, 2006 None comments

Focal Lenght

Certainly one critical decision point in any photography is the lens to be used. While it’s actually distance which determines the perspective on a subject, a focal lenght of a lens will allow you to play with that distance to achieve the desired perspective and composition.

This is a small comparison of four focal lenghts on a portrait of Anne Sophie.

Thanks to Anne Sophie for being such a great model!

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17mm [EF 17-40 f/4L] 50mm [EF 50mm f/1.8 MK1]
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100mm [EF 100 f/2.8 Macro] 200mm [EF 70-200 f/4 L]

All images were exposed: 160/f5.6 ISO 200 using the quite unstable natural light (fast passing clouds) combined with a very reliable speedlite 580EX diffused with a portable Lastolite Ezybox

Picture Styles

A new feature in the latests EOS Digital SLR’s. The Picture Styles allows you to tune the response of the sensor for specifical rendition of tonalities. It’s the digital equivalent of choosing different films like de saturated Velvia or the subtle Portra.

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Standard Neutral Portrait