portrait lens

librazhy

mycurrentlen(http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/ProductDetailDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=1002932&navigationPath=32090n100269n100355)
it feels like all season tire.

is this len(http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce ... 32090n100269n100355)very good for portraits? i wanna use summer tires in summer & winter tires in winter.

[ 本帖最後由 librazhy 於 2008-7-17 23:53 編輯 ]

librazhy

carl zeiss lens r nice. but i'm not gonna spend over 1k for it.

wat do u think about this $250 len?  wat i need is portrait with back ground blur, thats all.

librazhy

ah, 55mm f/1.4 = my #1 choice now.
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hmm, 95% of my time, i take portrait photos at 3:00pm ish, sunny day.
target = 5 ft. tall asian girl.
background = beach.
and i hold the camera at about 10ft away. *sometimes i use a tripod.
photoshop will not be use.


what i want is a photo with the whole girl standing in the middle. i want the girl "in focus" from head to shoes, even the ground, i want to ground "in focus" as well. and i want the background to be "defocused".

now i hav a choice of 4 lenses: len A ,  len B , len C , len D.

pls reply with which len u think is the best in my scenario above.

[ 本帖最後由 librazhy 於 2008-7-19 19:44 編輯 ]

librazhy

bought the 50mm F1.4
playing around with the "F number" all day. lots of fun!
found it very nice & easy at shooting the "big head" photos & "half body" photos.
still working on "full body" photo...any hints?
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off topic question: is this 50, 1.4 len capable of shooting kick-boxers (fast moving humans)?

librazhy

oh, atm, i am not a skillful photographer(fact).
the big head & upper half body photos r like, quite nice(according to noob like me). i mean the background defocused so smooth like cheese(pretty colorful that i can't even tell wat it is). and teh face part is pretty stands out(in focus) of teh photo.

however, i dunno why. when i do teh full body photos, all of em r like(ugly photos). i mean teh background only defocused a little bit(very slightly). the blur effect just like not enough... and i dunno why the photo like in focus below waist & defocus above neck(the face part doesn't stands out).

all of the pics were taken during sunny day(3:00pm ish), i usually stands 5ft - 10 ft away from the target(5ft girl). i didn't use a tripod(had the anti-handshake function on).

hmmmm, i think i need more practice..

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off topic question: if i print (16x20) & (24x36)photo with the 3872 x 2592 jpeg file, will they look good?
or which size(print photo) is optimum for 3872x2592 pixel ?

[ 本帖最後由 librazhy 於 2008-7-23 19:39 編輯 ]

librazhy

personal preference of want

[ 本帖最後由 librazhy 於 2008-7-23 23:20 編輯 ]

librazhy

n not want

*eventhough they r nice, i dunno y i just dun like em. i think its just me, personal preference only.

[ 本帖最後由 librazhy 於 2008-7-23 23:30 編輯 ]