Recently I purchased an used D2H. What a magnificent camera. And a big plus, its low resolution.
Low resolution???
Yes. It’s forced me to go back to basics, frame the shot properly, make it count. Depend on 4x6, 8x12, or multiples for prints.
But here’s the lesson: most modern DSLRs give you the option of crop sizes. The most Mega Pixel image may not be the best.
And choosing less could make all the difference in the world in your images.
Case in point, I’ve found my perfect lens for my D500: the modest 50mm 1:1.8G. At DX crop is a lovely 75mm, giving a tighter, more intimate frame. But cropped to 1.3x it becomes the perfect portrait focal length: an apparent 100mm in a tiny, lightweight package. It is stupendous.
Another DX camera makes use of a Tokina SP 17mm Adaptall 2 as a 25mm. Cropped the lens performance improves tremendously!
It truly offers me a cinematic view, eminent, bright, clear, and straight. It’s lovely.
Have you heard of other’s praise of the 42mm focal length as a great normal lens? Try a modest, and unassuming 28mm on DX and tell me what you think….
I find it such a chill, and relaxed focal choice. Just marvelous.
And one last thing, full size sensors will take DX lenses too! I shoot my Df as an FX camera with a DX lens and love it. The 12-24mm 1:4.0 Nikkor gives me full frame images at 24, 20, and almost 18mm. Below 18mm it becomes a magnificent fish eye lens with very little distortion, affording me the most beautiful, fantasy images I could imagine. Custom matting, aspherical frames, or even traditional frames displaying the full image would all look terrific on any wall.
So the point of my post, mix things up. Try new things.
Imitate cinematographers and shoot old vintage glass for effect. And put to use your camera’s option of crop size. With the flick of a button you could get that perfect normal view, or portrait framing.
And not to mention, a modest 80-200mm 1:2.8 becomes a powerful zoom to 300mm, and a veritable monster at 1.3x crop, to an apparent 400mm. Add a 2x converter….
You get my point.
Happy shooting!
Low resolution???
Yes. It’s forced me to go back to basics, frame the shot properly, make it count. Depend on 4x6, 8x12, or multiples for prints.
But here’s the lesson: most modern DSLRs give you the option of crop sizes. The most Mega Pixel image may not be the best.
And choosing less could make all the difference in the world in your images.
Case in point, I’ve found my perfect lens for my D500: the modest 50mm 1:1.8G. At DX crop is a lovely 75mm, giving a tighter, more intimate frame. But cropped to 1.3x it becomes the perfect portrait focal length: an apparent 100mm in a tiny, lightweight package. It is stupendous.
Another DX camera makes use of a Tokina SP 17mm Adaptall 2 as a 25mm. Cropped the lens performance improves tremendously!
It truly offers me a cinematic view, eminent, bright, clear, and straight. It’s lovely.
Have you heard of other’s praise of the 42mm focal length as a great normal lens? Try a modest, and unassuming 28mm on DX and tell me what you think….
I find it such a chill, and relaxed focal choice. Just marvelous.
And one last thing, full size sensors will take DX lenses too! I shoot my Df as an FX camera with a DX lens and love it. The 12-24mm 1:4.0 Nikkor gives me full frame images at 24, 20, and almost 18mm. Below 18mm it becomes a magnificent fish eye lens with very little distortion, affording me the most beautiful, fantasy images I could imagine. Custom matting, aspherical frames, or even traditional frames displaying the full image would all look terrific on any wall.
So the point of my post, mix things up. Try new things.
Imitate cinematographers and shoot old vintage glass for effect. And put to use your camera’s option of crop size. With the flick of a button you could get that perfect normal view, or portrait framing.
And not to mention, a modest 80-200mm 1:2.8 becomes a powerful zoom to 300mm, and a veritable monster at 1.3x crop, to an apparent 400mm. Add a 2x converter….
You get my point.
Happy shooting!
