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Subject: [OM] Re: 4/3 portrait lens focal length
From: iwert <zuiko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:10:45 +0200
Don,

If you like the results here:

http://lucafeest.fotopic.net/

than the 50mm f2 could be portrait lens of choice. I like it...

Iwert.


Op 26-jun-06 om 05:44 heeft Don Shedrick het volgende geschreven:

> I have not yet made the digital SLR switch, although I am getting
> closer.  With 35mm film cameras, a good focal length for portraits is
> generally thought to be in the 75 - 150mm range.  (I really like my
> Zuiko 135 f2.8) My question is, with the 4/3 system with the 2X crop
> magnification, is the same 75 - 150mm still the best for portrait
> work, or would 1/2 of that focal length be best to use, with the
> resulting image with the 2X factor being the same size image.  My
> thought is that the angle of view and perspective with the 75-150mm
> range is the same with the 4/3 even though the image size is greater
> due to the 2X factor, so the ideal portrait lense would still be the
> 75 - 150mm.  This means one would have to stand about twice as far
> from the subject to get the same size image unsing a 4/3 camera.
> Any thoughts or experience from others?


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