Lens selection of different photographic subjects

Lead: Generally speaking, the greater reason for pursuing full focus is that I don't know what I need or what I buy a camera for, which has become the biggest waste of buying equipment. Face? Why? I mainly boil down to five aspects: scenery, humanities (tourism), portraits, macro and wildlife.

Ichbinjacky's lens selection for different photography themes

1, scenery:

This theme is loved by many cinematographers, and it was here that I began to learn photography. There are also many heroes in this theme, that is, there are heroes' comments on this theme: Just like China people play table tennis, everyone can play a few times, but there are few experts. I quite agree with this statement, but it doesn't mean that ordinary people don't have to deal with it. After all, what is our slogan? Have fun, okay? . Through the appreciation of several heroic scenery PP, I personally feel that it is very advantageous to use wide angle or super wide angle. Although it is also useful for telephoto, it is still a minority. Of course, if you are still paying attention to the clarity of this theme, then you should not entertain in the specification of 135. This is another kind. On this issue, a great hero said: If you have a little understanding, go straight to Hasselblad, and go straight to 8X 10 without detours! This is also the limitation of 135 specification, that is, in some scenes several meters away, the side length should be greater than 1.5 meters to distinguish them, which is the advantage of large format. But the basic requirements for the scenery are: Broad world, panoramic view! ? So, if you decide on this theme, wide angle and super wide angle are the best parts of your equipment.

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2. Humanities (Tourism):

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In this theme, we should look at things from a standard perspective, without exaggeration or deliberate description. Generally speaking, it is to tell ordinary stories from an ordinary perspective to express extraordinary connotations. So the standard lens has become the first choice, which also includes the standard zoom lens. The investment in this area should naturally be focused. Generally speaking, the standard range is between 24-70mm focal length, 24-70mm is the beginning of ultra-wide angle, exaggerating the subject, and 70 mm is the beginning of medium focus, deliberately describing the subject, so 24-70 mm is the most suitable for this category, and tourism photography is also included.

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3. Portrait:

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This is the most expensive of the conventional themes. He needs to achieve a shallow depth of field and a wide angle of view on the premise of clarity, and often needs to pursue a fixed-focus lens with a super-large aperture, which is also the highest requirement for equipment. For the case that the characters are absolutely prominent and the subject can't be changed, the pursuit of equipment will reach the top level, and several famous mirrors are needed to separate the characters from the environment with a large aperture. But when you have many shots, you find that one or two really suit you. As for what to use, I don't think anyone can answer. Here's another quote from the Great Xia: No one can tell what lens to shoot a beautiful woman with, just as no one can answer what a beautiful woman is! And I once stood on the shoulders of giants and started this sentence: no one can tell what equipment looks good, just as no one can answer who looks good. ?

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4. Macro:

If you are curious about the micro-world, congratulations, you have chosen a relatively cheap theme. Usually, photography between 1X-5X is called macro photography, and photography over 5X is called macro photography, so there should not be too many people involved in this major. Macro is cheap for three main reasons: on the one hand, there are many ways to get the effect of 1: 1 or above, among which there are many cheap choices, such as close-up ring, close-up mirror and anti-ring. Many accessories can be bought for 30 to 40 yuan, and other equipment can even be obtained by DIY, and there are many online. On the other hand, resource allocation is simple. Under the condition of a fuselage, a tourist lens, a macro lens, a flash and a tripod, the whole personal photography system can be basically completed, and even a professional macro lens is not needed, but a cheap fixed-focus lens can be selected and realized by reverse connection. For the fuselage, the best choice is 1.5 or 1.6 or twice the high pixel APS-C fuselage. This is because the lens on the APS-C fuselage has a longer focal length (easy to distribute light) and a larger depth of field than the Quan Huafu fuselage with conversion coefficient under the same magnification. But at the same focal length, you can get a larger magnification (Quan Huafu 1: 1 can shoot objects with a size of 4cm, APS-C can shoot objects with a size of 2.5cm), and then you can get a larger magnification by cropping large pixels. The third aspect, as everyone often says? Macros without weaknesses? The problem, after my use, is not perfect. What do I sum up? No close-ups of weak travel? ! No matter how weak the lens is, it also has extraordinary performance at close range. Just like EF 50mm f 1.8 and EF 35mm f2. When shooting scenes 3 meters away, the performance and reliability of these two lenses are questionable. When using high-end lenses with the same specifications (different maximum aperture), it feels like they can be far or near, so I come to a conclusion that the fundamental difference between a good lens and a bad lens lies in whether it is an all-round player, which can eliminate weather interference factors and shoot far and near scenes. I hope my conclusion is correct, and I hope that when you talk about XX lens, you should not always show it with close-up PP, which can't explain the true strength of a lens. In the final analysis, on the macro theme, the imaging difference between the original factory and the deputy factory with the same specifications is not very big. The lens of Canon EF 100mm f2.8 is very good. As for 180, it depends on whether you are a bug agent team. In contrast, a macro lens of about 100mm is more suitable for daily use. It can shoot bolder, slightly larger insects, flowers and plants, or some sketches (small scenes on the table), and then multiply them by the conversion coefficient, which will give full play to the macro function.

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5. Wild animals:

If you want to shoot birds, buy a cannon first. If you want to participate in this theme, everything will be the top, the top fuselage and the cannon lens. Someone asked me if I could buy an EF 400mm f2.8 L IS lens, a 450D body with a handle and a lossless 1.6 side magnifying glass. My explanation is: can the 450D see the viewfinder 50 meters away? Furthermore, even if the 450D has a 1D focusing system, can the dual batteries (handles) of the 450D drive the 428 giant USM motor and shake it in time? How is the power of 450D compared with 1D? Even if the work done is the same, how long will it take? I used 1D Mark II, 24-70mm f2.8 F2.8,550ex to take more than eight days 1300 photos, and I used half of the battery power, but I used the same camera, using an EF 600mm f4 L IS lens, and it was dead after more than half a day. Of course, I haven't touched this topic, and I have no experience to introduce, so I won't teach fish to swim in front of heroes who haven't been in the artillery regiment.