Nikkor 85mm Lens By Stacy Pearsall
July 25, 2012 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Lenswork
Lens (mm): 85 ISO: 800 Aperture: 1.4 Shutter: 1/200 Program: Aperture Priority The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm Lens is promoted mainly toward portrait photographers, but I think it can be used for so much more than just people pictures. There are several generations of the 85mm out there, but no matter which one you get [...]
Michael Freeman: Wide-angle Involvement vs Telephoto Coolness
August 30, 2011 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Lenswork
Lens focal length has personality. It brings a certain character, a feeling, to a shot. Wide-angles draw in the viewer and put him/her in the middle of the scene or action, while telephotos create a certain distance, more objective and less involving. But only if you use them in certain ways. There was a time [...]
Michael Freeman: Shallow focus, deep focus?
July 19, 2011 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Lenswork
Focus is, well, the most completely basic act and fact of photography. You focus on a subject, it becomes sharp and so perfectly visible and….that’s it! End of story, the image is sharp. That’s what cameras do, isn’t it? The most straightforward approach is to get the important thing that you’re shooting sharply focused, and [...]
