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What focal length do i need for shots like these?

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What focal length do i need for shots like these? I want to do nightclub photography that looks similar to these photos. I have 2 lens on Facebook Marketplace that I’m considering. A 17-55mm and an 11-16mm. Which of these would get me closer to what I’m looking for? https://preview.redd.it/wniiozji4jje1.png?width=1397&format=png&auto=webp&s=1e0f4efcc077101d250c1576731d117facbb31fb https://previ…

Ask Photography 564 2025-02-17

High Resolution Art Photography for Reproduction. Focal Length?

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High Resolution Art Photography for Reproduction. Focal Length? I’m looking to photograph some artwork (typically around 40″ x 40″ or 36″ x 48″). These images will be used for future reproduction (300 dpi, 6000×9000 resolution). Right now, I’m considering renting a GFX 100S II camera because of the 100 megapixel resolution and medium format sensor. My question is focal length. These will all be photographed …

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What focal length should i chose?

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What focal length should i chose? Hi, I’d like some help choosing my first lens for an APS-C camera. I bought a Sony a5100 some time ago with the stock lens, and I’ve enjoyed the experience, but there are many things I can’t do, like taking portraits with good bokeh or shooting landscapes in low light. So I thought about selling the kit lens and getting a prime lens instead. I m…

Ask Photography 1.2k 2025-02-09

Would two prime lenses with marginal differences in focal length provide the same level of versatility?

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Would two prime lenses with marginal differences in focal length provide the same level of versatility? Example, a 30mm versus 35mm. I’m going to pull the trigger on buying new prime lenses soon for portrait photography. I will likely start with a 50mm, but smaller focal lengths like the ones above – as well as larger ones like 85mm – are also part of the plan. Speaking about prime lenses in general, not just the examples above, do small differen…

Ask Photography 759 2025-02-06

What Focal length for shooting animals at the zoo?

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What Focal length for shooting animals at the zoo? I’m a photographer who normally shoots street/landscape, but I’m also the parent of a toddler who LOVES animals, and for Christmas his grandparents got us a family membership to our local zoo. My kid loves going there and I expect we’ll be spending a lot of time there over the next year (or more). I’ve been taking my camera (Sony A7IV) on our tr…

Ask Photography 1.1k 2025-02-02

Thumb rule of focal length and distance to subject?

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Thumb rule of focal length and distance to subject? Checking if there is any guide rail to understand focal length of lens and distance to subject. I get to most part composition of picture advises how much you should zoom but is there a math or guide rail of how much focal length to use for a given distance , what to look for ? submitted by /u/mukinet

Ask Photography 696 2025-01-20

Focal length?

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Focal length? I have a small place with about a 4 meter length. I wanna shoot full body pictures standing. I have a canon eos 2000d with a 55mm zoom lens. Can i zoom out to 18mm and shoot? Or will my pictures get distorted? submitted by /u/mich706e

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What focal length should I look at for portraits on APSC?

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What focal length should I look at for portraits on APSC? So I have tried to do some research on my own. From what I gather the wider you go in focal length and especially wide angle lenses can add distortion to people that aren’t necessarily faltering. I think similarly going longer in focal length adds its own distortion if I’m remembering correctly. Up to a certain focal length these distortions can…

Ask Photography 863 2024-12-31

Is the focal length stated on Canon EF-S lenses the actual the focal length adjusting for the crop factor, or is it just using the same focal length factor from EF lenses?

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Is the focal length stated on Canon EF-S lenses the actual the focal length adjusting for the crop factor, or is it just using the same focal length factor from EF lenses? Sorry for the (somewhat) janky English, but; I was wondering if the focal length written on EF-S lenses the actual focal length that it can shoot from (for example: 18mm from an 18-55mm kit lens actually being 18mm) and it not being cropped due to the APS-C sensor crop factor. Because if you need a wider FOV, do you actually need to get a very w…

Ask Photography 1.1k 2024-12-20

Focal length and image sizes not matching up?? Someone tell me where I’m going wrong.

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Focal length and image sizes not matching up?? Someone tell me where I’m going wrong. So I just recently got a new lens hoping it would give me a big zoom, but for some reason, my calculations are not matching up… I wanna know where I went wrong. I have a 55-250 EF-S lens and I got a new 75-300 mm EF lens. Now because my camera is a canon crop sensor camera, I was hoping to get an effective focal length of 480mm ie 300*1.6. I w…

Ask Photography 837 2024-12-11

What focal lengths for winter photography in japan?

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What focal lengths for winter photography in japan? I’m heading to Japan in Mid January, and wanting to experience winter scenery in Japan. Definitely will see some snow in hokkaido where we’ll be going skiing in niseko, and sight seeing around sapporo. We’ll also be travelling to kinosaki onsen, ine, amanohashidate, kyoto – where there might be less chance of snow, but still possible. It would b…

Ask Photography 414 2024-11-19

Focal length of mobile phones?

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Focal length of mobile phones? Does anyone know how to calculate the focal length of mobile phones? Let’s say I have a Pixel 8 with 25mm lens. If I want achieve the perspective of 50mm, is it the same as hitting 2x zoom from the camera app? submitted by /u/BunRecruiter

Ask Photography 560 2024-11-01

Focal length and dof?

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Focal length and dof? I’ve heard everyone say the longer the focal length, the smaller the dof, but does this statement take focal distance into account? I can totally understand it if the focal distance is the same, since with a wide angle lens, anything more than a kilometer away is basically on the same plane to the lens(sense of depth gets lost at far away), so f…

Ask Photography 601 2024-10-23

Focal lenght?

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Focal lenght? What is he best focal length for every ocassion? Like portrait, landscape, children etc etc ? submitted by /u/staski123

Ask Photography 619 2024-06-30

What does ‘equivalent focal length’ mean?

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What does ‘equivalent focal length’ mean? Hello, I’m a beginner and got this Lumix 25mm Prime Lens from my dad. He said something that even though it was a 25mm it was equivalent to a 50mm? I’m so lost, what does that even mean? That it shoots like a 50mm lens or? I’m using the lens on Olympus E-M10 Mark 3 if that matters. Thanks beforehand! submitted by /u/fashionicon_haha

Ask Photography 372 2024-06-28

What focal length do I need to shoot a distant subject?

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What focal length do I need to shoot a distant subject? I’m planning a photography project, and one of the sites I want to photography is about 3.5-5.5 nautical miles away from the vantage points I have listed. I’m wondering what focal length I need to make a good composition. I have an 80-200mm lens, a 75-300mm lens (which needs repair, and isn’t my go to lens but it has that extra reach), and I’m p…

Ask Photography 631 2024-06-27

Gaps in focal length across 3 lenses and minimum aperture?

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Gaps in focal length across 3 lenses and minimum aperture? I currently have a Sigma 24-70 2.8 that isn’t quite as sharp as I would like it to be. I have a 50 1.8 and a 70-200 2.8 as well. I’m considering getting a 17-40 f4 to replace the 24-70. Am I likely to miss the 40-49 and 51-69 gaps in focal length? Also, how much will I hate a minimum aperture of f4 after shooting with faster glass for years? I’m…

Ask Photography 1.1k 2024-06-12