Timeline for Why would I need a portrait lens if I have a telephoto zoom lens covering the same focal length?
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| Feb 5, 2017 at 13:39 | comment | added | Itai | @PeterA.Schneider - Yes but I never understood that. When I see a vignetted image, all that I see is the tunnel. But indeed, it is a really popular tool for some photographers. In video effects, we have the same thing with Regrain which adds grain to video, it's the second most popular took after Color-Correct. | |
| Feb 5, 2017 at 12:16 | comment | added | J... | Shooting portraits at faster apertures is not generally "considered desirable" - it produces a shallow DOF that may or may not be the look you're going for. F/1.7 on MFT won't be super-shallow, of course, but it really depends on the application. In studio work, for example, where your background is entirely controlled and you have lots of light, stopping down to get maximum sharpness and more DOF is very common. Sharp eyes, blurry ears isn't always what you want in a portrait... | |
| Feb 5, 2017 at 9:28 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Funny enough, vignetting may be one of the "least undesired" effects, especially when the attention is to be directed to the middle of the image (where the face will often be in a portrait). After all it's one of the staple effects used in post-processing. | |
| Feb 5, 2017 at 9:20 | comment | added | godfatherofpolka | Note that some lenses marketed as "portrait lenses" have a spherical field curvature, as opposed to macro lenses which typically have flat field curvature photo.stackexchange.com/questions/83070/…. However, I do not know whether this is the case for the lenses mentioned here. | |
| Feb 5, 2017 at 5:39 | vote | accept | Ely | ||
| Feb 5, 2017 at 3:38 | history | edited | Itai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Image quality analysis.
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| Feb 4, 2017 at 23:42 | history | answered | Itai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |