How close can I get before a 50mm lens distorts a model's features?
What "used to be" norms for faces have often disappeared with the media's frenzy for using wide-angle lenses stuck up the noses of politicians ~ and we have become used to seeing it
The old rule-of-thumb related to the vertical height comparison in that a person's nose was about the same as their ear ... and when you were too close the nose 'grew' too large.
This led to many 'togs using the 85mm lens (in FF cameras) and setting a minimum subject distance of about 1,5m / 5ft. With the 50mm on your APS camera, the image size will be much the same as above, so maybe the 1,5m / 5ft will apply as well. It will need some experimentation from you ~ and your model
Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder
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iKokomo wrote: I know if I am too far away, the background is not blurry
You know?
Three points will have a direct effect on the "bokehliciousness" of a shot:
- aperture
- closer focusing distance
- distance between subject and BG.
iKokomo wrote: I was wondering what the "closest" I can get to my model before the face becomes distorted?
It is not only the face, the body too.
Standing? Mid thigh up.
Sitting with bent knees? The whole figure.
Light is free… capturing it is not!
Kenta wrote:
so true, but then again, the 50mm on DX is ~75mm right?
No, NOT right!
It will have the same focal length but only the centre of the image will
be captured… giving rendering a different angle of view. Nothing else.
Mind you, the expected distortion will then appear less problematic.
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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