Hey, I'm planning on getting this exact set-up. Do you think the 100mm would be a good lens for photographing paintings that are about 18x24in up to 24x48in? A lot of people recommend this lens for that purpose but I'm worried about using it on a crop sensor because the paintings are fairly large. I'm wondering if maybe I should be looking at something around 60mm or 85mm to compensate for the crop factor...
@1414mwh Hi, I would think that this lens isn't suitable for what you are suggesting, to get a 24in wide picture in focus you need to be 12 feet away. At this distance you will loose some of the lens resolving power. I would look at getting a 50mm macro to enable you to get closer and hence get better image resolution and use the lens abour 2 -3 stops down from open to get the sweet spot and obviously use a tripod. Hope that helps.
hi there i own a canon 60 d as well.. because i dont know much about my camera yet. and i see here u said instaed of 100mm its equal to 160mm already.. is it true to all lenses then? thanks
@romelen Absolutely, it's due to what is called the "crop factor" of the sensor. In Canon cameras with the APC sized sensor the crop factor is equal to 1.6. So a 100mm lens becomes 160mm. So any full frame lens (EF lenses) as well as the EFS lenses to get the true focal length you have to multiply by 1.6. If you look at the EXIF information for any of your images you will see the equivalent full frame (35mm) focal length calculated for you. Hope that helps.
Very nice indeed! lovely colours
seanatfiries 5 months ago
Hey, I'm planning on getting this exact set-up. Do you think the 100mm would be a good lens for photographing paintings that are about 18x24in up to 24x48in? A lot of people recommend this lens for that purpose but I'm worried about using it on a crop sensor because the paintings are fairly large. I'm wondering if maybe I should be looking at something around 60mm or 85mm to compensate for the crop factor...
1414mwh 6 months ago
@1414mwh Hi, I would think that this lens isn't suitable for what you are suggesting, to get a 24in wide picture in focus you need to be 12 feet away. At this distance you will loose some of the lens resolving power. I would look at getting a 50mm macro to enable you to get closer and hence get better image resolution and use the lens abour 2 -3 stops down from open to get the sweet spot and obviously use a tripod. Hope that helps.
ghough12 6 months ago
hi there i own a canon 60 d as well.. because i dont know much about my camera yet. and i see here u said instaed of 100mm its equal to 160mm already.. is it true to all lenses then? thanks
romelen 7 months ago
@romelen Absolutely, it's due to what is called the "crop factor" of the sensor. In Canon cameras with the APC sized sensor the crop factor is equal to 1.6. So a 100mm lens becomes 160mm. So any full frame lens (EF lenses) as well as the EFS lenses to get the true focal length you have to multiply by 1.6. If you look at the EXIF information for any of your images you will see the equivalent full frame (35mm) focal length calculated for you. Hope that helps.
ghough12 7 months ago
one of the best I've seen...
mthomas12689 9 months ago
@mthomas12689 Many thanks for viewing and commenting, appreciated
ghough12 9 months ago
very good sir!
thanks
veterinarianertunc 11 months ago
1:41 : I love this fantastic shot :)
Great video, Graham!
N0Limbo 11 months ago
@N0Limbo Thanks very much, appreciated
ghough12 11 months ago