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JCFindley
ParticipantI think yall are basically both correct, but simply viewing the equation from two different angles.
Example. Let say I have a 12MP full frame sensor camera and a 12 MP and am shooting with my 100mm macro. OK, if I am at the min focal length that lens will fill the sensor with a 1:1 macro but the FF sensor is bigger so that image will have more of the scene in it as opposed to the crop sensor. The DoF at the min focal length is going to be exactly the same. But, if I want the same image with the crop sensor I will have to move back beyond the min focal length and by moving back I will increase my DoF basically giving the effect of an increased DoF.
It is really the same thing as thinking you get more reach with a crop sensor. Technically, you don’t, it is simply a cropped image but the end effect is like adding a factor of 1.6 or 1.5 depending if you are a C or an N (or 1.3 for some 1Cs)
ParticipantThat is the thing with fauxes in general. If the actually do the math for expenses and time most would be better off flipping burgers.
ParticipantIf I had a 1DX I would shoot weddings cuz that is all I need….
Thom, the OP is getting plenty of advice on the “how to” stuff along with the gear but she did ask about glass, thus the direction the thread went from there.
Back when I did live shows, my favorite comment was the “Wow, you must have a really nice camera.” I enjoyed that because I would point to a large framed print and tell them it was shot with a $200 point and shoot. Even now two of my top five selling images were done with that cheap camera. Now, they are not my top earning images because you can only print an image from a cheap camera or soft glass so large before the image falls apart because of noise or is just not sharp enough to look good so equipment does matter.
From my perspective though it is better to know how to use what you have and develop the skill with the camera one has until the equipment starts to limit what you do, then upgrade away.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-day-begins-jc-findley.html (The cheap shot)
ParticipantParticipantmmmmmmm, mossy rocks, swamps, cliffs and 30 pounds of gear/supplies on my back….. NOW we are talking photography!
Funny story, in the middle of a creek I get my foot caught on a rock and start going down so might right hand and the 5D and tripod go up, my other hand flails around to try and break my fall and flings my wedding ring to who knows where and I end up almost under water but by God the 5D remained above water level. Broken bones and bruises heal, men’s rings are cheap but I would not survive losing my favorite body and lens.
<a href=”http://jc-findley.artistwebsites.com/featured/a-rocky-road-jc-findley.html” target=”_blank”>here</a>
ParticipantMeee-roar? Horr-or? Hmmmm, who’d a thunk it.
Yall probably have no idea what boiled peanuts are either, PROnounced bowled peanuts.
We blur things out like that WCS because we are a very litigious bunch and rather than risk a lawsuit they cover it up.
And before you ask, I do not know why our beer sucks.
ParticipantNo need for both as they will give you the same view; one is just a little more expensive and higher quality than the other.
I am sure some of the more experienced portrait types will be by with their recommendations as well shortly.
ParticipantWith a crop sensor that will give you the equivalent of an 80mm lens which is pretty close to “perfect” portrait length glass. (Which if I recall is 85-100 as the magic focal lengths)
You will need to be relatively close. If you have a little more to invest, the 50mm f1.4 will give sharper images wide open without stepping up
ParticipantIf I could only afford one lens and was on a budget it would be the Canon 50mmf1.8. (and I have been there and this is the lens I bought)
It is cheap. It will not last all that long as the construction is plastic. But, it will take some tack sharp images when stepped up just a bit. (f4 and above especially)
Just slightly over 100 bucks.
ParticipantI like the way photography has changed the way I view the world around me. I see beauty or interest in everything around me. I see opportunity. My vision of the world around me has changed dramatically.
I like the freedom involved in the type of work I do. I work for absolutely no one but myself. I shoot exactly what I want, when I want and if someone wants to pay me for that later, then bonus. That may be shooting my son’t baseball glove when I am bored and stuck in the house on a bleh day or it may involve a mission that is half military operation and half Indiana Jones movie. (In all seriousness, two business expenses planned for this year are a kayak and a grappling hook.)
That said, I also like the business aspect of it and figuring out something I want to shoot that also has future sales potential. (That is why I asked the name of the falls yesterday as how saturated the market is on a particular subject has a lot to do with how much money there is to be made with it.) So far, I have been able to shoot things I enjoy and turn that into an actual monetary return on the time and money spent shooting them.
ParticipantCC, here in NYC you are supposed to stand to the right and move to the left on the escalators because yes, New Yorkers actually climb the moving stairs on the left because they are in a hurry. Go figure.
I used to date a woman in Sheboygan back before Midwest Airlines outsourced me and my kind. Beautiful county up there.
ParticipantYou mean taters?
Like Gnork, my southern really only comes out when I am around my kin folk but I do still have some isms like yall, or y’all and buggy.
ParticipantWhy did she have french fries while having an orgasm in the first place?
Oh, and we southerners (US southerners) call shopping carts buggies.
ParticipantYupp, but as my cousin aptly put it “I am to educated to be a redneck; I am a ruralist.”
But then, uneducated grammar when associated with a Brooklyn accent really isn’t much better.
ParticipantSee, I think it has come so far in truly southern terms to be its own word now and simply stands alone as yall.
(It could also be that I am far to lazy to put in the apostrophe since it doesn’t come up on my droid like it will with can’t or doesn’t)
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